-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Fw: Vista network setup
- From: "Don101" <don101@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:45:51 -0400
I did a hard reset on the router. The new laptop connects OK but
LOCAL only. No internet connection. I scoured everything looking for
a setting to set but found nothing. Took some meds and ran the
recovery discs and will start from scratch. Any one with Vista got
any ideas?
I really think this is a Vista problem. The XP laptop was a piece of
cake to get up and running when it was new.
The old laptop stayed connected through everything... even after
setting a new passkey.
The hard reset also knocked out my XP desktop which connects via cat5
ethernet. I cannot for the life of me get it back except by plugging
directly into the modem instead of through the router. Firewall on or
off does not matter.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 1:14 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Fw: Vista network setup
> Don,
> I don't have an answer for you other than to say that the router
> does
> not appear to be at fault here. If the rest of the network is
> humming
> along, the problem doesn't lie within the network. That leaves the
> laptop
> as the source of your frustrations.
>
> There's always the possibility that the new laptop has a
> defective
> wireless adapter. It's also possible that the adapter's current
> driver set
> is to blame. A good test of both would be whether the adapter can
> connect
> to another 'secured' network. If you don't know anyone with a
> 'secured'
> wireless network who would be willing to let you use it for the
> test, you
> can try any of numerous internet cafe's that use security to keep
> out the
> riff-raff. Of course, that may cost you the price of a coffee and
> donut.
> ;)
>
> Peace,
> Gman
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
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