I'm on an Inspiron 1520 on Vista and I can connect to the wireless network just fine with excellent connectivity, but for some reason, Vista doesn't go the extra step and connect to the Internet.
What's up?
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How do you connect to the internet? do you have a router? is the DHCP server turned on? does vista show the right IP address. right click on the connection and go to status and then support. what does it say there?
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Very astute! DHCP is on, but the IP address it's showing is not the correct address. How do I fix this?
It was so much easier in XP.
EDIT: I'm terribly sorry, I forgot to answer your first question. I connect to the Internet via a wireless router which connects me (theoretically) to the Internet. -
Interesting dilemma. I wonder if it's isolated to dell 1520s? Try posting this in the Dell forum too.
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blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
Vista has problems with some residential routers. The article by MS may help you. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233/en-us
Can connect to network but not Internet?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Gnophilist, Jul 19, 2007.