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    Trouble connecting

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by stormwell, Aug 7, 2007.

  1. stormwell

    stormwell Newbie

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    Hi, I recently got an Advent laptop with Windows Vista on it but I have problems with connecting to a wifi network. With a Ralink Wireless LAN Card V2.

    The problem is that I can connect to a network but I can't connect to the internet, not sure wether I did an internet proviber's software installed or not.

    I've tried repeated using connection setup but that didn't work and I'm clueless as what to do.

    Also I have Internet Explorer installed on my laptop.
     
    stormwell, Aug 7, 2007
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  2. INCSlayer

    INCSlayer Notebook Consultant

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    is the wireless network connected to you internet connection in the first place?
     
    INCSlayer, Aug 7, 2007
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    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Make sure you can connect via wired before moving to wireless.

    Check your firewall settings on NB. If Symantic FW It's probably the source. I would uninstall Symantic FW & AV and Install something with a lower overhead, like Comodo. Symantic just sucks up all the resources and uses 1/2 of the CPU power to just run it. You will still need to add a FW rule to allow your local subnet.
     
    blue68f100, Aug 8, 2007
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  4. yin

    yin Notebook Consultant

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    Or you can see if the ip address you've been given is part of the router's network. For example, when I sometimes have this problem, I go to Run -> cmd. Then I type ipconfig and see what my address is. I already know that my router should give me an address that looks like 192.168.0.1 or similar... So if I get something like 169.178.x.y then I know there's a problem renewing my IP. In this case, I'd just manually set an ip for my machine.

    Sort of a hassle, I know... But it beats not having internet ;)
     
    yin, Aug 9, 2007
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