Wireless problem on Studio17 lappy

Hi all,

I have a studio17 lappy that is connected to my wireless Linksys wrt54G router network at home but I cannot get onto the net when I open my explorer. My network icon says I am connected yet no access.

Any thoughts as to why???

Thanks

 

go to internet options>connections>lan settings and check if the proxy server is marked. if it does, just unmark it and you should be fine.

 

thanks.

I will check when I get home.

 

looks like proxy is not checked. Logging into the network is sporatic. I get on and other times it says limited access.

thoughts..

 

Update: it looks like it may be a router issue although my other computer connected via wusb54g does not seem to have a problem.

The notebook would always see the wireless connection but not to the internet. I would get a local access only. It may be a coincidence but when I unplugged the linksys wrt54g and replug it back in, my connection is found.

Any thoughts what it could be?

 

check the IP properties for the one that connects properly - my guess is that it is setup with a hard coded IP address (something like 192.168.1.10)... and is not a DHCP address.

now check your new lappy. It's trying to get it's IP form a DHCP server isn't it?

if this is the case, you have two choices.

A) log into your router, go to admin options, and set it up to be a DHCP server. Now change all laptop/desktop computers net cards to get their IP from DHCP (or at least to use a corresponding static sub-range).

-or-

B) go into your lappy's TCP/IP propteries, select "use the following ip address:" and enter a valid and unique address (make sure it's not currently in use by another computer)

cheers