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    Connecting Vaio Z and CS to digital cable modem - Help please.

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by kimanh, Oct 14, 2008.

  1. kimanh

    kimanh Newbie

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    hi im a new member here, and i just bought the sony Z series and CS. now my problem is i can't connect to my High speed dsl internet but if i bring it to my g/f house which she has high speed cable internet it will connect. the wierd thing is i have other laptop in the house ( toishiba ,HP & Acer ) and they all can connect to my Dsl moden/router but teh sony ones can't. so im asumming maybe thier a application preventing me from connecting? any help wold be great i would love to start suffering the net on the Z.

    here wat i get when i try to connect


    computer -- >yellow hazzrad sign --> Unidentified network -- X ---> internet

    undentified network ( public network )

    Access ---- > Limited connectivity

    Connection --- > Wireless network connection ( xxx )

    Singal Strenght --- > Excelllent
     
    kimanh, Oct 14, 2008
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  2. StrongerThanAll

    StrongerThanAll Notebook Deity

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    have you tried renewing the ip?
    do use a router at home?
     
    StrongerThanAll, Oct 14, 2008
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  3. kimanh

    kimanh Newbie

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    i tried renewing the ip it doesn't work , its a modom with a bulit in router i got from my internet provider
     
    kimanh, Oct 14, 2008
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  4. Amina

    Amina Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hmm, can you try repairing the connection when you click on the red "X"? (I remember having to do something like that for my wireless connection to my router a while ago)

    "computer -- >yellow hazzrad sign --> Unidentified network -- X ---> internet

    undentified network ( public network )

    Access ---- > Limited connectivity

    Connection --- > Wireless network connection ( xxx )

    Singal Strenght --- > Excelllent"
     
    Amina, Oct 14, 2008
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