Vista WiFi issue

When I decided to take a risk by ordering my D830 with Vista Business, I promised myself I wouldn't ***** about Vista for a couple months. For the most part, I've gotten comfortable with almost everything about Vista in that time. I really like the look and feel of Vista. There is a learning curve to the new layout for Office programs but once I got used to it, I really prefer it to older versions of Office. One problem remains, connecting to WiFi networks.

Almost every time I connect to WiFi I am required to go through a convoluted process to gain access to the internet. Initially I'm only connected to the local network. Once I wait for Vista to "identify" the network it is connected to, I can attempt to "fix" this problem by "renewing the IP address". This never does anything except allow me to "fix" the problem again by (I think I have the verbiage correct) "reset the network connection". Some of the time that works. When it doesn't my computer automatically disconnects from the network and I manually reconnect at which point I granted internet access.

Is there a security setting I can change or disable to avoid this time consuming and useless process. It doesn't matter if this is a new network (say at a coffee shop) or one I use regularly (home/work) nor does it matter if it's a security enabled network or not.

Help with this issue is greatly appreciated.

 

Do you any networks (or perhaps all of them) set to "connect automatically when this network is in range"?

It also reads as if you are connecting to multiple networks, not simultaneously, but serially? The IP address you get from each network will likely be different, and subject to that network's DHCP lease settings. It may be more expeditious for you to not automatically connect to any networks, except perhaps the one or two you use the majority of the time.