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Hi,

I've recently moved and as such needed to setup my internet again. I plugged the router into telephone dsl cable and connected to my laptop via lan cable.

Connected via lan cable to router config page - fine
Internet connection through router - fine
Configured wirless - fine
connected my PDA to the wirless network and got internet - fine

I then decided to disconnect the lan cable and use the wirless network device on my laptop to connect to the router so that i can roam free around the house. This is where the problems started. I can connect to the router fine (windows vista netwwork page shows the map of my laptop connecting to the netowrk but not to the internet) , however I cant use the internet wirelessly!?! The pda still works fine without the laptop connected to router via lan cable and If I plug the lan cable back in the laptop, it picks up the internet fine.

The laptop is running Vista
The pda is using mobile 4
The internet is ppoa
I have tried this with and without wirless security to same difference.

Please help me Im going insane!

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reported that the DG834G gives a working LAN connection and that other wireless clients (PDA and Wii) get Internet, but the Vista laptop shows a wireless connection to the router with no Internet. 's Microsoft link did not resolve the issue. Because other devices work and the laptop works when wired, the problem is almost certainly a laptop-side configuration or stack issue (DHCP/DNS, proxy, firewall/AV, driver or corrupt TCP/IP/Winsock).

Suggested diagnostic checks and quick facts to look for while connected to the wireless network:

  • Confirm the wireless adapter has a valid IPv4 address on the router subnet (not 169.254.x.x).
  • Confirm a default gateway is present and matches the router IP.
  • Confirm DNS servers are sane (router or public DNS).
  • Check for a proxy configured in Internet Options and for third-party firewall/AV blocking outbound traffic.
  • Check the router DHCP lease table to see whether the laptop actually received a lease.

Run these commands from an elevated Command Prompt and record results:

ipconfig /all
ping <router-IP>
ping 8.8.8.8
nslookup google.com
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /flushdns
netsh winsock reset
netsh int ip reset
route print

Targeted fixes to try (in this order): remove the saved wireless profile and reconnect; test a manual/static IPv4 address on the router subnet (choose an unused address and set gateway+DNS to the router) to see if Internet works; temporarily disable Windows Firewall and any third-party AV; boot Safe Mode with Networking to rule out software; reinstall or update the wireless driver; run the Winsock/TCP reset and reboot. Caution: netsh winsock reset requires reboot and may break some VPN clients. If a static IP restores Internet, work back to DHCP and inspect the router lease table and adapter binding/metric settings (route print) for a persistent conflict.

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thanks for effort but that still didn't help...

Also to note my nintendo WII operates fine wirelessly with or without the LAN in the laptop, so IT MUST be a vista thing but what!??!


any more ideas?

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