I just got a new Dell laptop today. I am having difficulty getting the wireless connection to work. I have another Dell laptop connected using the LinksysWRT45G. I set the new laptop up using the settings from the old laptop. I followed the directions on the Dell Website. The new laptop indicates that is it conncted to the wireless network, however I cannot get to the internet. I keep getting the error message "this page cannot be displayed." The old laptop still works fine and is still connected to the network. Please help!! :rolleyes:
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Jump to Postform the start menu clickon Run.. type CMD in the box and press your enter key.
In the command window that opens, at the prompt type "ipconfig" without the quotes and press the enter key.
Do you have a valid IP address and default gateway ?
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Jump to PostAre you trying to duplicate all settings from the old laptop, including the ones in TCP/IP Properties? If so, that shouldn't be necessary. Just set your connection to obtain the IP address and DNS server addresses automatically. After you make that change, run "ipconfig /renew" to get a new TCP/IP …
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