Are you able to get either connection to work while the other is turned OFF / disconnected (rather than running both at the same time)? I realize that any number of types of connections (including dial-up) should be happy together concurrently but am curious as to whether there may be any interference. Also, do you have a carry-around phone that could be causing a conflict. If so, you might need to change the broadcast channel for WiFi to one on the edge, such as Channel 1

Actually, this morning I'm not able to connect by either method. There's a strong WiFi signal, but the laptop won't connect. I then enabled Ehernet and disabled Wireless and the Ehternet path won't connect either. I am also getting prompted to connect via Dial-up, but I haven't used that in a long time, so I don't know why the prompt keeps popping up.

My cordless phones are on the 5.8 GHz band so shouldn't interfere. Right?

I'm able to connect and write this message from the desktop computer only.

The dial-up settings are three-way:

* always dial

* Dial when no network connection is available (your situation)

* Never dial (what I would use as setting).

Your DHCP may be failing to the laptop computer.

What does IPCONFIG /ALL

with optional >My.TXT

tell you about the connection?

What is the TCP/IP address of your router? and what happens when you "ping" that address from the laptop? and so forth

The dial-up settings are three-way:

* always dial

* Dial when no network connection is available (your situation)

* Never dial (what I would use as setting).

My setting is also Never Dial


Your DHCP may be failing to the laptop computer.

What does IPCONFIG /ALL

with optional >My.TXT

tell you about the connection?

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Inspiron6000

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Ethernet Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-3F-E1-1A-DF

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.44.122

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 4.2.2.2

4.2.2.3



Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:



Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-CE-21-BE-3E



What is the TCP/IP address of your router? and what happens when you "ping" that address from the laptop? and so forth

Ping is normal.

While trying to gather the data for this response, I found that my LAN wasn't working so I rebooted the Dlink switch and that reestablished my LAN and the Wired connection to the Internet, however the Wireless connection is still not able to connect.