Hi,

   Move your laptop away from your wireless router , i.e go into another room and see if it works.

   If not try a few more places even the garage!, if it does connect , then  your problem is to  the channel No.

   Your have to configure your wireless router to another channel no. ( For Europe its 1 to 13) its matter of trying out the changing the channel No.  So as they do not overlapped each other.

I was able to pick up a network outside the building that I am in. When I turned on the laptop, the message stating that a wireless network was available. One of the options was the Linksys network. I used to be able to logon without issue. Now I cannot logon. The network signal is strong but it does not log me on or give a reason

Have you tried power-cycling the router (turn off, wait a minute or two, then turn back on)?  Have anyone changed the security settings on the router?  Is the router using security or is this an open wireless nework?

 

Steve

I've seen suggestions to leave the AP off for 65+ minutes so any lockout will timeout. Change the SSID to something not used before and delete the instance of your router from the preferred networks list(delete all entries if you only use the one). Reboot the client(s) and power on the AP. You should then see and be able to associate with your renamed AP. Try without encryption first. Leave any firewall off.  I've had an update of ZAF(zonealarm) break a connection. Had to reenter a config in ZAF to get it going as before. Good luck...

I'm having the same problem!! it says connected, but the internet will not come up. says "cannot find server." but works everywhere else i go. just not my house.

Ok,

    Can you connect to the internet directly?  i.e using ethernet cable this to make sure that

your wireless router is ok. If you still unable to connect ,then you will need to re boot your

router. There should be a reset so as it will go back to its default setting .

Ok, let me try and clarify this. At home I have a cable modem and router. My laptop accesses the Internet wirelessly here. However, at school, I used to be able to access a WiFi connection (similar to what you can do at Panera). So I do not have a router to check I simply click on an available network and I am able to access the Internet. Lately, I have not been able to do this but I was a few days ago. I have not changed settings on the laptop. I'm not sure how to troubleshoot this. This the wireless connections show that they are available but I do not get on when I click them

I'm assuming that was done when you are within range of the router you are trying to connect to.  If so, unfortunately, it doesn't provide any useful information, so we are just going to have to explore some possibilities.  First, open Network Connections, right click on the wireless connection, and select Properties.  Find the Internet (TCP/IP) protocol, select it, then click on the properties button.  Is the box checked next to "Obtain an IP address automatically"?  If not, put a check mark in the box, then OK your way out and see if the connection works.  If it doesn't, open Network Connections again, right click and select "View available wireless networks".  Select the network you want to connect to, then click on the Connect button.  What happens?

 

Steve

When you are within range of the network to which you cannot connect, do the following to help troubleshoot the problem:  Go to Start > Run and type cmd then click OK. In the command prompt window that opens, type ipconfig /all then hit the enter key. Write down the output from this command or select it and save it to a txt file, then copy this output into a reply to this message.

 

Steve

Here's what I got

 

Host Name: xpsm140

Primary DNS Suffix: (this was blank)

Node Type: Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled: No

WINS Proxy Enabled: No

 

Ethernet Adaptor Wireless Network Connection

 

Here's what I got

 

Host Name: xpsm140

Primary DNS Suffix: (this was blank)

Node Type: Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled: No

WINS Proxy Enabled: No

 

Ethernet Adaptor Wireless Network Connection

        Media State: Media disconnected

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

Connection

    Physical Address: 00-16-6F-72-98-BB

Nothing happens. It just says 'Please wait while Windows connects to the lynksys network'

But no connection

This is a difficult problem to solve since you don't have access to the router for further troubleshooting.  I guess the next thing to try is to reinstall the drivers for the wireless network card.

 

Steve

Even though this is not your "paid for" internet connection, do you know who's it is? If so do you know if they have changed anything on the router( like the channel)? I know my network is set as an open connection but will only allow specified connections to it. If you had no troubles less than 2 weeks ago I might suggest you try completing a system restore just in case something has changed on your end and that is causing the issue " all of a sudden". Failing this...have you installed or activated any new security software or firewalls? ISP's do sometimes flip the static IP's they assign to customers and in doing so it can( usually not) have an effect on the wireless connections to the network. Alot of small factors can contribute to what is happening here and as stated before because you do not own this network it is going to be difficult to figure out what happened on the router end if you find it is not anything on the notebook.