Vista and wireless

Question

I have Inspiron 531 with broadcom 802.11g and Netgear router WGR614v4.  I have managed to connect to my home network but not the internet.    Any ideas?

boppo · Answer

did you pull the power plug of both the router and modem for a minute then plug the modem in first and wait 30 sec then the router?

boppo · Answer

have you gone into network and sharing and done manage your wireless networks?

Eeva · Answer

Yes I have done everything I can think of.  The other computers have XP and they  have internet connection.

boppo · Answer

try turning off the firewall and see if you can  connect.

Eeva · Answer

I tried it just now but it still did not give me a connection to the internet

boppo · Answer

you will loose your router setting and will have to redo them. But this will tell you if you can connect without your wpa security if you have that set.

Eeva · Answer

If I do that what happens to all the current settings?

Eeva · Answer

Thank you for trying to help but nothing seems to work.  I have never had this type of problem before.  I have spent hours on it.   I can connect to the internet via the cable modem.  I exepct I'll just buy a cable and connect to the router which means that I wasted money buying a wireless card.   Rgds Eeva

boppo · Answer

try resetting your router, should be a little in back to reset.

Eeva · Answer

Thank you for your help.   I managed to get connected to Internet late last night.  I'd put in the IP address I'd put in the router.  Then I wondered what would happen if I said find IP address automatically and hey presto:  The internet started working.   It is always something silly one should have thought of :-)   Rgds Eeva

boppo · Answer

glad you got the router setting right, glad to help.

Bartjebear · Answer

I have the same problem. Can you tell me the steps you took to fix this? How did you get the router address and how did you enter it? Thanks. I have an Inspiron 531 with Vista and a Actiontec router (from Verizon). Thanks.   Bart

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