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Thread ID: 82507 2007-08-29 14:08:00 Trouble connecting wireless internet to new laptop.q silu (9854) Press F1
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586021 2007-08-29 14:08:00 I just bought a new Dell Inspirion 1520 and try to connect to the internet through my Netgear WPN824 wireless router. I can connect to the router and it gets a wireless connection i.e. I can access the router settings through explorer but I cannot create an internet connection. Is there something basic I am missing?

I connect through an old laptop using the USB WPN111 on XP and it works but not on the new laptop with Vista.

Thanks in advance for your help.
silu (9854)
586022 2007-08-29 14:52:00 Have you restarted the laptop after you set everything up because Vista seems to need this. Also, can you ping any websites such as www.herald.co.nz etc or can you just ping the router.

You can also try running the diagnostic built in which is surprisingly good first and see if that indicates anything.
beeswax34 (63)
586023 2007-08-29 20:07:00 Did a restart and didn't work. The Network Status on the new laptop shows that I am connected to my wireless router but not to the internet. I have checked the Firewall but that wasn't it. silu (9854)
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