jaavee101

hi

ok this is a pretty confusing problem

i got a wireless router from my friend after complaining about switch the internet cable from my laptop to my xbox 360 and back. so he gave me a TP-LINK wireless router.

now my laptop gets the connection filly but it says local access only and doesnt connect. i clicked on diagnose the problem and it says primary dns error (ip address)

now im connected to my internet via my brother wired router (linksys)
so i put the internet cable from the wired router and put it into the WAn socket in the wireless router and nothing happens (well the same problems)

then i went and connected the wireless router directly to the modem ignoring the wired router and my brother desktop pc (xp) connected wirelessly to the router but my vista laptop still doesnt connect WHY!!!!

i tried power cycling
i clicked on change ip address, but for some reason i cant change the ip address via ms dos on my laptop something about elevation.

then my laptop wouldnt connect to the internet via my wired router so i had to do a system restore to get my old ip settings na dnow im back on the internet via the wired router

help me please!!!!