Hello! A few months ago I set up the internet on my Acer Aspire 5100 (OS is Windows XP) laptop but the problem is that when I disconnect the blue ethernet cable that runs from my computer to the wireless router, the internet won't work. The wireless status is 'connected' and whenever I try to repair it it says everything's in working order.
Two other computers in the house work fine on the wireless router (netgear WGR614v7), which prompts me to believe it's a problem with my computer rather than the router. Is it possible that the router will only support a certain amount of computers connected to it?
I've googled this problem and have tried a few things suggested, like making sure the LAN settings are set to automatically detect and to disable the windows firewall (which I did through the firewall tab - this should be enough I thought?) but none of these have caused the internet to start working.
Please, please, please, does anyone have any suggestions as to why it's working on my flatmates' computers and not mine? This is probably a very stupid point, but a friend installed just the Windows Vista facade on my comp (not the actual OS though) and I was wondering if this had any effect? After he did this I noticed I had to reset the wireless zero configuration back to automatically detect wireless networks a couple of times, but again, I don't know if these things are linked in anything other than timing.
Any help is very much appreciated, because at the moment the only place I can use the internet on my laptop is on a cold floor right in the doorway of the hall, and it's just coming into winter, so I don't fancy doing it too much longer! :laugh:
Two other computers in the house work fine on the wireless router (netgear WGR614v7), which prompts me to believe it's a problem with my computer rather than the router. Is it possible that the router will only support a certain amount of computers connected to it?
I've googled this problem and have tried a few things suggested, like making sure the LAN settings are set to automatically detect and to disable the windows firewall (which I did through the firewall tab - this should be enough I thought?) but none of these have caused the internet to start working.
Please, please, please, does anyone have any suggestions as to why it's working on my flatmates' computers and not mine? This is probably a very stupid point, but a friend installed just the Windows Vista facade on my comp (not the actual OS though) and I was wondering if this had any effect? After he did this I noticed I had to reset the wireless zero configuration back to automatically detect wireless networks a couple of times, but again, I don't know if these things are linked in anything other than timing.
Any help is very much appreciated, because at the moment the only place I can use the internet on my laptop is on a cold floor right in the doorway of the hall, and it's just coming into winter, so I don't fancy doing it too much longer! :laugh:
