Is your wireless router set up with DHCP ? Sounds like your laptop is configured to acquire an address automatically from the router. Look at the tcp/ip configuration of your desktop. Does it have an assigned IP or does it acquire it automatically from the router.
Do you have security enabled on the router? Have you set it up on the laptop.? You could just try going into the network settings on the laptop and assign it an ip address in the same range and see if that works. It you do that you will also need to put in the ip address of the router and the dns server address. Ben Moore -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LarryB Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 11:14 AM To: PC Questions Subject: PCWorks: wireless connection to internet problems I have a laptop using a wireless connection to a linksys. It connects fine with excellent signal strength but will not connect to the internet thru MS Exployer. the little connection in the sys tray says acquiring network address! I do not know what to do with that. My desktop works fine using the same linksys router. Thanks -- Larry Browning K & L Electronics Anderson, SC ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
