Well I tried this:
TCP/IP stack repair options for use with Windows Vista.
Start, Programs\Accessories and right click on Command Prompt, select "Run
as Administrator" to open a command prompt.
Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults: netsh winsock reset catalog
Reset IPv4 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults. netsh int ipv4 reset
reset.log
Reset IPv6 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults. netsh int ipv6 reset
reset.log
Reboot the machine.
Ddn't work. Everytime I reboot and run "ipconfig /all" I notice the same
IPv4 address coming up 169.254.x.x(preferred). I don't know why the wireless
connection keeps getting that address. I'm sure that if it didn't all would
be fine.
The workaround you gave me is the only one that worked. A static IP address
had to be used. However, I haven't gone back to work yet to see if the
laptop will still connect at work using the 192.168 static address. There
were never any problems connecting at work, just from home. BTW if it
matters work uses WEP not WPA. Sad but true.
I will let you know how it goes once I've been to work.
"guitardude" wrote:
Quote:
> Go to the 192.168.0.1 configuration page you mentioned in your first post.
> either in DHCP settings or General Setting (or something like that) you will
> probably be able to specify what pool if assigns IP addresses from. If you
> find anything about the "lease time" for each IP address you might want to
> set it to "forever". I am going off of the way my routers menus are so yours
> will probably be a bit different. If you don't have any luck here you might
> try specifying the IP address that works in the IPv4 properties we have
> talked about instead of using the "automatically get IP address". As I said
> earlier, my understanding of specifying IP addresses is that it works only
> for local purposes. But you might want to give it a shot at putting in
> 192.168.0.68 to be the IP address. go to the IPv4 properties, select "Use
> the following IP address:" and for IP address put 192.168.0.68 then press
> tab to go to the Subnet mask which should automatically fill in to
> 255.255.255.0, then default gateway should be 192.168.0.1 If this still does
> not give you internet, then disable DHCP on your wireless gateway and see if
> any thing changes. I hope this didn't sound too much like rambling 
> guitardude
>
> "WilliamW" <WilliamW@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:B32F14E5-DF42-4946-A1EF-585FE0BE08E7@xxxxxx Quote:
> > Everytime I reboot the laptop I loose the ability to connect to the
> > internet
> > although the laptop confirms a connection to the wireless network router.
> > As
> > soons as I click "Diagnose this connection" and choose "Automatically get
> > new
> > IP Settings for the network adapter" I have internet connectivity
> > restored.
> >
> > The laptop is an HP dv6755ca, less then one week old, and has been checked
> > to be sure all drivers and updates have been installed. I have run
> > anti-virus and checked for malware/spyware. The network setup is 1. PC
> > connected via ethernet, 1. wireless laptop and 1. smc8014w-g wireless
> > gateway.
> >
> > Although the setup was walked through with me by the technician (over the
> > phone) I'm not yet ruling out a faulty set-up in the 192.168.0.1 site
> > [except
> > that I have had no issues with the wired connection].
> >
> > Any ideas as to how to get this setup so that I don't have to diagnose the
> > laptop's internet connection everytime I turn it on?
>