Vista - Vista Laptop reboot will not connect to internet

Thanks DMEX
I have doen as you said and rebooted 3 times and it appears to be OK
What about when I take it away from home will it be able to find and connect
to other networks with ease or will I have to disable the manual setup you
have given
thanks
ian
"dmex" wrote:

>
> If you are not sure how to manually setup your network can you goto
> "network and sharing center" then click "view status" of the connection
> then click "details"
>
> 1. In the details tab you should be able to see if your using dhcp for
> automatic setup and what ipv4 settings your using.
>
> 2. When your adapter is working and connected write down the numbers
> for your ipv4 ip address, subnet mask, default gateway and dns.
> click close on the details tab then click properties for your local
> area conection
>
> 3. untick IPV6 as this will not be used for anything for the next few
> years also untick link-layer topology as these are used for vista to
> identify other vista clients and devices, they are not needed for much
> and are quite talkative. dubble click internet protocal version 4 and
> use the details you recorded before to setup your connection.
>
> 4. once finished click ok then click ok again and you should have
> finished setting up your connection manually.
>
> Let me know if this helps.
>
>
> --
> dmex
>

There might be a solution for your DHCP problems that will allow you to use dhcp anytime anywhere...

1. click the start manu then in the search box below programs type regedit and open it
3. goto the following location
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\

(in this location there will be two or more keys with a bunch of random numbers and letters)
4. select one and look on the right side for a blue key Value name: DhcpConnForceBroadcastFlag

5. right click and modify the value 1 to the value 0
6. Click OK and exit

This change will disable the "New" way vista attempts to get a DHCP address and revert it back to how XP used to. (most routers use this type)


A good way to secure the laptop when your on the road is to change your location settings they are found in network and sharing center, open it and click customize (right side) and select Public.
It stops other "untrusted" computers from being able to talk to your laptop with one easy setting, and you can allways change it back when you get home.


Let me know if that registry setting works for you...cheers

I have now returned the laptop because of problems with built in webcam
the new laptop appears to be connecting Ok and only occassionally looses it
It was a mystery
and thanks for your help