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Old 07-23-2007   #1 (permalink)
AmandaS378


 
 

Network Connections

I work in an office where all of the computers are running Windows 2000 or
Windows XP and Windows Network. My laptop has Windows Vista. When attempting
to connect to the interner via wireless connection, it says there is local
connection. It also jumps between local connection and local and internet.
Also, if I click on the internet icon, it will only allow me to go to one
site, a site specific to my college. Our IT guy does not understand what is
happening with my system. When I first bought it, I was allowed online
access. At one point, I turned the wireless function off. Ever since then, it
has not allowed me to access the internet from the office network.

I attempted to diagnose the problem and it looks at the firewall and says it
is configured correctly.

Please advise.

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 07-23-2007   #2 (permalink)
Robert L [MVP - Networking]


 
 

Re: Network Connections

Some wireless NIC or router DHCP may be incompatibilities with Vista. This link may help,

Vista Wireless IssuesPost Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:26 am Post subject: Vista: Wireless connectivity issue ... The wireless connection may drop when you use battery power. ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistawireless.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"AmandaS378" <AmandaS378@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:87E2F680-EA79-45F9-A13F-0E350590C660@microsoft.com...
I work in an office where all of the computers are running Windows 2000 or
Windows XP and Windows Network. My laptop has Windows Vista. When attempting
to connect to the interner via wireless connection, it says there is local
connection. It also jumps between local connection and local and internet.
Also, if I click on the internet icon, it will only allow me to go to one
site, a site specific to my college. Our IT guy does not understand what is
happening with my system. When I first bought it, I was allowed online
access. At one point, I turned the wireless function off. Ever since then, it
has not allowed me to access the internet from the office network.

I attempted to diagnose the problem and it looks at the firewall and says it
is configured correctly.

Please advise.
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 07-23-2007   #3 (permalink)
Michael


 
 

Re: Network Connections

Robert,

I am having issues between win2000 and vista. Win2000 can see and pull data
from my vista pc PUBLIC folder, but vista cannot see my win2000pc. Vista will
not even ping the win200pc but I can use realvnc to network over to the
win2000pc from vista? Please help -

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Some wireless NIC or router DHCP may be incompatibilities with Vista. This link may help,
>
> Vista Wireless IssuesPost Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:26 am Post subject: Vista: Wireless connectivity issue ... The wireless connection may drop when you use battery power. ...
> http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistawireless.htm
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "AmandaS378" <AmandaS378@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:87E2F680-EA79-45F9-A13F-0E350590C660@microsoft.com...
> I work in an office where all of the computers are running Windows 2000 or
> Windows XP and Windows Network. My laptop has Windows Vista. When attempting
> to connect to the interner via wireless connection, it says there is local
> connection. It also jumps between local connection and local and internet.
> Also, if I click on the internet icon, it will only allow me to go to one
> site, a site specific to my college. Our IT guy does not understand what is
> happening with my system. When I first bought it, I was allowed online
> access. At one point, I turned the wireless function off. Ever since then, it
> has not allowed me to access the internet from the office network.
>
> I attempted to diagnose the problem and it looks at the firewall and says it
> is configured correctly.
>
> Please advise

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 07-24-2007   #4 (permalink)
AmandaS378


 
 

Re: Network Connections

Robert - I clicked the link and it said the page was not found. Thanks for
the info though. Let me know how to access the article you wrote. Thanks!!

Amanda

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Some wireless NIC or router DHCP may be incompatibilities with Vista. This link may help,
>
> Vista Wireless IssuesPost Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:26 am Post subject: Vista: Wireless connectivity issue ... The wireless connection may drop when you use battery power. ...
> http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistawireless.htm
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "AmandaS378" <AmandaS378@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:87E2F680-EA79-45F9-A13F-0E350590C660@microsoft.com...
> I work in an office where all of the computers are running Windows 2000 or
> Windows XP and Windows Network. My laptop has Windows Vista. When attempting
> to connect to the interner via wireless connection, it says there is local
> connection. It also jumps between local connection and local and internet.
> Also, if I click on the internet icon, it will only allow me to go to one
> site, a site specific to my college. Our IT guy does not understand what is
> happening with my system. When I first bought it, I was allowed online
> access. At one point, I turned the wireless function off. Ever since then, it
> has not allowed me to access the internet from the office network.
>
> I attempted to diagnose the problem and it looks at the firewall and says it
> is configured correctly.
>
> Please advise

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 07-25-2007   #5 (permalink)
Robert L [MVP - Networking]


 
 

Re: Network Connections

Or try this link:

Vista Wireless IssuesVista: Common Problems with 802.11 Wireless ... Inability to Connect and the wireless doesn’t receive the single. 1) It could be the Wireless adapter driver ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/wifimvp/vistawireless.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"AmandaS378" <AmandaS378@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B9497C18-B5B8-4D6E-8E13-7CBA4A7084DE@microsoft.com...
Robert - I clicked the link and it said the page was not found. Thanks for
the info though. Let me know how to access the article you wrote. Thanks!!

Amanda

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Some wireless NIC or router DHCP may be incompatibilities with Vista. This link may help,
>
> Vista Wireless IssuesPost Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:26 am Post subject: Vista: Wireless connectivity issue ... The wireless connection may drop when you use battery power. ...
> http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistawireless.htm
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "AmandaS378" <AmandaS378@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:87E2F680-EA79-45F9-A13F-0E350590C660@microsoft.com...
> I work in an office where all of the computers are running Windows 2000 or
> Windows XP and Windows Network. My laptop has Windows Vista. When attempting
> to connect to the interner via wireless connection, it says there is local
> connection. It also jumps between local connection and local and internet.
> Also, if I click on the internet icon, it will only allow me to go to one
> site, a site specific to my college. Our IT guy does not understand what is
> happening with my system. When I first bought it, I was allowed online
> access. At one point, I turned the wireless function off. Ever since then, it
> has not allowed me to access the internet from the office network.
>
> I attempted to diagnose the problem and it looks at the firewall and says it
> is configured correctly.
>
> Please advise

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 07-25-2007   #6 (permalink)
Robert L [MVP - Networking]


 
 

Re: Network Connections

Do you have any security software running on win 2000?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Michael" <Michael@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:58A7623E-5735-46F6-96D2-FAA08906183E@microsoft.com...
Robert,

I am having issues between win2000 and vista. Win2000 can see and pull data
from my vista pc PUBLIC folder, but vista cannot see my win2000pc. Vista will
not even ping the win200pc but I can use realvnc to network over to the
win2000pc from vista? Please help -

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Some wireless NIC or router DHCP may be incompatibilities with Vista. This link may help,
>
> Vista Wireless IssuesPost Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:26 am Post subject: Vista: Wireless connectivity issue ... The wireless connection may drop when you use battery power. ...
> http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistawireless.htm
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "AmandaS378" <AmandaS378@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:87E2F680-EA79-45F9-A13F-0E350590C660@microsoft.com...
> I work in an office where all of the computers are running Windows 2000 or
> Windows XP and Windows Network. My laptop has Windows Vista. When attempting
> to connect to the interner via wireless connection, it says there is local
> connection. It also jumps between local connection and local and internet.
> Also, if I click on the internet icon, it will only allow me to go to one
> site, a site specific to my college. Our IT guy does not understand what is
> happening with my system. When I first bought it, I was allowed online
> access. At one point, I turned the wireless function off. Ever since then, it
> has not allowed me to access the internet from the office network.
>
> I attempted to diagnose the problem and it looks at the firewall and says it
> is configured correctly.
>
> Please advise

My System SpecsSystem Spec
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