windows vista wont let me connect my wireles router?

Question

i have a wireless router
with windows xp my router worked completely fine letting my xbox 360 and computer hook up upstairs and i had ethernet downstairs also but it was hooked through the same stuff
i just got a new computer with vista and i plug the router in the same way i did before with xp but it shows i have ethernet but it wont let my downstairs computer connect to the ethernet.
any suggestions

Answer 1

Of course, you can always try restarting the router/computer/etc., but I am sure you have already...I had this problem once..try going to Start>Network and Sharing Center>Manage Wireless Networks>Adapter Properties>TCP IPv4 and mess with that...try putting them both on obtain IP address automatically...if that doesn't work go to Run>CMD>type ipconfig /all and enter it in manually..hope this is what you are looking for.

Answer 2

A problem I found with Vista is that it doesn't seem to automatically reconnect to hidden networks. If you hide your wireless SSID then this could be the problem - try setting the router to broadcast this and see if this sorts out your problem. It's not a great solution, and you may need to research further on how to resolve this if you want to hide your SSID, but at least you will know what the base problem is.

Answer 3

Hi, here is a great link to all the assistance you could need in adding your Vista computer to your network:

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/default.mspx

I gave you the Home page to Vista Help and How-to because it contains so much information and you might be interested in it.

All you need to do to access the information on adding your Vista system is to click on the icon for Networking. A new page with links will open and give you step by step instructions on everything you need to do. This is much easier than my attempting to explain it all here.

Good luck and have a nice day.

Answer 4

right it extremely is a speedy examine.. Take your computer beside your router and take an Ethernet cable then connect your router and your computer with that cable. in case you are able to now connect on your router then its no longer the router at fault. hazard is you have a wrg a hundred router it extremely is in simple terms nicely suited to xp, me, ninety 8. So then its time to spend to 50$ to get a sparkling router.