Problems with switching between wired and wireless networks and vice versa in Vista?

Question

Hey,
I've been having problems with networking since I got this vista laptop. Basically, this is the problem:


I can't switch between wired and wireless networks without rebooting.

Whichever one I start up with is the one I'm stuck with for that entire boot period.

When I try switching networks (either from wireless to wired, if I started with wireless, or from wired to wireless, if I started with wired), it says connected but local only, and I can't get internet connectivity at all.

This problem has been driving me crazy since I got the laptop in august. It's irritating in many ways, and should not be happening.
Any ideas, people?

Answer 1

It is possible you have not configured the connections properly. Changing from Wired to Wirless should be seamless. Here is a page which provides troublshooting steps and different issues of connection:

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/33307acf-0698-41ba-b014-ea0a2eb8d0a81033.mspx

You can also browse backwards to the main Vista Networking page and locate other information you may need. As this could be many different issues, it is difficult to list them here and provide the steps needed to correct whatever the problem may be.

Good luck and I hope you get this corrected soon, please have a good day.