'local only' vista problem

Hi all. Was using the internet wirelessly over my medion vista laptop some weeks back when all of a sudden my wireless card 'malfunctioned' and i lost connection.

So after reinstalling that and restarting my laptop the wireless card was up and running again and picked up my linksys router wirelessly. the only trouble is when i went to connect to the internet, it could only connect 'local only' and cannot get internet access. i have tried resetting my router and power cycling my isp modem to sort this problem out but to no avail.

anyone with any experience of this problem?

additionally, my sister has a similar laptop and cannot connect to the internet either despite no problems with her laptop.

More information from an ip config i done if it helps


Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\xxxx>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Xxxx-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 1:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8101 Family PCI-E Fast Etherne
t NIC (NDIS 6.0) #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-D3-82-C0-66
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5007UG Wireless Network Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-60-B3-37-AC-C2
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::14ee:26a:f081:3591%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 11 October 2008 21:09:44
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 12 October 2008 21:09:44
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 167796915
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 17:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{AFE67DED-26A0-427D-A402-2E620D44E
245}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 18:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{72BB7972-10BA-463E-B690-45018F502
933}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 19:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{72BB7972-10BA-463E-B690-45018F502
933}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 21:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.100%30(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

dubfir

Sounds like you havent set up your wep or wpa key on the laptop to match router.

guil

go to control panel network and sharin centre and click manage network connections, it will open a new window right click local area connection and select properties go to properties of IPv6 ad IPv4 and make sure both are set to auto obtain ip address and dns

calex71

i have the same hardware as you here at the moment

all you need to do if you're sure the wep and all other setting are correct is right click the network icon in the system tray (besided the clock) and choose network and sharing

here you should see the name of your network and in brackets ( x network)
if it says public network in the brackets click customize to the right of it and make it private.

one of the few things in vista that annoys me