I am trying to connect my sony vaio to the internet via wireless, i have a wireless card in my router and my sony has built in wireless, and i can connect and get a good signal but cant connect, my router is fine because it was configured at work (work provide Broadband) and my old toshiba used to connect fine but i dont know much about conecting wirelessly and not sure how i set up my sony vaio to connect, any onegot any ips or advice please?

 

is the wireless router giving out DHCP?

 

yep cheers

 

ive got a vaio with inbuilt wireless

u saying ur getting good signal, but cant connect? i presume web browsing?

can you ping web addresses?

 

can you get the web using the router with a patch lead? (to make sure your proxy settings etc are spot on)

 

sounds like poss the router isnt getting an IP from your ISP, have u tried rebooting everything as I have to with my configuration for the router to get an IP.

have u logged onto router to check "status" and see if it has a proper IP, and not one starting with 169.

 

hi
thanks for the replies, if i connect with a patch lead then everythings fine, if i use wireless i get a signal but cant connect or ping, but if i use my old toshiba then wireless works fine no probs so i figured maybe the vaio needed setting up

 

define "cant connect" ??

 

sorry bad choice o wording, i mean i cant open any web pages

 

may have found the reason, it says its a security enabled network, so would i need to enter a network key? as i have ticked "provide one automatically" could this be why? and if so where do i get the key as i cant find it on the config pages for the router

 

I always specify WEP. Create a code in hexidecimal and put it in the router (usually in wireless/encryption menu) and save the setting. Then on the laptop try and connect to the network and it should offer a key window, drop the code in there (usually twice ) and that should be it.

Hope this helps.

 

yes that would be why gra

wep is set up on the AP, and getting one automatically wont be any good.

unless you know the password/key, reset the router completely and set up again.