Ethernet connection with Vista

Posted: 10-25-2007, 11:59 PM
Before my son took his laptop to a LAN party we could easily switch back and
forth between wireless and wired connection to our Linsys WRT54G router. One
of the guys at the LAN party changed settings somewhere so they could hook
up. Since then the laptop will only connect wirelessly to our home network
and I can't figure out how to make a hard wire connection.
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Re: Ethernet connection with Vista
Posted: 10-26-2007, 02:04 PM
Can you connect the vista to the router using Cat 5 cable? Also posting the
result of ipconfig /all here may help.

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"Jo" <Jo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Before my son took his laptop to a LAN party we could easily switch back
> and
> forth between wireless and wired connection to our Linsys WRT54G router.
> One
> of the guys at the LAN party changed settings somewhere so they could hook
> up. Since then the laptop will only connect wirelessly to our home
> network
> and I can't figure out how to make a hard wire connection.
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Re: Ethernet connection with Vista
Posted: 10-26-2007, 03:58 PM
Thank you but in the mean time I found it. They had set the IPs to a
specific address rather than auto.

"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> Can you connect the vista to the router using Cat 5 cable? Also posting the
> result of ipconfig /all here may help.
>
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> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
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> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>
>
> "Jo" <Jo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B1F9D608-4C4E-41AC-8EB1-4E2FDD93B6E9@microsoft.com...
> > Before my son took his laptop to a LAN party we could easily switch back
> > and
> > forth between wireless and wired connection to our Linsys WRT54G router.
> > One
> > of the guys at the LAN party changed settings somewhere so they could hook
> > up. Since then the laptop will only connect wirelessly to our home
> > network
> > and I can't figure out how to make a hard wire connection.
>
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Re: Ethernet connection with Vista
Posted: 10-26-2007, 04:15 PM
Thank you for the update.

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"Jo" <Jo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you but in the mean time I found it. They had set the IPs to a
> specific address rather than auto.
>
> "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Can you connect the vista to the router using Cat 5 cable? Also posting
>> the
>> result of ipconfig /all here may help.
>>
>> --
>> 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
>>
>>
>> "Jo" <Jo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B1F9D608-4C4E-41AC-8EB1-4E2FDD93B6E9@microsoft.com...
>> > Before my son took his laptop to a LAN party we could easily switch
>> > back
>> > and
>> > forth between wireless and wired connection to our Linsys WRT54G
>> > router.
>> > One
>> > of the guys at the LAN party changed settings somewhere so they could
>> > hook
>> > up. Since then the laptop will only connect wirelessly to our home
>> > network
>> > and I can't figure out how to make a hard wire connection.
>>
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