no connection

> I've bought a laptop a couple of days with Windows Vista Premium and i
> allready have a computer network at home with windows 98/xp/2000
> When i connected the network cable to the new computer with windows vista,
> the computer wasn't recognized on the network
> Since then, i've changed the network from public to private and i've also
> disabled the firewall in a desperate case of action
> In the manual that came with the hp computer it said that to connect to a
> wireless lan it was only necessary to connect the cable
> all my other computers have dynamic ip's so i guessed that might be true
> i can see, from my experience, that windows vista comes with a lot of
> options and wizards to connect to wirelless networks but none to connect
> wireless networks
> But the problem is, that since the first day, till now, i'm having the same
> problem, the computer doesn't have a connection and the led on the switch is
> blinking
> instead of being green and steady, so my guess is that or the network is not
> well configured in windows vista, maybe some protocol or something that is
> missing
> or the network card is damaged.
> Can someone help me?
>
> My thaks in advanced
>
> Ricardo Furtado

>
> Additional info >
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...7e35f1033.mspx
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> "Ricardo Furtado" wrote:
>

> > I've bought a laptop a couple of days with Windows Vista Premium and i
> > allready have a computer network at home with windows 98/xp/2000
> > When i connected the network cable to the new computer with windows vista,
> > the computer wasn't recognized on the network
> > Since then, i've changed the network from public to private and i've also
> > disabled the firewall in a desperate case of action
> > In the manual that came with the hp computer it said that to connect to a
> > wireless lan it was only necessary to connect the cable
> > all my other computers have dynamic ip's so i guessed that might be true
> > i can see, from my experience, that windows vista comes with a lot of
> > options and wizards to connect to wirelless networks but none to connect
> > wireless networks
> > But the problem is, that since the first day, till now, i'm having the same
> > problem, the computer doesn't have a connection and the led on the switch is
> > blinking
> > instead of being green and steady, so my guess is that or the network is not
> > well configured in windows vista, maybe some protocol or something that is
> > missing
> > or the network card is damaged.
> > Can someone help me?
> >
> > My thaks in advanced
> >
> > Ricardo Furtado

>
> Ok, i've been considering several ways to answer your question, the main
> issue however is i don't have enough information. Are you using multiple
> Network cards or adapters (same thing) on one machine or multiple
> machines creating a daisy chain network, or are you using a router, if
> so is it wired/wireless... which machines are connected in which
> method...
>
> soon as you answer that i can get a better understanding and give you a
> proper answer, in the meantime you could try it out on your own and
> simply go to this article from Computer World.
>
> 'Computer World - Teach XP and Vista to play nice on networks'
> (http://www.computerworld.com/action/...icleId=9019179)
>
> hope this helps.
>
>
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> Night
>