Can't get on internet

I earlier had a question and it lead to another. so lest get a fresh start.
I have a Acer laptop with windows vista and a Netgear wireless router. I
have a desktop connected to the router wired and it works good. I've had
this setup about 1 1/2 years working good on both computers. Now I can't
get on internet with the laptop. I took it to a wifi and can't get on
internet. I connected it wired to my home router and can't get on
internet. I can get on my local network. I know it is on local network
not only because it says so but I used laptop to access files from the
desktop.At times it shows internet connection but when I try to get on
line it looses internet and says can't find page but still has local
connection. Any ideas how a 70 year old computer dummy might solve this?
L.D.

Thanks to both of you.
Yes my daughters will work on my network now. This just happened to my
laptop.
I will rum that ipconfig /all later today on my laptop and desktop. If I
understand you correct, the info on both should be the same. BYW I have
disabled windows firewall on the laptop.
L.D.




LR wrote:
> On 28/05/2009 03:46, L.D. wrote:
>> I earlier had a question and it lead to another. so lest get a fresh
>> start.
>> I have a Acer laptop with windows vista and a Netgear wireless router. I
>> have a desktop connected to the router wired and it works good. I've had
>> this setup about 1 1/2 years working good on both computers. Now I can't
>> get on internet with the laptop. I took it to a wifi and can't get on
>> internet. I connected it wired to my home router and can't get on
>> internet. I can get on my local network. I know it is on local network
>> not only because it says so but I used laptop to access files from the
>> desktop.At times it shows internet connection but when I try to get on
>> line it looses internet and says can't find page but still has local
>> connection. Any ideas how a 70 year old computer dummy might solve this?
>> L.D.
> Having looked at your original post you said your vista
> laptop had internet access but you daughters XP laptop did not, has your
> laptop now failed?
> Have you run ipconfig /all as Char suggested?
> If you don't know how to do it follow the tutorials here:-
> Win XP
> <http://www.ncsu.edu/resnet/windows/ipconfig/>
> Win Vista
> <http://www.ncsu.edu/resnet/windows/ipconfig/vista.php>
>
> Run it on all of your machines and check if there are any differences
> between the working, Internet access, and non-working ones and let us know.
>