"crs" <claytonrst***@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1154371321.609636.54600@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
>I recently purchased a new acer aspire 5672 WLMi
> When I attempt to connect to our wireless network, it gets stuck trying
> to assign an ip address.  It does connect to the network, but there is
> not any internet connectivity.
> Even if I manually assign an ip that is supposed to work on the
> network, it doesn't allow me internet access.  I can access other local
> computers and printers, just not the internet.  I have an acer
> travelmate 4650 and when I use it (with the same exact settings as on
> the aspire) I have no problems....
> Does anyone have any suggestions before I take it to the dealer?
>
> thanks,
>
> Clay
>

> Hi
> If you can connect to other devices, you must have a Network, thus it is
> probably not be an IP isue per-se. New Laptop some times have Bizzare
> manfacturuer configurations.
> Take a look at these pages may be you would find something tht would help.
> http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html
> Wireless, Basic Configuration: http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html
> Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "crs" <claytonrst***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1154371321.609636.54600@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> >I recently purchased a new acer aspire 5672 WLMi
> > When I attempt to connect to our wireless network, it gets stuck trying
> > to assign an ip address.  It does connect to the network, but there is
> > not any internet connectivity.
> > Even if I manually assign an ip that is supposed to work on the
> > network, it doesn't allow me internet access.  I can access other local
> > computers and printers, just not the internet.  I have an acer
> > travelmate 4650 and when I use it (with the same exact settings as on
> > the aspire) I have no problems....
> > Does anyone have any suggestions before I take it to the dealer?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Clay
> >

"crs" wrote:

> Thanks for the quick response,
>
> Turns out, it was a corrupt winsock key.  i'm not really sure how that
> could've happened on a "out-of-the-box" computer, but it did
> nonetheless.  Again, thanks for your help.
>
> Clay
> Jack wrote:
> > Hi
> > If you can connect to other devices, you must have a Network, thus it is
> > probably not be an IP isue per-se. New Laptop some times have Bizzare
> > manfacturuer configurations.
> > Take a look at these pages may be you would find something tht would help.
> > http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html
> > Wireless, Basic Configuration: http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html
> > Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
> > Jack (MVP-Networking).
> >
> > "crs" <claytonrst***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1154371321.609636.54600@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> > >I recently purchased a new acer aspire 5672 WLMi
> > > When I attempt to connect to our wireless network, it gets stuck trying
> > > to assign an ip address.  It does connect to the network, but there is
> > > not any internet connectivity.
> > > Even if I manually assign an ip that is supposed to work on the
> > > network, it doesn't allow me internet access.  I can access other local
> > > computers and printers, just not the internet.  I have an acer
> > > travelmate 4650 and when I use it (with the same exact settings as on
> > > the aspire) I have no problems....
> > > Does anyone have any suggestions before I take it to the dealer?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > Clay
> > >
>
>