Limited or no connectivity?

Biz.Kid09 · 15 Jan 2010 at 16:24

So i have just bought a dell netbook and when i try to connect to my network it says that i have limted or no connectivity but my ps3,wii and laptop all work fine....I went back to shop and they tried it there and it worked fine...He then suggested i change the channel of my wireless router? That sound right? ......Any other things i can do?

koooowweeee · 15 Jan 2010 at 16:27

are you with sky? mine does it all the time. think its the router im going to send mine back

Memphis · 15 Jan 2010 at 16:38

I would actually try updating the wireless drivers first. I encountered a similar problem with a slightly older Dell Inspiron machine that with a certain driver revision refused to connect to my wireless network. Everything else worked perfectly, and when I went to a previous driver, it connected absolutely fine.

Maniacfest · 15 Jan 2010 at 17:29

Could it be that your wireless router on N but the wifi card in the mini is only b/g?

Vision · 15 Jan 2010 at 17:55

I'd do what Memphis said and update the drivers first, see if that solves it.

djphatic · 15 Jan 2010 at 17:57

I've had this issue numbers of times with the wireless on my parents PC. I find that sometimes rebooting the router works a treat.

Biz.Kid09 · 15 Jan 2010 at 18:53

I have rebooted many times....I will get some drivers and report back

InQ · 15 Jan 2010 at 23:54

What router? My DG834GT sometimes is a bit funny with handing out IP addresses (DHCP enabled) to even wired stuff so i've manually added IP addresses to my kit and it works fine. The DHCP playing up is a known bug with the DG834GT.

hoppyintheuk · 16 Jan 2010 at 13:41

Same here with the Netgear bug.

I have left dhcp on, but, allocated i.ps to all my equipment to get round this bug. Adhoc connections seem to work now without any issue.