New Laptop won't play nicely...

[yellowputty]

Hello OCUK,

Just bought an Aspire One D257 for my partner, but having serious issues connecting to the internet. In the house, we have 2 computer and 3 laptops already, all of which connect fine.

The D257 comes with an Intel Centrino Wireless-N 100 Adaptor. After failing all simple attempts to get it working, I began by copying the Network information from another computer via USB. I then checked that it is being assigned an IP value, both from IPCONFIG and the router settings.

While it can connect to the Wi-Fi itself, there is sometimes 'Internet Access' and 'No Internet Access'. Unfortunately, 'Internet Access' appears to be a slight lie...this just means it attempts to load Google for about 5 minutes, rarely loading half the page, and then times out.

I can connect to the Router Options from this Laptop. Could anyone please help? And yes I have tried resetting the router...



Thanks in advance.

 

[TechFunctions]

Had simpler issues when using Virgin Media's Super Hub, Updating the Wireless Adapter drivers fixed the issue may be worth checking you have the latest drivers.

 

[yellowputty]

Updated the Drivers, with not much effect.

I did notice that in the adaptor settings, the wireless mode is on b/g, and there is no n. Is this not a little unusual for a Wireless-N adaptor?

Can anyone please suggest anything?

 

[ots3go]

So you can see the network but not get internet access?

You're probably getting the wrong gateway address from DHCP, tried setting it manually?

 

[yellowputty]

So you can see the network but not get internet access?

You're probably getting the wrong gateway address from DHCP, tried setting it manually?

Correct.

Any chance you or someone else could explain what this manual setup of DHCP requires?

Thanks.

 

[yellowputty]

Fixed! - Changed AES Encryption to TKIP - Odd since it's AES on all other connections.