Can you ping a public IP? If yes, can you ping yahoo.com? if not, post back
with the result of ipconfig /all.

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"Dave Doc" <DaveDoc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:237238A5-4CEC-4B58-BBBC-DDD66F44B05E@microsoft.com...
> Hi folks,
>
> As a bit of a newbie with wireless networking I have a huge problem, I
> will
> try to be as brief as possible:
>
> I have a laptop with a wireless card built in running Vista Premium, I
> have
> a wireless router and a desktop pc also with a wireless card. Now the
> wireless desktop pc is running XP and accesses the internet with no
> problems,
> however my laptop can wirelessly connect to the router and my signal
> strength
> is excellent, however when I try to access the internet using IE I get an
> error message saying that I am not connected to the internet! I have
> checked
> various website addresses and still the same message.
>
> On the laptop I have run the Windows diagnostic program to try and
> determine
> the problem but it is unable to fix it. It states that the router is not
> responding to the laptop, something about the Primary DNS. What else can I
> try? I have been reading this forum and tried various suggestions put
> forward
> by other users but they haven't worked for me. Please help!!
>
> Many thanks