Help my Netgear Router wont connect anymore

so i switched from XP to Vista last month or two and i did the device manager
to get my internet back.
it worked but the last week or so the connection has been horrible i been
getting "firefox cannot connect" and "connection was reset" messages then
finally today i turned on my computer and the internet isnt working at all i
tried the diagnose and repair and nothing.
i then took out my router and just used my regular internet i forgot what
its called but im using that to go online but i cant get wireless for my
laptop because i took out the router.
is my router broken or is there a way to fix it?thanks

Try to use static since some router may not be compatible with Vista. Or this may help,

Netgear Router - Network works ...Vista: Wireless local onlySome wireless NIC or router DHCP may be incompatibilities with Vista. The Vista may be able to access local network but the ...
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Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"FR3SH" <FR3SH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2308F28B-CFBD-4B1B-A4CD-9CD94902B92B@microsoft.com...
so i switched from XP to Vista last month or two and i did the device manager
to get my internet back.
it worked but the last week or so the connection has been horrible i been
getting "firefox cannot connect" and "connection was reset" messages then
finally today i turned on my computer and the internet isnt working at all i
tried the diagnose and repair and nothing.
i then took out my router and just used my regular internet i forgot what
its called but im using that to go online but i cant get wireless for my
laptop because i took out the router.
is my router broken or is there a way to fix it?thanks

so how was the connection able to work b4?

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Try to use static since some router may not be compatible with Vista. Or this may help,
>
> Netgear Router - Network works ...Vista: Wireless local onlySome wireless NIC or router DHCP may be incompatibilities with Vista. The Vista may be able to access local network but the ...
> http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...0114b a8d86dc
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "FR3SH" <FR3SH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2308F28B-CFBD-4B1B-A4CD-9CD94902B92B@microsoft.com...
> so i switched from XP to Vista last month or two and i did the device manager
> to get my internet back.
> it worked but the last week or so the connection has been horrible i been
> getting "firefox cannot connect" and "connection was reset" messages then
> finally today i turned on my computer and the internet isnt working at all i
> tried the diagnose and repair and nothing.
> i then took out my router and just used my regular internet i forgot what
> its called but im using that to go online but i cant get wireless for my
> laptop because i took out the router.
> is my router broken or is there a way to fix it?thanks

FR3SH wrote:
> so how was the connection able to work b4?
>

did Robert's suggestion work? If you plug your router in can your wireless
laptop still connect when Vista can't? Can you ping the router from Vista?
At work we recently had a machine that would loop between connecting and
disconnecting and that turned out to be a faulty RJ45. Have you checked
yours?

If you're using DHCP on the router are you able to renew the IP?

If you are on DHCP from a command prompt with admin rights type:

ipconfig /release

wait for the change to come back as 0.0.0.0. before typing:

ipconfig /renew

that should get a new (or the same) IP from the router with a new lease. If
not that's the problem then Robert's suggestion is the way to go.