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jenabc
April 29th, 2007, 02:58 AM
I apologize if this question has been asked before.

Problem:
I have an ativa router connected to my dsl modem and to my desktop pc. (The pc is an Envision, running Windows XP) The internet on the desktop works fine, and I was able to connect my daughters' Nintendo wii to the wireless network, so I know the router is working. But I cannot get my laptop to recognize the wireless network. (I have Windows Vista on the laptop.)

When I try to connect to a wireless network from the laptop, all I see is "Ativa54g Unsecured network", which is not the name of my wireless network. (Mine is called "home wireless") If I try to connect to the Ativa network I get a message saying "limited connectivity" and I have no internet access. When I checked to see my ip address on the laptop it said "media disconnected", and there was no ip address displayed.

I tried turning off the power on my router, modem and computer and then powering them up one at a time. That didn't help.

I've called the Ativa support center and was disconnected twice so I emailed them, but they said it could take 72 hours to get an answer.

Any help would be appreciated!

Jen

ecross
May 1st, 2007, 02:36 PM
Hello Jen,

If you haven't already, please try the steps in the following MS KB article and see if this will work for you.

Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain routers or from certain non-Microsoft DHCP servers
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233