LAN Wifi Troubleshooting
March 22, 2008 by Milo Riano
Filed under Computers
I cannot understand why I could not connect to the Wifi network when I went to my Uncle’s place. We both have the same ISP and probably my Vista laptop detected the same ISP and gave me the IP address from my home.
After clicking on the diagnose and repair and setting the LAN connections, I still could not connect to the internet. Later I found out that Vista has provided a static IP address and after setting up my LAN to automatically detect settings I was able to connect without any problems.
I do not know how that happened because I never set a static IP address and I always have it detect automatically.
Anyways, to check your Network connections to acquire settings automatically:
1. Go to Control Panel
2. Click on Network Connections
3. Right-click on the network you are connecting to
4. Click on properties from the pop-up menu
5. Choose the Internet Protocol you are using
6. Click on Properties
7. Check to automatically detect settings (see image below)
