I just bought my HP laptop a few days ago from Best Buy and it connected to the net through my belkin router with no trouble. I tried to set up a network through my desktop so I could snare some of the files from it for my laptop, and I don't know how I did it but suddenly my laptop won't connect through wireless! I set up a network on it before to trade files between computers hooked up to the router, but that network was gone for some reason.
The only way I can get on the net with my laptop is if I plug an ethernet cord into it. When I search for a wireless connection it still shows the belkin router, but now it has an excalamation mark over the icon and it says its an unsecured network with limited activity. I can connect to it but I can't get on the net.
The computer I set the network up with is an XP and my laptop is a vista, if that has anything to do with it. But it worked perfect before I started messing with this networking stuff,
I'm thinking it had something to do with trying to set up the new network, but I have no idea how to fix this. Can anyone help? Part of the reason I bought this incredible little machine is to connect wirelessly in my house.
The only way I can get on the net with my laptop is if I plug an ethernet cord into it. When I search for a wireless connection it still shows the belkin router, but now it has an excalamation mark over the icon and it says its an unsecured network with limited activity. I can connect to it but I can't get on the net.
The computer I set the network up with is an XP and my laptop is a vista, if that has anything to do with it. But it worked perfect before I started messing with this networking stuff,
I'm thinking it had something to do with trying to set up the new network, but I have no idea how to fix this. Can anyone help? Part of the reason I bought this incredible little machine is to connect wirelessly in my house.




