Renewing IP Address

I haven't used my laptop in quite sometime and pulled it out and tried to log on. Nothing. It stalls out after not being able to renew IP address. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

 

What you trying to log on to-from? Network, etc.?

 

My home has a Linksys wireless router - turbo RR. Basically it sees network but doesn't connect

 

There's little switch on the front right side of your laptop (usually). Slide it to the right or whichever way "WLAN" say's "ON".

 

Take a look at your DHCP clients table and see if your router is giving out an address for that machine. If so, you can go to your TCPIP configuration on the laptop and try to force it. If not go to your wirless card config and see if it sees your network, if so you mey need to use a password to access the network, if not you may need to brodcast your SSID (network name). Let me know if none of these work.

 

You need to check your wireless config BEFORE messing with getting an IP address. It's like trying to get an IP on a wired connection without connecting the wire in the first place.

 

That's what I am thinking. Here are all the connections I have. Is there a way I can clean them out and start over? I can enable the connections but haven't figured out how to delete them and then reboot and let the computer see the wireless connection )54 Mbps (I think)

 

You don't need to delete them (which would be a hardware delete). You could open the wireless one and clear out any profiles or configurations though.

 

New twist to this cluster fuck. I ran the Microsoft Home network thing on Base pc using a flash drive to copy files from base to laptop. Still didn't work wirelessly but now the desktop won't connect due to an open gateway? I took the router (Linksys) out of the mix (floor to modem to PC) and it won't connect. What did I do?

 

Hell I don't know. I'm lost now.