a few things you can try.
if you fire up a windows command prompt start-run then enter cmd
you can try and force the computer to connect/disconnect with the command
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
and you can get information on what the current connection status is with
ipconfig /all

also try a tool like network stumbler, that will tell you what networks are
available, and check that you can see your wireless router, not somebody
elsee.

quite possible also that there is encrytion enabled on your wireless network
(and there should be or anyone can use it for free) perhaps your laptop
needs to be configured for this. this generally involves making sure both
the router and the laptop have the same keys. the router documentation
should have some info on this.

if you have another machine connected via the 4 ports, you could use the
admin interface page to see if a dhcp lease has been granted for the laptop
and an ip address granted. this will at least show that there has been some
communication between the two.

if you suspect the wireless itself is not working, perhaps try to set the
router from the full 54mbit to 11mbit. this seems to make things a bit more
reliable for me, less dropped connections etc. downside is of course a
slower connection, but not that it really matters if your internet
connection is only a 0.5mbit link.

good luck.

a.

"Keith (Southend)" wrote in message
...
I'm afraid this is completely off-topic, but I'm running out of ideas. Not
had a response from alt.internet.wireless.

I recently bought an Acer Notebook to use when I'm working away and on
holiday. One of the main considerations was to have a number of Internet
connecting options, eg: LAN, 56k modem, blue-tooth, wi-fi.

1. I have successfully added it to my adsl router port 4 and been able to
do all the windows updates etc and surfed the net etc.
2. My second option is wi-fi. Now I've tried to connect to my Linksys
Wireless-G Access Point and all appeared fine at first ,saying excellent
connection 54.0Bps. Yet I am not recieving anything through it, no web
sites. I tried turning the firewall off, which made no difference. I
currently have it unencrypted. My daughter laptop works fine with it, she
does have a Linksys PCAI.. card fitted.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong, or what I may have overlooked.

My final option, which I haven't got all the bits for yet, is GPRS through
a mobile phone, I'll tackle that obstical when I've got over this one g

Many thanks
--
Keith (Southend)

'Weather Home & Abroad'
http://www.southendweather.net