Claudia, Unfortunately, I don't have much to offer you but one suggestion. While you may have tried it, or it may not be applicable, this little trick has -- sometimes inexplicably -- worked for me in the past. Go to your NETWORK CONNECTIONS folder and right click on your wireless, DISABLE it. After a moment, right-click and ENABLE it. Best wishes, Jonathan Hohl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Claudia Gere" <claudia at claudiagereco.com> To: <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> Cc: <Claudia at claudiagereco.com> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 5:25 PM Subject: [Hidden-tech] Wireless connection problems > ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group, you must be counted to post . > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > > > > I am having a problem connecting to a wireless network connection. I am > operating a Windows XP laptop that uses a Dell Wireless WLAN 1450 Dual Ban > WLAN Mini-PCI card. When I click on the Wireless Network Connection icon > in > the task bar, my system says and shows that I am connected, but when I try > to connect to Internet Explorer I don't get connected and MS Office > Outlook > says it can't find the server. So even though it says I'm connected, I > can't > do anything. The Wireless Network says it is configured for open access > and > is set up in my system to connect automatically. > > I connected wirelessly just yesterday to another system just by clicking > connect and I ran diagnostics on the PCI card so I don't think it's a > hardware or driver problem. Does anyone know if I need to change any > settings or anything else I can try? > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > Cheers, Claudia > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members >