Well, I hate to say it because no one wants to talk to a help desk. But it
sounds like you need to call your ISP that sold you the router, and have them
walk you through reenabling the settings, weather it be setting up PPPoE or
WEP or WPA. Also they should be able to walk you through obtaining the Keys
that you need to log on wirelessly from your laptops with WEP and WPA
enabled. Good luck, really they are the only ones who can help you.

"racergirl435" wrote:
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> pinging from the command prompt is unsuccessful. Not sure if that is
> internal or external. I don't know how to ping by DNS so I can't answer that
> question.
>
> "xtremedelta" wrote:
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> > can you ping by IP, internally and externally? and can you ping by DNS
> > internally??
> >
> > "racergirl435" wrote:
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> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I recenty purchased a Dell E1705 which came preloaded with Windows Vista.
> > > It's got the 802.11g wireless card. I attempted to get onto the internet
> > > Saturday morning and was not able to. With the intention of securing our
> > > wireless network (which is a Microsoft MN-700 connected to our DSL modem
> > > provided by Verizon), I wanted to set it up so that it had at least a 64-bit
> > > encryption level. Unfortunately, I couldn't locate any of the notes and
> > > documentation that we had when we set the network up so I restored the
> > > wireless and started from scratch. Now, I not only cannot get on the
> > > internet with my Vista machine but also cannot get on with either my XP Home
> > > desktop or laptop.
> > >
> > > I can connect to the network fine. All computers see each other. But
> > > whenever I try to open Internet Explorer (on any machine) I get the "page
> > > cannot be displayed" message with the links for troubleshooting.
> > >
> > > I spent probably 6 hours on the phone with Dell (probably 4 of them on hold)
> > > only to have it determined by them to be a software problem for which they
> > > transferred me to Dell On Call, which is not free. :shrug: :confused: The
> > > first tech I spoke to on Saturday had me try to connect directly to the
> > > wireless with an ethernet cable. I tried my old laptop and actually was able
> > > to connect so he had me do the same onthe Vista laptop but no go. Later that
> > > night (my phone actually died while I was waiting to be transferred to their
> > > "Vista department") I hooked the ethernet cable back up to my laptop and got
> > > onto Yahoo but when I tried to go to another web site, I got the same error
> > > page.
> > >
> > > One of the techs yesterday had me try ipconfig /all and all that did was
> > > show a brief flash of a screen and then go away. I wish I could remember
> > > everything they had me try this weekend, but I can't.
> > >
> > > I have yet to be able to get back to the internet. I even tried
> > > re-restoring the wireless router again, thinking maybe there was something in
> > > the settings that I didn't replicate properly. I'm getting quite desperate
> > > and am out of ideas. If anyone can provide some suggestions, I would greatly
> > > appreciate it.
> > >
> > > Other issues/concerns I have are:
> > > 1) Are my printer and scanner going to work with the Vista machine? They
> > > are both USB.
> > >
> > > 2) I bought a wireless keyboard and mouse and when I tried to install the
> > > software, Vista said the drivers weren't compatible. I tried just plugging
> > > in the antenna into a USB port and the machine recognized and installed the
> > > devices, but they don't work. Any suggestions there?
> > >
> > > Thank You!
> > > Jessica Kinsey[/color][/color][/color]