Change Your DHCP Address

Change Your DHCP Address: If U whats things working properly within your network, you want to use DHCP addressing. If your computer was set up with a static address for a reason, such as to work with an office network, then you have to switch your settings every time you change networks. It would be worth your time to find out if you can use DHCP on the other network.

1. In Windows XP, right-click on the adapter icon in your system tray and select Status.
2. From that dialog box, click the Properties button. A dialog box like the one below with appears.

3. In the This Connection Uses the Following Items area, scroll down until you see Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Select that line and click the Properties button.

4. The two radio buttons should be on Obtain an IP Address Automatically and Obtain DNS Server Automatically. If the buttons are on a different option, change them.
5. If you had to make changes, then continue clicking the OK button to get out of all the menus. You should be able to obtain an address now.

How To Connect A Laptop To A Wireless Network

How To Connect A Laptop To A Wireless Network: Connecting your wireless device to a wireless network is very easy. In fact, the wireless connectivity aspect is so important to wireless devices that it’s been that device makers minimize your role in connecting to a network. For more devices, connecting to the Internet isn’t much different from how you do it with your personal computer.

Here’s how you connect your wireless device to a network:

1. Turn on wireless networking if it’s not already enabled. This step is different for each device. Some devices may require you to call up a connectivity-related settings page or perform some sort of key manipulation to turn on your wireless connection. Alternatively, you can also use Start Settings Connections Wi-Fi and select the check box to enable wireless connectivity.
2. Select an available hotspot that is detected by your wireless device and validate it.
3. Select Internet Explorer or any other Web browser of your choice that is supported and available on your wireless device.
4. Browse to a Web page to confirm your wireless connection is working. That’s all there is to it.

When traveling, your mobile device can connect to a Wi-Fi network as easily as Windows Vista can since Windows Mobile and Vista share similar zero configuration technology. This makes it simple for them to detect and connect to nearby Wi-Fi Networks.

This saves you the hassle of configuring your device every time you’re in range of a wireless network. Of course, as with Windows Vista, once you connect to a wireless network with your wireless device, most devices will remember the security key (WEP/WPA) so that you can quickly recall a frequently used network. If you connect to a new network, you’ll still need to know the security key to connect the first time.

Setting Up a VPN Connection

Follow these steps and you find it’s pretty easy to set up your own VPN connection (one of which is shown in the picture below). If you have set up other network connections using Windows Vista’s Network and Sharing Center, it is even easier for you.

Here’s how you set up the VPN connection:

1. Click the Start menu and select Control Panel. The Control Panel opens.
2. Click Network and Internet. The Network and Internet dialog box appears.

3. Click Network and Sharing Center. The Network and Sharing Center appears.
4. Under Tasks, click Set up a connection or network and then Connect to a workplace. The Picture Below shows this being done. The Network Connection dialog box appears. Despite the menu selection’s name, the VPN connection can be made anywhere, not just to a company network.
5. Select whether to create a new connection or use an existing connection, as shown in the image below. This procedure creates a new connection.


6. Click Next. The Connection dialog box appears and lets you choose how to connect, either using your Internet connection or dial-up.
7. Select your Internet connection, as shown in the image below.
8. Enter the domain name or IP address of the computer to which you are connecting, as shown in the image below. You can get this information from your network administrator.


9. Click Next. You can enter the login name and password for the VPN connection.
10. Click Create. Your new VPN connection appears in the Network Connections dialog box, as shown in the image below.

How To Fix Wireless Networks

How To Fix Wireless Networks: My wireless network is not sending out wireless singles to my PC/Laptop this is sometime cause by upluging your router..Ok.. Lets try the problems

Was your wireless network working, then you did something, and then it stopped working? Even if you did something, that shouldn’t have made a difference. Maybe you installed some new software, changed a name, or were rearranging some cables. If so, undo what you did. If it’s not undo able (such as moving cables around), make sure everything was exactly the way it was before.

Most computer problems happen because something was changed. It’s okay to change things, but when the change makes your computer break, backing out of the change is faster than fiddling around. to continue reading this article go to Part 2