I need a GEEK...

I've been trying to get my laptop to connect to the Internet at my club gig. Here's whats is going on. I have my laptop on a wireless network at home and it works just fine.

When I try to get the Net at the club, I keep getting a message that the Internet is not connecting. I AM connected to the resort's server, with 100% signal, but once I hit IE, it times out. I asked the front desk if I needed a password and I'm told it's an open connection and maybe I should turn off any firewalls. I did, and still no change.

Then, I talked to a guy on another site who told me he runs into this all the time while traveling around the country at hotels. He told me to open my "Internet connections" tab and hit "repair" a few times and it always fixed his laptop. I did this over a dozen times and still no change. Any ideas?

Hmm sometimes at hotels I have seen it send you an email while your there and you have to click on a link in the email which takes you to a webpage which in turn asks you if your going to follow their rules etc etc. This may not be the case but its just and idea. I guess if I'm right I'm a geek :sqeek:.

The first time you connect to another wireless network you have to tell it to connect to it. Open you wireless card control panel and search for availible networks. Find the network at the club and click on connect. If there is no passwords or if they allow anyone to connect it should connect with no problem, if it ask for a password type it in. The next time to come back it will connect fine.

Already did that, and still nothing. I have 4 networks listed, one of which is the resort... as I mentioned, I'm hitting the resort server (or router, or whatever it is) at 100%, and they have an open network.

My tech at the computer shop says his network works fine with my lappy too, so I don't have a clue what's going on (and I had to pay him $30 to tell me that), so I don't want to bring it back and get charged again. I'm wondering if there is some configuration setting that everyone is missing? Again, I'm hitting the network just fine... but can't get to the Internet. I even installed Firefox at home, thinking that would make a difference, but both ISP's time out.

I'm beside myself and don't know what to do next.. AARHHH!

Disable wireless windows software and use your modem software (make sure is updated).

Next time you have your laptop up there try as I have said bro. Every time I'm in a hotel or using the airport wireless do and email check I think you will find a email from them ask if you agree to there rules before you can have access.

Tyrone, do you have a firewall installed on your system?

Many times, firewalls wont automatically allow you internet access even though you can access a router or server. If your using the firewall with windows xp, or another firewall such as tiny or mcaffee, you would routinely have to add this "new" network to your list of acceptable networks to be able to transmit traffic through it, its not telling you that you cannot access this network, but it would restrict bilateral movement of information. Shutting your firewall down temporarily and attempting to connect may be your answer, if you can connect this way, just add the network to your firewall then.

He said I had to log into the resort server on a "proxy server". Does this sound right? If so, how do I do that?

You may need to go to tools, options, connections, lan settings, auto detect proxy. (Did this from memory, may not be entirely correct).

On some events, I too have had weird network issues, the hotel claims it works, but their wireless does not. What I end up doing is brining a hardwire (cat5) cable to plug in to their network and it works like a charm. ha it ain't my computer you idiot!

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Oops...sorry...I though you said something else, Tyrone.