Hi Donna,

I have had this same problem periodically.  Have you had a power surge 
and or an outage? 
You may not even know if you have or not.  Your router should have a 
reset button, if so, use it.  If not, then unplug the router and the 
modem for a few minutes.  turn all machines off, desktop, laptop etc.  
Reset by unplugging the router and DSL modem (that is if you are using 
two different ones; ATT/Bellsouth modems are combo modem and router; 
once you have done this wait about 2 minutes or so then power the 
desktop up.  Once a connection is established and the desktop is 
running, turn on your laptop and see if it will connect.  It may take 
about 10 or so minutes for the laptop to reset itself but you should be 
back in business.

I hope this helps.

tannis z TN

Thomas Mayer wrote:
> The laptop should indicate network cable unplugged since you have a 
> wireless connection and not a wired connection. You can go to network 
> connections in the laptop (control panel item ?) and right click on 
> the wireless connection and select repair. OR You might want to first 
> select "status", to see what that indicates. My comments are based on 
> XP and Vista may have somewhat different nomenclature and/or locations.
>
> Tom
>
> cheeko wrote:
>> Thank you. It is saying network cable unplugged? I am using wireless 
>> on the
>> laptop and the desktop is on the cable modem and router.
>> On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:53:13 -0400,  wrote:
>>  
>>> You didn't say if you were using wireless or a cable from a router. My
>>> Vista wireless connection stops working frequently. The "Diagnose and
>>> repair" tool has always got it running again. Try right clicking the
>>> connection icon in the lower right part of your screen. Look for a
>>> "Diagnose and repair" choice. You probably need to give more details 
>>> for
>>> more help.
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>    
>>>> From: cheeko <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Sep 30, 2008 10:37 AM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: [PCBUILD] cannot connect with laptop
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I have a HP Laptop with Vistas operating system. I run a linksys
>>>> network in the house. The laptop used to connect, now I cannot get
>>>> any connection to the internet. I am not sure if you can help or if I
>>>> am in the right place but I am at the end of my very short rope at
>>>> this point. Thank you, Donna Salinas
>>>>
>>>>                      
>>
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