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I've just bought a Toshiba Dynabook, and I'm having major problems with my
LAN. I'm extremely untechnically-minded, and am drowning in a sea of
acronyms.
My desktop is fine, but the new laptop can see the network, but is unable to
get an IP address (it says) even if I click on 'repair'. It has some kind of
built in wireless LAN card.
The only solution for me is to unplug my router, and then plug it back in. I
click on repair, and can connect to the Internet.
However, after 5 minutes, it suddenly loses the connection, and I'm back to
the beginnning. Holding my mouse over the taskbar thingee tells me that it
can see the network, and that the signal is very strong. I have no idea what
to do. The kicker is that I'm in Japan (my OS is Japanese), and I can't read
the manuals very well!
When it is connected (for the precious few minutes), the connection status
says that the address type is assigned by DHCP, and the IP is one digit
different from the one on my desktop.
Any suggestions would be gratefully received. The simpler the English, the
better....
I've just bought a Toshiba Dynabook, and I'm having major problems with my
LAN. I'm extremely untechnically-minded, and am drowning in a sea of
acronyms.
My desktop is fine, but the new laptop can see the network, but is unable to
get an IP address (it says) even if I click on 'repair'. It has some kind of
built in wireless LAN card.
The only solution for me is to unplug my router, and then plug it back in. I
click on repair, and can connect to the Internet.
However, after 5 minutes, it suddenly loses the connection, and I'm back to
the beginnning. Holding my mouse over the taskbar thingee tells me that it
can see the network, and that the signal is very strong. I have no idea what
to do. The kicker is that I'm in Japan (my OS is Japanese), and I can't read
the manuals very well!
When it is connected (for the precious few minutes), the connection status
says that the address type is assigned by DHCP, and the IP is one digit
different from the one on my desktop.
Any suggestions would be gratefully received. The simpler the English, the
better....