Hello! I have had access to the internet for the past 8 months and then suddenly it stops working. I have been using my laptop with Windows Vista Home 32bit for the past 8 months. Its an HP that I bought brand new and it came installed with Vista. It had been working fine for the past 8 months until thursday after windows had installed some updates. That night when i got home from work i found myself not being able to get onto the internet with the 'unidentified network'. I have browsed these forums and have tried everything from the VISTA & WIRELESS : HOW TO SOLVE LOCAL ACCESS ONLY? and a bunch of other sources from google. i have found no solution to my problem(and i mean i've tried EVERY suggestion for the past couple days since thursday!)! As a last attempt I reset my laptop to factory condition and still does not solve the problem! I am connected to a linksys router with the model number BEFSR41. I have an Hp laptop with Vista as OS. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! I hope this helps narrow down the problem...here is the information from ipconfig /all Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001] Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Lily>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Lily-PC Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 5100 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-EA-7A-E8-12 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0) Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-EC-83-6E-2E DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::cfd:2770:c97d:18bf%10(Preferred) Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.24.191(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1 fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1 fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{F6864212-3D00-420C-81E5-996650D10 F18} Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 13: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

I dont know if this helps but i can connect to the internet if i hook up the laptop directly to the modem and sign up using PPPoE connection. I tried taking the ip addresses of ipv4, dns, default gateway, and subnet mask while it was connected; then using those address again when i connected it back to the router. No solution though. *sob*