EggXpert

i just installed vista on my desktop at home and i cannot get on the internet. i have free internet from from frontier beacuse i have a tower in my yard and i dont need a password or login name. On my XP computer i have no problems. The cable for the internet is directly plugged into my computer i have no router or switch before it. my computer recognizes the internet as an unidentified network and says that it is local connection only. But i know i have connection to the rest of the internet. I have tried to run connect to setup but it doesnt work either. im wondering what the problem could drivers, vista IDK???

any help is appreciated  

What motherboard do you have? You may need to download the chipset/network drivers for it. I thought Vista had some kind of universal driver for connecting to the internet, but maybe it just isn't working for you.

You need to edit the Network Adapter properties for that network connection and un-check the

IPV6 entries

save it.  Then diagnose and repair, the one after the first one.

in vista, the first D&R is equivalent to XP's "repair" function; while the one vista offers after that one fails, is like "disabling" and "enabling" the adapter [which is what you need to do at this point.]

If that makes sense....?

Tallon41

[Manually configuring your IP address settings etc, will also solve this, as the issue is (usually,) between Vista and the DHCP server in the Router ]

i have a p5n32 se sli delux..... but it sounds like tallons suggestion will work thanks i will try that