Vista & Networking Problems

We have four computers One desktop and three notebooks. The desktop and two
notebooks use XP Home Service Pack 3, the other notebook is two weeks old
and has Vista Home Basic installed SP1.

The desktop has a NIC and is connected to a Linksys WRT54GS wireless router
connected to a Speed Stream 4100 DSL modem.

All three XP machines have no networking problems - only the Acer Aspire
5515 with Vista Home basic which has an Atheros AR5007EG wireless network
adapter.

The problems are 1)does not connect to the internet [local only], on
powering up and 2)coming out of sleep mode or 3)drops the internet
connection randomly.

I tried unchecking the QoS Packet Scheduler, the Internet Protocol Version
6, and both Link Layer Topology choices. OK, restart.

Also tried CMD prompt: netsh Winsock reset

Neither of those seemed to solve the problem and the QoS Packet Scheduler,
the Internet Protocol Version 6, and both Link Layer Topology check boxes
are checked and back as they were.

The only thing that seems to help is turning off the modem and router
waiting a minute and power them both back up

I am very new to Vista and growing very frustrated, can someone help me out
here?

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Make a Great Day
Frank Parmelee
USA

I decided to take the bull by the horns and solve Networking Problems
myself.

1. called AT&T cancelled DSL
2. gathered up all computers and peripherals
3. made a trip to the dump
4. went to the library

I am now one big happy camper having a lot less stress.

I have the same probs, see my post 'Vista local access, no internet' ......
Also, no solution yet after weeks and weeks of trying to solve this, reading
forums, etc, etc.

the MS Knowledgebase, and the MVP's
who watch this newsgroup, and a lot of dedicated hard work; I am now able to
stay connected and only need to do an occasional Detect and Repair. Not bad
for and old timer like me.

Could you please tell us what you did as I still have the same ... problem.

I am not sure how much they charge, but my neighbor calls the Geek Squad
from our Best Buy store whenever she has problems. I thought about it and
then decided not to spend the money.

This machine is brand new and I figured to have no problems. This is so
aggravating and frustrating. For a brief moment I toyed with the idea of
putting Windows 7 on all our machines when it is available. I am not so sure
that is going to happen.

Finally! After hours of reading, agonizing, phone calls, set this, set that,
un check this, check that - FINALLY - Houston we have contact. Still
occasionally after coming out of sleep I only have "local only" and have to
do a repair, but, it beats doing a complete reset of the network several
times a day. Oh and did I mention my network, both wireless and wired were
rock solid [3 XP machines had no problems] throughout the entire grueling
process.

The one thing that really stands out is the finger pointing that goes on
during a process like this - utterly amazing.