Check your router status and restart your DSL/cable modem, if applicable.
If you??™re on a public network, you might need to sign in or pay a subscription
fee for full Internet services, a fact that might be clear from the
first page your browser loads or perhaps suggested by the SSID. Of course,
if other PCs on the network have Internet access, then try restarting your
PC and temporarily disabling any firewall software that may be interfering.
But if you don??™t see Local and Internet here, but rather Local only or
something similar, it means Windows wasn??™t able to get a valid IP
address. This can happen if you??™re connected to an ad-hoc network
(basically just another PC) instead of a true hotspot, but odds are that
you need to mess around with your PC??™s TCP/IP settings as described in
???Troubleshoot Network Connections,??? later in this chapter.
Everything works until you enable encryption. Open your router??™s configuration
page and determine the current firmware version, which is usually
shown on the home page or the Status page. Then, visit your router
manufacturer??™s web site and see whether there??™s a newer firmware available;
if so, download it and use your router??™s firmware upgrade feature
to ensure you have the latest bugs and bug fixes. Likewise, make sure
you??™re using the latest drivers for your wireless equipment on your PC.
If that doesn??™t help, it??™s likely that either your router or your wireless
adapter in your PC is not fully 802.
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