Vista: Internet & DHCP problem

[QuinRiva]

I'm having difficulty connecting to the internet from within Vista. Firstly vista recognises my home network as an Unknown Network and sets it up as a public network. I have my ADSL router acting as the DHCP server and it seems fine with the other 3 computers on the network (Windows XP/Windows 2003 Server/Mac OS X); however Vista refuses to obtain it's IP from the router. If I force the Vista to use the following settings:

IP Adress: 192.168.1.37
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1

Then I can connect to other computers on the network, and I can see the router, but I still can't connect to the internet.

Does anyone know what could be preventing me from connecting to the internet? I am currently writing this through a Remote Desktop Connection to my Server (Windows 2003) from my Vista machine.

 

[greylica]

You can set up the DNS manually too.
Your ISP have an primary and secondary DNS, if you don know, you can set up the DNS to your gateway adress:
192.168.1.1

Leave the secondary DNS blank and try to connect.
Or
Ask your ISP for a primary and secondary DNS or use another ISP DNS. ( slower than your ISP provider but still function )

 

[Looney]

Yeah, sounds like you're not getting DNS servers. Your router should tell you what your ISP assigned for DNS, so just put that in manually.

 

[RebateMonger]

Take a hard look at the "Network and Sharing Center" panel in Vista. By default, when you first hook a Vista PC to a home network, you won't be able to see the Internet.