Cant connect to internet

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Natalie

I have a brand new Inspiron 1521 - plugged the internet cable in and it won't
connect to the internet or the network! Any suggestions? The Inspiron has
Vista, Broadcom Integrated controller and my internet is broadband cable ,
(its a satellite type connection, i don't use a modem and i don't use a
router)
On my other 3 computers, i plug the internet cable in and the internet is up
and running.
I tried pinging and i get a 169.254.... number. But it says local access
only.
Any help, suggestions, links, whatever i'll take it
Thank you!
Natalie
 
169.254 is the problem. It could be the incompatible issue. This link may
help.

Vista incompatible issues
Vista Incompatible issues. 1. Some switches or routers may not
compatible with Vista – Solutions: upgrade the firmware, disable the IPv6,
re-configure the ...
www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistacompatible.htm


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169.254 is the problem. It could be the incompatible issue. This link may
help.

Vista incompatible issues
Vista Incompatible issues. 1. Some switches or routers may not
compatible with Vista – Solutions: upgrade the firmware, disable the IPv6,
re-configure the ...
www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistacompatible.htm
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You don't have the latest update ofCommodo Firewall installed do you.

I had a similar problem when the last update occured. I had to remove
commodo Firewall for the network connection to work.

DJT
 
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