i have a aspire

Be more specific as in how you connect to the net? Is it through a modem & router? Also are you able to connect the net by lan cable other than wireless?

Hi, You can follow this article to troubleshooting the issue: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Troubleshoot-network-connection-problems Regards, Leo Huang Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.