HELP with my new laptop & wireless connection

[alamode800]

I just got a wireless route so I can be on my desktop and my husband can be on his laptop (SBC DSL). His new laptop acknowledges the signal and he can get on to the main page of MSN. After that, when he types anything into the address bar or clicks on any link he ALWAYS gets this message box: CONNECT OR STAY OFFLINE. He can go no further. How do we tell Windows XP that he is on WiLan, does not need to dial out to DSL or phone dial up?? His laptop has wireless capability, shows he has the connection and will bring up MSN without any problem. But after the first page we are dead in the water. Can't go any further unless we dial out with phone line. HELP - Anyone - HELP!!

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Try reposting to the experts in the Wireless Networking newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"alamode800" wrote:

| I just got a wireless route so I can be on my desktop and my husband can
| be on his laptop (SBC DSL). His new laptop acknowledges the signal and
| he can get on to the main page of MSN. After that, when he types
| anything into the address bar or clicks on any link he ALWAYS gets this
| message box: CONNECT OR STAY OFFLINE. He can go no further. How do we
| tell Windows XP that he is on WiLan, does not need to dial out to DSL or
| phone dial up?? His laptop has wireless capability, shows he has the
| connection and will bring up MSN without any problem. But after the
| first page we are dead in the water. Can't go any further unless we
| dial out with phone line. HELP - Anyone - HELP!!
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| alamode800