Having trouble getting ethernet router off computer to use local wifi

Question

My daughters touchscreen laptop was used on an ethernet router at college.  She is now home and we use an AT&T elevate hot spot.   The laptop will not let her online due to  looking for router.  How can we get the router off and get our internet in?

Answer 1

Chery,
Welcome to the HP Community Forum.
The following is a Guess:
This is answer may seem counter-intuitive to your question:
How to Assign a Static IP Address in Windows 7, 8, XP, or Vista
The computer may be set up to use a Static IP address and / or it is set up to look for a particular Internet Service Provider -- (DNS Server), that is, the provider at the school.
You might go in and check the Network setup.
You may need to do this in the WiFi and Lan Network Adapter settings if such are available.
If your computer is set up as shown in the directions in the Link -- then you want to make the following changes to remove that static IP setup and allow your computer to be "free" to select your home Wifi network.
Local Area Connection Properties window:
Where it suggests in the directions that you Select
"Use the following IP address"
and
"Use the folling DNS Server Address"
on your computer:
You confirm / Select "Obtain a IP Address automatically"
and
You confirm / Select "Obtain DNS Server address automatically"
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I hope this makes sense.
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