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internet seems to be connected but.
Name: decended Date: September 11, 2008 at 16:48:30 Pacific OS: Windows XP Professional CPU/Ram: See below Product: see below
Comment:
So a few days ago my girlfriend turns on my computer to find that the internet says it's connected properly to the wireless router in the house.
We try to open a webpage on Firefox and get nothing. Same for explorer.
Both of the other machines in the house connect to this particular wireless router just fine.
I reinstalled the software for the USB wireless adapter, and still have the same problem.
How do I get it to work? AND
Would reformatting the hard-drive fix the problem?
Name: picohat Date: September 11, 2008 at 17:51:49 Pacific
Reply:
use nslookup to try resolving the URL/domain name, see whether it works.. Suspect it's domain resolving issue. If not, you can try to use following free DNS servers provided by OpenDNS:
208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220
Hope it helps..
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Response Number 2
Name: HelpingGuy123 Date: September 11, 2008 at 18:32:36 Pacific
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decended,
Are you able to ping your wireless router from this PC ? Furthermore, are you using DHCP to get an IP address ? Try "IPCONFIG" to look for you IP address.
Name: m_mengel Date: September 11, 2008 at 23:40:47 Pacific
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Yes, definitely try IPCONFIG before you even think about reformatting your HDD. Chances are there is something with your internet connection that got messed up, was accidentally changed, etc.
So like HelpingGuy123 said, go to Start - Run - Cmd and then type in "ipconfig" without the quotes. Post your results on here.
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Response Number 4
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: September 12, 2008 at 05:37:51 Pacific
Reply:
Make sure and Click OK or hit Enter after typing in cmd.
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