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Help please, i beg
Name: Nokes Date: September 29, 2008 at 18:49:36 Pacific OS: XP SP3 CPU/Ram: P4 512MB Product: Dell
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Okay, Windows says it's connected, ipconfig says it's connected, but i can't got on the internet! my ISP is fine, i connected with another comp. i tried configuring it with the IP Address ipconfig gave me, and it set the Subnet mask for me, but what do i do for the DNS? i left it blank, and it said it was connected, but i still couldn't go to any website, or the router. Network Magic says my router is offline, but thats how i conct'd the other comp. i'm stuck and i'm grouded, what do i do!?!?!? please, she's threatening to sell my laptop!!!
Name: Richard59 Date: September 29, 2008 at 19:27:52 Pacific
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Do you have a router and is DHCP enabled in it? Is it wired or wireless? Also have a look in your Hosts file. c/windows/system32/drivers/etc Open the hosts file with notepad You can safely edit this file to delete everything below the line : 127.0.0.1 localhost
Save and exit
You may want to create a backup of the hosts file first
Goin' Fishin' (Some day)
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Response Number 2
Name: Nokes Date: September 29, 2008 at 20:18:22 Pacific
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got, dns cache didn't reset, thanks for the help, and no dhcp was off
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Response Number 3
Name: Rayburn Date: September 29, 2008 at 20:19:25 Pacific
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From the command prompt, type "ping www.google.com" without quotes, press enter, and see if you get a reply.
Name: Nokes Date: October 5, 2008 at 09:35:15 Pacific
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he used the command prompt and used "ipconfig/flushdns" to purge the DNS cache, until it finally reset, then used "ipconfig/displaydns" to see if it worked.
Sorry for acting so childish, i thought humour was a trait ALL humans have
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Response Number 19
Name: Rayburn Date: October 5, 2008 at 11:17:03 Pacific
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