so i've just swapped my router for a wireless one, so my stepdads lappy can use my internet connection. now i've also installed a wireless card in the lappy, and its picking up the connection fine... it just won't connect to the web any hints or advice?
Mine comes and goes like that alhough only maybe once a month or so and it wants to work offline or dial the dial up connection even though it tells me its connected through wireless with a good signal. I just go tools, work online and then bang a new address into the address bar and sometimes it go's. Sometimes it takes a few shots and now and again if its being a real pain in the arse I get it so its set for online working, turn the computer off, turn it back on again and it seems fine. If anyone as a more computer minded explantation and fix I too would be glad to hear it.
its not even connecting when i'm using cat5... the lappy can see, and connect to, my sodding PC, but can't get on to teh interwebz
tried that... just run the network diagnostics, which of course produces a runtime error. this is shit. windows gets extra retard points by dint of being supposedly user-friendly, yet nearly always turns out to be a big pile of prolapsed donkey arses.
Set the primary and secondary DNS addresses on your router to match the ones on your broadband modem.
my router is my modem... i use a netgear DG834G which works as modem, router and firewall. added to the half a cunting day i've spent updating XP, i'm getting really, really pissed off with this and would certainly like to find an MVP to kneecap.
This shouldn't be a problem - I'm on a similar router setup and never had any issues - check that the laptop's version of IE/Firefox isn't set to dial a different connection rather than accessing via the LAN.
When all else fails...you might try the manufacturer's website. I had the same problem with a Linksys wireless router. I spent literally hours on the phone with them before getting to senior level tech, who fixed the problem in about five minutes. If calling isn't an option, some of the manufacturers have real time chat with techs available for help. Good news is these problems are usually fixed for those who know how. The bad news is that by the time you get to someone who knows how, you're ready to
Did you say before you couldn't connect to the internet using even CAT5 cable? Are you able to connect that way now? How did you do it?
When you say it is picking up the connection I assume you mean it is connected to the network and not that it can see the network? And I assume you've turned off the Internet Connection Firewall on XP?
in the time honoured way of fiddling around with networky things and rebooting - in other words, not entirely too sure as i flipped a few settings before it started talking to it...
using either windows inbuilt system, or netgears, both say its connected to the router. try to connect to the web... nada. and as i mentioned, the network diagnostics crash, presumably because a company with more money than god is too fucking stupid to test software properly. yup.
on the bright side, looks like i'll have most of next week to figure stuff out - boss has gone fucking fruit loops, and now has it in for me... christ on a bike, is there no one in IT not one project away from getting sectioned?
I wonder if your network is fine, but your router isn't connecting to the internet itself. Do you have DSL? Many providers need username/passwords in order to connect. Then again, who knows what crazy systems you Limeys use?
the routers definately connecting - otherwise i wouldn't be able to post this i'm awaiting the penis USB in order to download music via my pc's onboard digital vagina dipper...
Sorry if these questions are something you've already checked, but... 1.) Does the router have DHCP integrated into it? And if so, are the laptop's TCP/IP settings set to automatically poll the DHCP for an IP address? 2.) Does the subnet mask (or any other settings, for that matter) on the laptop differ from the one on the system you can connect with? 3.) Open up the Command Prompt and try pinging a site on the web (e.g. "ping www.wordforge.net") and see if packets are making it through. That's all I could think of to check.
right, set up a network through the electrics using a couple of homeplug thingummys from solwise - absolute doddle (other than too short cat5 cable, but hey ho). i've now got a 85mbps (realistically it'll top out at just over half that) network running through my electrics
