Cant use the web browser but am connected wirelessly to the net.

ben1990

ben1990

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I have a HP laptop which is roughly three years old. I had previously used it with a simple ethernet cable and was surfing the internet with no problem. Recently I have moved and now share a router with other people in the house. The only other user of the router in the house is a desktop computer which is connected using an ethernet cable. My laptop does not have wireless capability so i have purchased a netgear wireless usb connecter. Now that i have followed the wizard i have managed to connect to the wireless network correctly with no problem. The connection is shown but i am unable to use Internet Explorer. When I open internet explorer it says that the page cannot be displayed. Sorry for the long post but thought would explain the situation. Any help would be much appreciated.

Many Thanks All.
 
go to a dos prompt and type

ipconfig/all and paste the results here. It sounds like you have DNS issues.

Also try typing the following into the address bar of your browser:

http://64.233.183.147

If this comes up with the google.com homepage, this confirms you have DNS issues. If it doesn't, then still in DOS, type:

ping 64.233.183.147

You should see something similar to below:

Pinging 64.233.183.147 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 64.233.183.147: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=247
Reply from 64.233.183.147: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=247
Reply from 64.233.183.147: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=247
Reply from 64.233.183.147: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=247

Ping statistics for 64.233.183.147:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 37ms, Maximum = 39ms, Average = 38ms

If you see request timed out, you aren't in fact connected properly to the network.
 
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