Internet Connection problems - can anyone help me please?

Flowerydaisies

The yellow balloon says 'Local area connection now connected"

Flowerydaisies

Here is the LAPTOP ipconfig box:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Hayley>ipconfig
Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
C:\Documents and Settings\Hayley>

iviv

I'm at work, so can't poke around on this computer to experiment with stuff as I could at home, but I think I can cope with that. Lets hope that's what it is

edit: Right, different gateway's. That'll be whats causing your problem!

Cloister

Right ok then.

Right click on "my network places" which is on the desktop.

Then choose properties.

you should have something called "local area connection" and the two "tellys" should be lit up.

Again right click and choose properties

in the screen that pops up in the middle box that says above it

"This connection uses the following items"

Scroll down till you get to the bottom on the item that says "internet protocol TCP/IP" left click and then left click the properties button.

There are two radio buttons, you want to set both to say

Obtain IP adress automatically

and

Obtain DNS server address automatically

Once done click ok and

Cloister

Right ok then.

Right click on "my network places" which is on the desktop.

Then choose properties.

you should have something called "local area connection" and the two "tellys" should be lit up.

Again right click and choose properties

in the screen that pops up in the middle box that says above it

"This connection uses the following items"

Scroll down till you get to the bottom on the item that says "internet protocol TCP/IP" left click and then left click the properties button.

There are two radio buttons, you want to set both to say

Obtain IP adress automatically

and

Obtain DNS server address automatically

Once done click ok and then ok again on the local area connection properties and then do an ipconfig /renew and test your internet connection!

C

Flowerydaisies

iviv wrote: »

edit: Right, different gateway's. That'll be whats causing your problem!

Cool - is it fixable? How has oit happened?

Cloister

sorry for the double post - really gotta go now....

Cloister

yes, do what I've said should cure it

iviv

Right, on the computer, in the system tray (Bottom right next to the clock) find the picture that looks like two computer monitors next to each other, and double click it. This should bring up the connection status, with status, duration, speed and packets. Click properties, then on the window that comes up, scroll down to one named 'Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)'. Select that, and click properties.
You should see a screen like this:

Is it set to do it all automatically? Or does it have numbers manually entered into the boxes? If there are numbers, make a note of what they are, and where they are, before setting both sets to do automatically, and see if that sorts it out.

Edit: Which is basically what cloister said, just slightly slower :rolleyes:

Flowerydaisies

Can't find my network places? It shows on start menu but comes up with 'The internet' and two website addresses . And no link for properties?