Help with wireless connection please!

Giddytimes

I have an unsecured (I know I know, I will secure it when I work out how!) wireless connection set up in my house (Belkin) and my laptop works fine on it. However my brother is trying to do college work using his laptop and he can't seem to connect to my wireless connection.

His laptop says he is connected to the wireless network and signal strength is excellent but everytime he trys to access the internet it just says- This page can not be displayed.

Any ideas anyone?

dickibobboy

are you sure it says connected, or connected but limited or no connectivity

Giddytimes

dickibobboy wrote:

are you sure it says connected, or connected but limited or no connectivity

It definately says- connected, signal strength excellent, thats what I can't understand.

amcluesent

Is his laptop set to get IP address and DNS automatically?

dickibobboy

on each laptop using wireless or any using ethernet double click on the connection, then click properties, scroll down to Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then properties, make sure obtain ip and Dns automatically are selected then on the other tab on the top make sure obtain private ip is selected and then ok for all of them to get out, wait a min and try again

dickibobboy

amcluesent wrote:

Is his laptop set to get IP address and DNS automatically?

you beat me!

Giddytimes

amcluesent wrote:

Is his laptop set to get IP address and DNS automatically?

I'm not sure amcluesent, i'm also not very techie minded! How do I check this please?

edit- Just seen the other post, i'll check now

dickibobboy

dickibobboy wrote:

on each laptop using wireless or any using ethernet double click on the connection, then click properties, scroll down to Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then properties, make sure obtain ip and Dns automatically are selected then on the other tab on the top make sure obtain private ip is selected and then ok for all of them to get out, wait a min and try again

this what i posted

Chippy_Minton

Open a command prompt window (Start - Programs - Accessories - Command Prompt) and enter the command:

ipconfig/all

and copy and paste the output here please.

You might find it easier to first send the output to a file by using the command:

ipconfig/all > temp.txt

and then open temp.txt and paste the contents here.

sco0ter

Make sure the router is set to accept 802.11b and g. some belkins (108mbps ones) will not accept 802.11b signals unless setup to. Just check that both laptops are using the same wireless protocol

Giddytimes

dickibobboy wrote:

on each laptop using wireless or any using ethernet double click on the connection, then click properties, scroll down to Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then properties, make sure obtain ip and Dns automatically are selected then on the other tab on the top make sure obtain private ip is selected and then ok for all of them to get out, wait a min and try again

Thanks dickiboboy, I tried this and they are both set to obtain automatically already. I'll try and copy and paste the ip thingy now.