Connected with laptop, but my desk top cannot get on internet? Any help?

asandybutt

Hey there all,

I have tried to remedy this myself through endless searches, which led me to this site.

I have three laptops that operate off the cable broadband wireless router.

I just reconnected my desktop using XP sp2 (after office renovation) and now my desktop which is hard wired to my router does confirm connected to the LAN, but I cannot access the web via IE or Firefox?

I relased and renewed IP etc... and I think I have gathered that it has to do with DNS between desktop and Router? I am not sure what all that is...Any assistance would be greatly appreciated...thanx in advance!

diable

Have you tried another cable or port on the router?

asandybutt

yup, everything says I am connected via LAN, it is just my computer will not connect via IE or Firefox....from my own research i think it has to do with DNS from the comuter end...

HughSpencer

Strangely I had the same kind of problem myself this morning. I don't know whether this will apply to you but disconnected the power to my router, reconnected and waited 3 minutes before doing anything else.

RussJK

From affected computer, Start > Run > cmd.exe and Ping the local IP address of one of the other computers, e.g. 192.168.0.2.
Secondly, ping to https://www.microsoft.com to test the internet connection.

That should tell you all you need to know.

If pinging doesn't work, then check the TCP/IP settings of all network/wireless adaptors (set to automatic), swap ethernet cables, check for faults in Device Manager, etc. Also log into the router from a working computer and see what local IP address is being assigned to all the computers.

If pinging works, then try checking the VPN and proxy settings of the browsers.

asandybutt

Thanx Russ,

Not sure which one did it, but I ws able to connect....Thanx so much for your time!

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