Pc Problems

jazzyuk2000

HI
I HAVE WIRELESS INTERNET.
THEY WIRELESS CONNECTS BUT INTERNET EXPLORER DOES NOT WORK?
CAN ANYONE HELP. I HAVE TRIED TO CHECK THE CONNECTIONS BUT GETTING WELL CONFUSED.
SO I CANNOT SURF THE NET.

Browntoa

turn your firewall off for a second to see if it is blocking it

jazzyuk2000

I Will Try That Now Thank You.

jazzyuk2000

No It Did Not Work

weegie.geek

The wireless part of it is just between your pc and the router. The router still needs to connect to the internet via either your cable internet connection, or your DSL connection. There are other methods of connecting to the internet, but cable and DSL are the most common in the UK.

Make sure it's your wireless network you're connecting to, and not a neighbour's.

Go into your network connection settings and make sure your router's told your PC what DNS server to use.

If you've not got a DNS server set, or you've got an invalid one set, you'll not be able to get to websites via their names. https://www.google.co.uk won't work, for instance, but the IP address of that server will. http://216.239.59.104/ will take you to google in this instance.

you can also try ping and traceroute to see where the problem lies. Try pinging and tracerouting the google IP.

http://help.expedient.com/general/ping_traceroute.shtml

The chances are your router's not connected to the net for some reason. Log into your router's control panel and take a look. Instructions for this vary from router to router, so check the manual.

jazzyuk2000

I Have Gone Into Connections And All Seems Ok I Checked The Wireless Bit And Says I Am Connected.but Still Not On The Net

Browntoa

if you click over the wireless icon then one of the options should be "repair"

try that

jazzyuk2000

I Am On Bt Broadband And Have Wireless Adaptor But The Laptop Is Toshiba And Says Toshiba Wireless Would This Stop It From Working?

weegie.geek

jazzyuk2000 wrote: »

I Have Gone Into Connections And All Seems Ok I Checked The Wireless Bit And Says I Am Connected.but Still Not On The Net

Like I said, you might be connected to your wireless connection, but the other end of the wireless connection might not be connected to the net.

Did you try accessing google via its ip, tracerouting it and pinging it?

jazzyuk2000 wrote: »

I Am On Bt Broadband And Have Wireless Adaptor But The Laptop Is Toshiba And Says Toshiba Wireless Would This Stop It From Working?

Nope.

Browntoa

no, it should not..

right click on the Toshiba wireless icon and see if there is an option to let windows manage the connection, it may say "Windows Zero Configuration" or WZC.You may need to double click on the Toshiba wireless icon and look around in the box that opens for an option to do this , or maybe untick a box that says "let toshiba manage" or something

The_Saving_Man

I'm also getting the same problems. When I traceroute it, i'm getting asteriks on the first line. Any suggestions?