Re: connected but not connecting
- From: dan@xxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:50:26 -0600
mofomoser wrote:
hi all,
first many thanks to everyone who is taking time out of their day to
help me out with my problem. i'm new here so i'll try to be as specific
as possible without overloading you.
so the problem: i am on a desktop pc with a wireless
card/band/antenna/whatever that allows me to get wireless. i see the
signal i want, i connect to the signal. i get the computer in my
notification area in the lower right hand corner. computer says i'm
connected.
only, i'm not, or i am, but not enough. i open up firefox and all i get
are 'server not found' pages. i know i'm connected somehow, through a
program i'm running i can see that i'm uploading files over the
internet, BUT NOT downloading.
what's bizarre is that this problem is intermittent at best. sometimes
the computer will say i'm connected and i surf the web at lightning
speeds (as now). other times it says i'm good to go when i can't get
past 'server not found'. there is no rhyme or reason to when it decides
i can/can't use the internet. and it always says that i'm fine.
another odd thing is that this problem is sometimes ( and always
temporarily) fixed one of three ways: (1) using the 'repair' tool from
the wireless icon. (2) restarting the DHCP Client. or (3) restarting teh
computer. on occasion this allows me access to the internet, but it is
not permanent, anywhere from 10 minutes to hours later it will quite on
me again.
Product details: now, i have a "linksys instant wireless-B PCI adapter"
for my dell desktop. I got it quite some time ago (~4years) and am
getting the signal from a "2-Wire Gateway 2701 HG-D". uhh, we have qwest
for our dsl provider.
any ideas? i don't think of myself as computer illiterate, but this one
really has me stumped, i've done everything i can think of to fix it but
it hangs around. if anyone has any suggestions or needs more info please
please please respond. i don't know how much longer i have.. :o ...
ahhh.
many thanks to any and all.
Open up the admin page for the router. Look for the diagnostic utility tools and run those...Could be your DSL (lights on DSL modem all OK?) or a bad router or a bad client card.
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