re: wireless problem
Thursday, May 11, 2006 at 8:31 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Larry
(1364 messages posted)
Usually resetting the hub or router by unplugging it for a few seconds fixes the
problem. You also might want to read this:
http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/troub-13.html
Larry
On Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at 8:23 pm, Paul Phiropoulos wrote:
>I am having a very strange and illogical problem with a wireless network. Using
a
>linksys 5 station hub. my neighbor and i share a Linksys hub, with a dsl modem attached.
>out of the blue the main computer cannot connect to the internet. my remote computer,
>and his laptop can connect with no problem. when i check the main computer, it shows
>that all hardware is connected, but when we try to get on the internet, it says
that
>it cannot find the dns server. i have checked the network connections, and under
>"status" it shows that it cannot establish and ip address. as a matter of fact,
it
>grays out any information regarding the connections ip status. cant repair the connection,
>and i have no idea why it all of the sudden stopped working. remote computers have
>no problem connecting or establishing internet access. all i can think of is that
>it has a virus that doesnt allow it to establish connection. there are no problems
>with the devices, (system) and when we try to access the internet, the Internet
explorer
>detects proxy settings, but then searches for some homepage named "starware" that
>we have never heard of or installed. can i get any feedback?
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