Excellent Connection, but no internet

Okay, I have DSL and a Linksys wireless router. I have a PC and a laptop
connected, and all works perfectly.

My mom and dad came over and they brought 2 of their laptops. My moms works
great, but my dads doesn't. The tray icon says, "Excellent connection", but
can't access the internet. We've set up his laptop exactly they way all the
others are set up. Why doesn't this work?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Scott

I forgot to mention, I have WEP disabled in the wireless router setup. This
is agravating.
--

ScottG


"Jeffrey Randow (MVP)" wrote:

> Double check that you have entered the proper WPA (or WEP) key...
> ---
> Jeffrey Randow (Windows Networking MVP)
> jeffreyr-(E-Mail Removed)
> http://www.networkblog.net (My Networking Blog)
> http://www.remotenetworktechnology.com (Support Site)
>
> On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 23:31:36 -0500, "ScottG" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >Okay, I have DSL and a Linksys wireless router. I have a PC and a laptop
> >connected, and all works perfectly.
> >
> >My mom and dad came over and they brought 2 of their laptops. My moms works
> >great, but my dads doesn't. The tray icon says, "Excellent connection", but
> >can't access the internet. We've set up his laptop exactly they way all the
> >others are set up. Why doesn't this work?
> >
> >Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
> >
> >Scott
> >
>
>

Here's an update to my problem. I went through microsofts troubleshooters
and realized that I CAN ping any website on the internet with all computers
on the network (including my dads). But, IE6 still shows DNS error for all
pages that try to load.

I've reboot, flushed the DNS, verified settings as the same as all other
computers. I just can't figure this one out.

Anybody?

"Jeffrey Randow (MVP)" <jeffreyr-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Double check that you have entered the proper WPA (or WEP) key...
> ---
> Jeffrey Randow (Windows Networking MVP)
> jeffreyr-(E-Mail Removed)
> http://www.networkblog.net (My Networking Blog)
> http://www.remotenetworktechnology.com (Support Site)
>
> On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 23:31:36 -0500, "ScottG" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>Okay, I have DSL and a Linksys wireless router. I have a PC and a laptop
>>connected, and all works perfectly.
>>
>>My mom and dad came over and they brought 2 of their laptops. My moms
>>works
>>great, but my dads doesn't. The tray icon says, "Excellent connection",
>>but
>>can't access the internet. We've set up his laptop exactly they way all
>>the
>>others are set up. Why doesn't this work?
>>
>>Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>>Scott
>>
>

Hi
May be this can Help: http://www.ezlan.net/clean#refreshnet
Jack (MVP-Networking).



"ScottG" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Here's an update to my problem. I went through microsofts troubleshooters
> and realized that I CAN ping any website on the internet with all
computers
> on the network (including my dads). But, IE6 still shows DNS error for
all
> pages that try to load.
>
> I've reboot, flushed the DNS, verified settings as the same as all other
> computers. I just can't figure this one out.
>
> Anybody?
>
> "Jeffrey Randow (MVP)" <jeffreyr-(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote
> in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Double check that you have entered the proper WPA (or WEP) key...
> > ---
> > Jeffrey Randow (Windows Networking MVP)
> > jeffreyr-(E-Mail Removed)
> > http://www.networkblog.net (My Networking Blog)
> > http://www.remotenetworktechnology.com (Support Site)
> >
> > On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 23:31:36 -0500, "ScottG" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Okay, I have DSL and a Linksys wireless router. I have a PC and a
laptop
> >>connected, and all works perfectly.
> >>
> >>My mom and dad came over and they brought 2 of their laptops. My moms
> >>works
> >>great, but my dads doesn't. The tray icon says, "Excellent connection",
> >>but
> >>can't access the internet. We've set up his laptop exactly they way all
> >>the
> >>others are set up. Why doesn't this work?
> >>
> >>Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
> >>
> >>Scott
> >>
> >
>
>

I tried to LSP-Fix and WinSockFix, but still no luck. I can still ping any
IP, but I still get DNS error page.

Arrgggg.

"Jack" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
> May be this can Help: http://www.ezlan.net/clean#refreshnet
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
>
>
> "ScottG" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Here's an update to my problem. I went through microsofts
>> troubleshooters
>> and realized that I CAN ping any website on the internet with all
> computers
>> on the network (including my dads). But, IE6 still shows DNS error for
> all
>> pages that try to load.
>>
>> I've reboot, flushed the DNS, verified settings as the same as all other
>> computers. I just can't figure this one out.
>>
>> Anybody?
>>
>> "Jeffrey Randow (MVP)" <jeffreyr-(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote
>> in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Double check that you have entered the proper WPA (or WEP) key...
>> > ---
>> > Jeffrey Randow (Windows Networking MVP)
>> > jeffreyr-(E-Mail Removed)
>> > http://www.networkblog.net (My Networking Blog)
>> > http://www.remotenetworktechnology.com (Support Site)
>> >
>> > On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 23:31:36 -0500, "ScottG" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>Okay, I have DSL and a Linksys wireless router. I have a PC and a
> laptop
>> >>connected, and all works perfectly.
>> >>
>> >>My mom and dad came over and they brought 2 of their laptops. My moms
>> >>works
>> >>great, but my dads doesn't. The tray icon says, "Excellent
>> >>connection",
>> >>but
>> >>can't access the internet. We've set up his laptop exactly they way
>> >>all
>> >>the
>> >>others are set up. Why doesn't this work?
>> >>
>> >>Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>> >>
>> >>Scott
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

In message <#(E-Mail Removed)>, ScottG
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>I tried to LSP-Fix and WinSockFix, but still no luck. I can still ping any
>IP, but I still get DNS error page.
>
>Arrgggg.
>

If you can ping, can you get web access using IP addresses?
--
Alun Bell

No. I can ping all day long using number addresses or names (ping
www.google.com), etc...

This is baffling to me, I just don't understand this one.


"Alun Bell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In message <#(E-Mail Removed)>, ScottG
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>>I tried to LSP-Fix and WinSockFix, but still no luck. I can still ping
>>any
>>IP, but I still get DNS error page.
>>
>>Arrgggg.
>>
>
> If you can ping, can you get web access using IP addresses?
> --
> Alun Bell

GOOD LUCK with this one Scott. I'm having an almost identical problem to you
(ie strong wireless connection; PINGs okay between the laptop and the main
PC); the main PC can ever access the shared folder of the laptop. But the
laptop can't access anything on the main PC (which is obviously shared etc)
and it can't surf the web.

Irritating and aggravating is right!

It worked fine until my hard drive died so I had reinstall from scratch. I
now have two drives installed!!

I'll keep watching and hope you get an answer soon.

Jan


"ScottG" wrote:

> No. I can ping all day long using number addresses or names (ping
> www.google.com), etc...
>
> This is baffling to me, I just don't understand this one.
>
>
> "Alun Bell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > In message <#(E-Mail Removed)>, ScottG
> > <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
> >>I tried to LSP-Fix and WinSockFix, but still no luck. I can still ping
> >>any
> >>IP, but I still get DNS error page.
> >>
> >>Arrgggg.
> >>
> >
> > If you can ping, can you get web access using IP addresses?
> > --
> > Alun Bell
>
>
>