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    Connected to wirless network but no internet

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by bhd1223, Jul 14, 2007.

  1. bhd1223

    bhd1223 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well I am having some wireless issues on my Dell Inspiron 8600 as I pretty much always have. I am connecting to the wireless network in the house but I can't get the internet to work. Also it seems like it will randomly disconnect and reconnect at times. I just moved into this place sooo. Back at my old place I had a wirless router but had so many issues I just gave up and ran hardline all the time. I'd like to get the wireless working here as just about every day I'm wandering around with the computer. I appreciate any help I can get.
     
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    Is the wireless router getting an IP address from your cable/DSL modem?
     
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    I would say yes since the other person living in the house has been running the internet wirelessly without problems.
     
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    OK. Well the way it is set up is as follow.

    It goes from the modem to a router. Then the router shoots out to all the ports is the house and also to a wireless router. There are 2 computers running vista in the house that nobody currently uses. The other person i'm living with has a new base HP laptop that has XP and works fine wirelessly. My old Dell laptop connects to the network but just won't work with the internet. It works fine when I plug it in. I'm running XP Pro. Why does wireless suck so much? Haha.
     
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