Hi, I've been using wireless internet with my Compaq Presario for a long time. I used to have a home connection that I used it with, as well as using it at local hot spots.
However, after getting rid of my home network, and not using wireless for a couple of months, now when I try to connect at hotspots, it doesn't work. The wireless detector turns on, and shows me all the networks within range. But even if I've got a strong signal connection, I can't access the internet, I just get a message saying that the server cannot be found. I've tried adjusting the settings on the Windows Firewall a bit, including making sure that Firefox is not blocked, but no luck. Any ideas?
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Well since you are trying to connect to others networks they maybe blocking you out from using them or they may require a proxy.
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May be you had static ip at home, but at a hot spot they normally have DHCP, so make sure that you have "obtain IP automatically" option on your wireless adapter, same thing for the DNS.
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have you tried a ping command to see if you can ping websites
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go to start
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just some things to try...1. control panel/network connections/view available wireless networks/delete any networks listed...this is just an educated guess...there may be issues with over congestion in your wireless NIC...2. uninstall/wireless NIC though/right click my computer/choose hardware tab/device manager/uninstall wireless NIC/restart PC/re-install wireless NIC (if you don't have the driver available find and d/l first, find the newest driver version)repost if neither of these suggestion help...
Server not found, despite strong signal
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by srt86hil, Jul 7, 2008.