Laptop will say connected to the internet but IE will not go to a web site.?

Question

Ok, I have a Dell Laptop Latitude D810 running WinXP SP3

I can not get Firefox or IE to bring up a web page. It shows connected by WiFi and Cat5. I have replaced the Win Sock and nothing. I also uninstalled all of the firewalls. (Win & Norton) I have 2 icons in the Network Connections folder 1) Local Area Connection 2) Wireless Network Connection, am I missing something?

I need your help, what else can I try?

Thank You

Ardris

Answer 1

You might simply be connected to an external router that has a limit on the number of connections allowed. The signal is there but your laptop's attempt to obtain an IP are simply being rejected.

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Added:

As you have an IP check for a through connection. Type Run then Command. When the DOS window opens Type

Ping 216.239.59.147

That is the Google.com IP address.

Are you getting any error messages from your browsers?

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2nd Addition

Go back to IPconfig but add /all

You should have

1) your ip

2) subnet mask probably 255.255.255.0

3) ip of default gateway

4) 1 or more DNS server ip's

If any of these are missing you have network software setup problems.

If they are all there I cannot see why 2 different browsers cannot get out other than a virus that is catching the interrupts generated by these programs and simply dumping them.

Answer 2

mine does it somtimes it usualy fixes it if i unplug the modem and the router and just leave them unplugged for a few inutes then it is fine