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farahns

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January 28th, 2006 21:00

Connected to network, but browser won't load

Hello!  I have an Inspiron 700M.  I am connected to my wireless network right now, but when i try to sign on to AIM or open my browser i am not able to.  i'm not sure what is wrong.  any help would be greatly appreciated!  thank you so much!  :smileytongue:
 
-farah

Malachi1975

32 Posts

January 29th, 2006 00:00

Are you running a Domain Controlled Windows network? If you are make sure to set in the TCP/IP settings the DNS IP ( usually 192.168.0.100 ). XP has some issues auto-detecting the DNS.

banpicker

8 Posts

January 29th, 2006 11:00

I am not an expert on the inner workings of computers, but often stumble on fixes. A friend of mine bought a 6000 for her granddaughter. When I saw her last Friday, she was complaining because her wireless capability had dropped out. Screen said it couldn’t connect to server, yet the computer said it was connected to the wireless network. I looked at every setting I could to try to discover the error, and finally gave up on that method. I did manage to fix it however, and this is what I did.

The computer still would connect using the Ethernet cable. I downloaded Firefox from Mozilla.org, which is an alternative browser to Internet. When I installed Firefox, the wireless began to work again. Next I restarted Internet Explorer, and it was working again as well. Makes me think there was a problem with Internet Explorer somewhere and installing Firefox corrected the problem.

Good luck.

farahns

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January 29th, 2006 23:00

Thank you so much for all your help.  It's odd b/c we tested the wireless on another laptop and the same problem occurred.  I believe there's something wrong with my ISP so i have to call optimum online.  Thanks for everything!!!!  :smileyhappy:

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