wireless internet hotspot problem

Question

I have been unable to acces the internet from a public hotspot for four weeks now. When I start my laptop I have a normal connection for around 3 seconds, I receive several packets ( like 10 ) and then the connection goes dead. 100% packet loss. I am still connected to the network but I only have local access. The latest drivers are installed on the laptop and the configuration is identical to another laptop that CAN connect to the network like I can, but the connection on that laptop is not killed at all. I have absolutely no idea what I can try to fix this. I think I have tried everything, safe mode (with network capabilities), all personal firewalls and the windows firewall are shut down. The signal is not the issue, when I am standing next to the hotspot thingy with ' Excellent' signal strength its the same. Please help! or else im stuck 20 weeks in a caravan without internet!! ;(

Gina Q · Answer

Since you're getting a signal that is excellent that tells us that the adapter is working and so there is a software problem somewhere.   Can you get connected to your home wireless network? Is there any encryption being used at this hotspot?

Maciasty · Answer

Sadly I dont not have acces to a wireless network at home, but my supervisor tried to connect to his own wireless network at his home with my laptop, and it did not work. He set the settings identical to his own laptop wich can connect without a problem. To my knowledge, there is no encryption used at the hotspot I am trying to acces. Yesterday I was messing around with the whole situation (as always) and I actually managed to succesfuly ping test to the hotspot computer. I noticed that when I opened IE or tried to browse with firefox, it would interrupt the ping test and packets were lost.

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