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Author Topic: Wireless says it's connected, but browsers not loading pages.  (Read 2425 times)

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booderpie

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    Newbie

    I've tried a few remedies (including turning off the modem and restarting it, etc), but nothing is working. I pinged the router and it came back with "request timed out" which is the only clue I've found as to what could be wrong. Also: the other computer in my room is connecting, as well as my roommate's xbox, so I'm fairly certain it isn't the router itself.

    A little background: the computer has been out of use for about 6 months, I finally did a malware scan on it and cleaned it up, so it may have been damaged? Not sure...please help me!! :)

    EEVIAC

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    Re: Wireless says it's connected, but browsers not loading pages.
    « Reply #1 on: March 03, 2010, 10:44:30 PM »
    Boot up the computer...   Open a command prompt and type:

    ipconfig


    what information is displayed?

    booderpie

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      Re: Wireless says it's connected, but browsers not loading pages.
      « Reply #2 on: March 03, 2010, 10:58:59 PM »

      EEVIAC

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      Re: Wireless says it's connected, but browsers not loading pages.
      « Reply #3 on: March 03, 2010, 11:08:32 PM »
      Boot the computer into Safe Mode with Networking, and try browsing the Internet..

      If you cannot, ping the router and see if you can get a "reply", while in Safe Mode with Networking...

      dahlarbear



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        Re: Wireless says it's connected, but browsers not loading pages.
        « Reply #4 on: March 04, 2010, 03:34:20 AM »
        1.  The output from the "ipconfig" command shows two(?) adaptors:
             a.  Ethernet adaptor Local Area Connection
                       Media State:  Media Disconnected

             b.  Ethernet adaptor Stephanie

        2.  Do you have two ethernet adaptors on that computer?