Hi,
I am having trouble connecting to a particular wireless network with my pc laptop. I can see the router and have very good signal strength, and while the laptop says it is connected, when I try to load any webpages I get a time out error that says the website cannot be found. I followed some instructions I found for using the terminal prompt to get a new IP address, but that didn't help (assuming I did it right.) With the terminal prompt, I was able to ping google.com and had a response right back.
I am able to use this laptop elsewhere to connect to wireless networks all the time--this is the first trouble I've had. And other people can connect to this network that I am having trouble with. Could this be a firewall problem? What specifically should I check on my firewall (MacAffee)?
I am using a Dell 5150 laptop with XP SP2, and have tried IE 6 and Firefox. It is a Linksys router. (sudden thought: I connect at home to another router named "linksys"...could this be the problem?) I brought my mac laptop (OSX 10.4) in to see if it could connect to the problem network, but got the same thing: strong signal, immediate connection, good ping, but no websites.
Any ideas?