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<blockquote data-quote="Bullgrit" data-source="post: 3868978" data-attributes="member: 31216"><p>I'm having a wireless connection problem that I've spent a day and a half trying to figure out.</p><p></p><p>The setup:</p><p></p><p>Desktop computer</p><p>Toshiba laptop computer</p><p>Motorola cable modem (Time Warner Cable)</p><p>Belkin G wireless router</p><p></p><p>My setup was all working just fine a few days ago, and then one morning, the laptop just wouldn't give us the Internet. </p><p></p><p>The desktop computer gets to the Internet just fine, no problems at all.</p><p></p><p>The cable modem has all lights green; Activity light flashing (like normal).</p><p></p><p>The wireless router has all lights green.</p><p></p><p>No hardware is new. No software is new, unless something automatically updated behind the scenes. I know of nothing that "happened" to change the situation.</p><p></p><p>The laptop detects my secured wireless network, and it connects to the network with no problem. Signal strength is Excellent.</p><p></p><p>Everything *looks* okay. I can open the router setup page from the laptop (this page is "in" the router, yes?)</p><p></p><p>The laptop detects all the other networks around my home, and I've connected to a couple that are unsecured. Still can't get on the Internet.</p><p></p><p>I have taken the laptop to a couple of WiFi hotspots: same problem at the public library, but I can get online fine at Panera restaurant.</p><p></p><p>I've unplugged the modem and router, waited, then plugged them back in (modem, then router after modem fully comes up). I've shut down the computers and restarted them. I've spent a lot of time with the Belkin tech support, doing all kinds of things, directed by them, and nothing has helped. I've completely reset the router back to its original factory settings. Nothing changes the situation. I can't figure this out.</p><p></p><p>Since everything seems to be working properly, it makes me think the laptop is blocking the incoming info. When I open the connection window and see the sent and received packets info, the sent is in the many hundreds, but the received is just a couple/few dozen (not zero).</p><p></p><p>I can ping the gateway. I can ping the router. I cannot ping the DNS server (if I'm doing it right).</p><p></p><p>My only next option is calling Geek Squad or something. Before I call someone like that, I thought I'd try the tech brain trust here at ENWorld first.</p><p></p><p>Any ideas?</p><p></p><p>Bullgrit</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bullgrit, post: 3868978, member: 31216"] I'm having a wireless connection problem that I've spent a day and a half trying to figure out. The setup: Desktop computer Toshiba laptop computer Motorola cable modem (Time Warner Cable) Belkin G wireless router My setup was all working just fine a few days ago, and then one morning, the laptop just wouldn't give us the Internet. The desktop computer gets to the Internet just fine, no problems at all. The cable modem has all lights green; Activity light flashing (like normal). The wireless router has all lights green. No hardware is new. No software is new, unless something automatically updated behind the scenes. I know of nothing that "happened" to change the situation. The laptop detects my secured wireless network, and it connects to the network with no problem. Signal strength is Excellent. Everything *looks* okay. I can open the router setup page from the laptop (this page is "in" the router, yes?) The laptop detects all the other networks around my home, and I've connected to a couple that are unsecured. Still can't get on the Internet. I have taken the laptop to a couple of WiFi hotspots: same problem at the public library, but I can get online fine at Panera restaurant. I've unplugged the modem and router, waited, then plugged them back in (modem, then router after modem fully comes up). I've shut down the computers and restarted them. I've spent a lot of time with the Belkin tech support, doing all kinds of things, directed by them, and nothing has helped. I've completely reset the router back to its original factory settings. Nothing changes the situation. I can't figure this out. Since everything seems to be working properly, it makes me think the laptop is blocking the incoming info. When I open the connection window and see the sent and received packets info, the sent is in the many hundreds, but the received is just a couple/few dozen (not zero). I can ping the gateway. I can ping the router. I cannot ping the DNS server (if I'm doing it right). My only next option is calling Geek Squad or something. Before I call someone like that, I thought I'd try the tech brain trust here at ENWorld first. Any ideas? Bullgrit [/QUOTE]
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