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27-Oct-2008, 10:27 AM #16
Went into safe mode. When i went into network connections it said that my wireless connection was disabled so i tried to enable it. When i did this it said "enabling..." and then "enabled" came up. But when i looked at the network connection it still said disabled. The "view wireless connections" box said i was connected to "THEINTERNET" which is my SSID. So i pinged google and stuff just for my own piece of mind, and it all worked. Ping came back normal even though the network connections area of the control panel said my wireless connection had been disabled.
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27-Oct-2008, 10:30 AM #17
Well thanks for all the help guys. I'm gonna head off to bed. This problem has been making me tear my hair out for the past week. Thanks so much for all of your suggestions. I guess i'll try again tomorrow.
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27-Oct-2008, 10:51 AM #18
OK, have a good night, I'm in UK timezone.

Ping google, as JohnWill pointed out means its all connected OK and you have continuity to the internet
it may just be IE that the problem, usually thats due to thr firewall blocking, possible a virus/spyware ???

do you use MSN at all -

anyway - your in very capable hands with JohnWill on thecase, ensure you answer all Johns questions and follow his threads/advice
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27-Oct-2008, 11:25 AM #19
Hi Etaf

Thanks for your reply hoped to give your client the feeling they where not alone in their dilema.

Best wishes eddie_1959
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27-Oct-2008, 12:01 PM #20
no problem eddie_1959

It would be worth you posting a seperate thread with your problem on and we can help out on your PC
Although you have the same probelm, and hopefully following the advice in this website, may help you resolve it, if not then post away and we will help you as much as possible
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27-Oct-2008, 04:24 PM #21
Your problem looks like it might be related to DNS. Rather than using the router to provide your DNS, try to find out what your ISPs DNS server is and setting your computer to use that DNS via the network configuration dialog.
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27-Oct-2008, 04:29 PM #22
from the posts above PING to google using the name works OK
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28-Oct-2008, 12:02 AM #23
It's definately not an IE problem as i have reset it, tried using other web based programs and tried using other browsers (safari and firefox). How would i go about getting my ISP's DNS? Would i ring up telstra (my isp)? Or get it from the net somehow?
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28-Oct-2008, 07:04 AM #24
Have you checked if any of your browsers are trying to go through a proxy?
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28-Oct-2008, 07:21 AM #25
I havent checked if its running through a proxy. How would I do that?
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28-Oct-2008, 07:25 AM #26
I'm using a wireless router and adapter. Can I even configure a proxy with IE when im using wireless?
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28-Oct-2008, 07:29 AM #27
Yes, in IE go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Connections Tab -> LAN settings
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28-Oct-2008, 07:29 AM #28
i dont think you have a DNS issue as you can ping google.com

but you would get them from the ISP - or yuo can set publidc ones up

so would you answer my questions

Do you have a firewall - if so exit it and make sure its not running - it could be blocking the browsers from working

Do you have MSN or other chat software - if so is that working
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28-Oct-2008, 07:46 AM #29
Thank you guys so much for the help. For some f***in reason my lan settings were configured to run a proxy. I didn't do it so I have no idea how that came to be. Anyway as soon as I unchecked it my internet became fully operational. Thank you all so much for your time and I'm in your debt a great deal.
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28-Oct-2008, 07:52 AM #30
glad its all not working


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