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#1 ·
I am trying to connect to the internet thru a friends xps desktop. I have internet connection, says strength is good and connected but it when I bring up explorer it says cannot display. I tried hardwire with same results. I am using cpmact usb wirless adapter and its working fine according to device manager. Only thing I can think of is the Dell installed usb 2.0 wirless lan card utility getting in the way.

any steps I should take now to try and figure this out?
 
#5 ·
I am trying to connect to the internet thru a friends xps desktop.
Using an ad-hoc wireless network and he has his wireless and ethernet bridged?

Start, Run, CMD, OK to open a command prompt:
(For Vista or 7 type CMD in the Search box after Start)

Type the following commands:

IPCONFIG /ALL

[Note that there is no space between the slash and ALL.]

ping 192.168.1.106 (or whatever your IP now is)

ping 192.168.1.1

ping 98.137.149.56

ping yahoo.com


Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If necessary use a text file and removable media to copy the results to a computer with internet access.
 
#6 ·
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Hern Children>IPCONFIG /ALL

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : D6HWD291
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PL Network Connect
ion
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-72-07-48-D5

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-E5-23-46-60
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.106
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.220.0.10
24.220.0.11
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 29, 2010 2:52:18 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 30, 2010 2:52:18 PM

C:\Documents and Settings\Hern Children>Ping 192.168.1.106

Pinging 192.168.1.106 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.106: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.106: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.106: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.106: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.106:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Hern Children>ping 192.168.1.1

Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 3ms, Average = 1ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Hern Children>ping yahoo.com
Ping request could not find host yahoo.com. Please check the name and try again.
 
#7 ·
You can communicate with the router but DNS is not working.

Too bad you missed the ping 98.137.149.56, which would have told us if you have internet access. :(

Are those DNS servers assigned by the router or have you assigned them? Does the other computer have internet access and using the same DNS servers?
 
#8 ·
ok sorry I missed that ping but its 4 received 0 loss 80 ttl48 is what most are.

The DNS is assigned by the router, AFAIK, my PC right now has it using the same thing. I dunno why its not letting me on really, something is blocking it it seems. Internet is connected in all things I can see, I just can't access the net for some reason.
 
#13 ·
Since you have internet access but DNS is not working I think that the next logical step is to try different DNS servers. If that still does not resolve the problem the only other idea I have is possibly "DNS hijack" malware. Since it can be days before a malware expert gets to your thread but you can assign DNS servers in a couple minutes I still like my order of doing things.
 
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