internet help

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all right, I set up my wifes system,(I want to see if wifes system can run AH) the only internet we can get here is wireless, I am connected to a friends network, it shows the connection as "connected" I got the wireless card from the guy who has the connection, put in the password, everything works, except! when I try to get online, "server not found"  I have no idea what to do.....any help would be very thankfull.                                  Paul

[columbus]

DNS? can you ping?

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DNS...feel like I should but not sure what that means....ping, it wont find any connection,  how could i ping without a connection?

[1Boner]

Firewall settings?  Just a guess.

[FLOTSOM]

brother that sux!!!!

if i was there i could figure it out, but i have no idea how to explain the steps to go through or the things to check!!!!

well thats what you get for running 1500 miles away from home and abandoning me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so as a consilation prize i guess ill just get to keep using your profile to practice and perfect my cartoon pileet skillz until you find a way to get signed in. dont worry, i wont effect your score too badly..............

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i dont know whats up, i am looking at the internet status and it is showing sending and receiving, and signal strenth is good to very good.....:-(

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yup this sux........still no clue, figured someone on here would have a clue.....guess not :-(

[columbus]

if i was in front of your computer i would have it fixed or diagnost in 5 min or less lol ..

[Dragon]

Maybe your neighbor can come over and look at it.  Is it showing connected to local only?  What address is it trying to get to, what home page? 

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I think she uses msn as home page...    It says its connected to his network...I talked to him, he is not sure why it wont connect,  In "control panel" internet settings it sees the wireless....I disabled my ethernet connection.......thanx for replies.

[gpwurzel]

If your running a firewall - turn it off to see if that makes any difference. Failing that, check that your antivirus isnt blocking it too (had to sort a clients computer, which had a failed av install blocking his browser).
You can also go start, run, type in cmd and open a cmd line interface window. Type in ping and a url (dont matter which one). If that pings, your connected to the net. To double check that, keep the cli window open, type in tracert + url (ie, tracert www.bbc.co.uk)

Suggest checking your av/firewall settings initially tho.

Wurz

Also, try going into your browser tools and check that its not trying to go through a proxy.

[Chalenge]

Access your friends router as admin and give your machines MAC address specific permission. You can discover your MAC address by opening a CMD window and using the IPCONFIG command. Activate the MAC filter of your friends router and then add your MAC address to the MAC Address Filter List.

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well I tried to ping Ah servers...says..destination net unreachable..

[columbus]

what os are you running?
make sure you their router is set to DHCP and then go into your wireless properties under IP v4 and make sure they are set to IP and DNS to automatically recieve.
if you do a IPCONFIG what does it tell you? please type it for us. IPCONFIG will give us alot of info.

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IP config, Ethernet adapter internet : ip address.......192.168.1.10     subnet mask 255.255.255.0.......... wow typing this out on phone lol it says ethernet adapter, strange i wonder if this is a clue?     my OS is XP with sp3