Damn computer

[veronica_rich]

My laptop will connect to the wireless router, but it will no longer access the Internet or sign up for chat. Any suggestions from those who know more than me? (Which is almost anyone - really, if you're 12, you can help ...)

ETA: Opening the connection window and clicking "Repair" does no good. The connection is strong; I actually have two networks to which I can connect equally well. I simply cannot get online.

Comments

[astria.livejournal.com]

My parents' had a similar issue once, and I was forced to reset the router to factory defaults and set everything back up from scratch. Some allow you to "save" the settings to a file which you can then put back (unless they're causing the problem.) Um... yeah, not sure what else since the unplugging didn't work.

You can also check the modem to make sure it's actually doing what it's supposed to do (blinking normally). If that isn't a problem, you could try wiping out the settings on your computer for that network then re-add it all. It could be the DNS is messed up, too. I'm not too familiar with wireless settings on Windows, so I have no idea how to go about checking what servers its trying to use. Are on on cable, dsl, or dial-up? Every once in a while my cable modem goes weird and I have to restart it and the router.

There's also a hammer... but that makes a mess. :)

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I think it's truly the computer itself. It worked fine three nights ago, and then it shut down in the middle of operations (which does happen occasionally - it's kind of old). When I booted it back up, it refused to get online. (And yes, my cable modem is a bitch too, but it's actually behaving well enough for me to use the desktop computer that I'm on right now.)