Some Serious PC problems (Internet connectivity)

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:07 pm

Okay, here's the deal. As of yesterday, my laptop has been acting up. It's completely and fully connected to the Internet (signal strength 100%, etc. etc.) but for some reason no web pages will load. This happens in all my browsers. I get a constant "Timed Out" message, and the rare times it DOES load, it's VERY slow and the web page doesn't load all the way. I know it's not my wireless connection or anything like that, because all the other computers in the house work just fine. What the hell could've happened?

EDIT: Okay, after checking my sister's laptop, it seems her Internet Explore app does the same thing as all my browsers. However, her AOL (god forbid) still works, as it was booted up a couple days ago and is constantly on. My AOL won't boot, regardless of this. The thing that gets me is that if the wireless connection went offline, AOL wouldn't have been able to remain up, right? Sorry if I'm starting to not make sense, I'm just furious right now.

CTFan

tom61 · Post by **tom61** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 2:32 pm

Sounds like a DNS issue. Try unplugging the router and plugging it back in.

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 2:41 pm

Okay, thanks. I'll go try that right now!

CTFan

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 2:49 pm

tom61 wrote:Sounds like a DNS issue. Try unplugging the router and plugging it back in.

If thats not it, check the networking tab in the task manager without any browsers running and see if anything is using the connection, and close it if there is something (thats what happened with my dad's laptop).

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 2:54 pm

tom61 wrote:Sounds like a DNS issue. Try unplugging the router and plugging it back in.

It worked!

Thanks a lot, man.

And vskid, thank you for the tip-off as well. I'll have to remember that if something ever gets screwed up again.

CTFan