Dell Inspiron 8500 Help - internet not working

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:05 pm

I have a buddies computer here. it has been giving him problems and i said i would take a look at it. it is a Dell Inspiron 8500. I cannot get on the internet with it... though i am connected to my router.

It has a linksys WPC54GS notebook adapter plugged in and installed. it says that i have good connection and in the linksys software, it says that i am "connected to the access point and the internet" though i cant do anything on the internet. i have check the network and can access the other computers in the network. i tried pining several site through the command prompt which get timed out.

This is what i get when i do ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NICOLE
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Wireless-G Notebook Adapter WPC54GS V2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-F8-58-0F-4E
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.103
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, April 23, 2007 2:42:10 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, April 24, 2007 2:43:10 PM

I am not sure what to do/where to start. Thanks guys for the help!

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:16 pm

IE isnt set up to use a non existent proxy or something like that is it?

Are there any firewalls that have blocked access to the internets?

Dan

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:28 pm

i dont believe so. not sure how to check the proxy thing.

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:37 pm

Open up IE and go to tools -> internet options -> connections -> LAN settings, and make sure all those are unticked.

Has IE 7 been recently installed by any chance?

Can you also confirm/deny internet access via an ethernet cable?

Dan

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:58 pm

there is nothing listed under connections. also, it is on IE 6

I tried plugging it in, internet still didnt work, though i could ping google from command prompt...

*edit* i can also ping google through command prompt when connected wirelessly

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:05 pm

Are there any other programs that use internet that you can fire up?

And by "nothing listed under connections" do you mean there is nothing about proxies ticked on the LAN settings button?

DAn

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:14 pm

i checked myspaceIM (it was on the computer already) and tried to connect through that, it couldnt find a connections - i pinged google again to check, that was successful.

Proxy - sorry for not being clear. when clicking the lan button, the "automatically detect settings" was checked, i unchecked it and nothing changed. I also installed the latest firefox, that didnt work either.

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:21 pm

Try installing MSN Messenger and running the troubleshooter on that*, it tests more in depth problems with internet connectivity, so maybe we can narrow it down with that.

Dan

*Will either start automatically when it cant sign into msn or go "Tools menu -> Options -> In the left pane, click Connection. -> Under Connection Settings, click Test Connection.

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:22 pm

Also, I presume youve done virus/adaware SE/spybot S&D scans?

Dan

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:29 pm

i have done adaware... ya i probably should do them all first

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:02 pm

well, thanks for the help... I ran 2 antivirus programs, adaware and spybot S&D... both found a couple things and fixed them. I had a buddy check it out who does networking stuff and determined to keep the story short - "the comp. is Hosed, save time and money and reformat it" (there was checking and such done, it wasnt a quick decision.

Ill let you know how it all turns out. thanks again.

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:09 pm

Glad to see you have found a resolution

It was beginning to stump me as to what it could be.

Dan