On Mar 9, 9:48 pm, John Navas <spamfilt...@navasgroup.com> wrote:
> On 9 Mar 2007 11:58:41 -0800, "cmdrdata" <cmdrd...@mail.com> wrote in
> <1173470320.977421.60...@n33g2000cwc.googlegroups. com>:
>
> >I have a desktop connected to the wifi router directly, which in turn
> >connects to the DSL modem. I always can launch IE or FF, and I can
> >get to the internet with no problem. On my wifi laptop, I can do this
> >maybe 70-80 percent of the time. On some occasions, I would pick up my
> >laptop, let it wake up and see that the wifi connection is
> >(re-)activated, and see the systray message that says you're now
> >connected. But, when I launch IE or FF, I am not able to connect to
> >the internet. Sometimes I can do a "repair" sequence which
> >disconnect, reconnect, acquire address, flushing cache and dns, and
> >all is fine. At another time, the only way to get my internet
> >connection back is by reboot the laptop. What is going on here?
>
> >Note that DSL modem and router must be ok as I can access the internet
> >from the desktop when this happened.
>
> I'm guessing weak signal and/or interference. See wikis below.
>

John, I have excellent connection, five bars. I can waked into the
same room
where the router is, within 3 feet, and I get the same problem when
this
condition happened. Remember that reboot somehow restore whatever is
preventing me from accessing the internet. Printing to networked
printer
still worked. So connectivity to my network is not the issue.