Connected to network but no internet access

Hi,

I have an Acer laptop with built in Wi-Fi card, and it works fine on
my home network.

However, I've been trying to connect to my parents network and am
having a problem. The network is detected fine, the encryption code is
accepted no problem, and the computer says that it is connected to the
network with excellent signal strength. But, when I launch a browser,
either Firefox or IE, it thinks about it for a bit (the connection/
download progress bar goes about half-way) and then goes to an "unable
to access this site" page. The same thing happens no matter what
website I try to visit.

Does anyone have a clue what might be going on here?

Thank you

Paul

By the way, I'm running XP SP2.

Thanks

Paul

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:55:04 -0800 (PST), PRW
<google@paulrolandwilliams.com> wrote in
<d0b20432-980e-4dfb-8713-56e2394d71d8@k2g2000hse.googlegroups.com>:

>I have an Acer laptop with built in Wi-Fi card, and it works fine on
>my home network.
>
>However, I've been trying to connect to my parents network and am
>having a problem. The network is detected fine, the encryption code is
>accepted no problem, and the computer says that it is connected to the
>network with excellent signal strength. But, when I launch a browser,
>either Firefox or IE, it thinks about it for a bit (the connection/
>download progress bar goes about half-way) and then goes to an "unable
>to access this site" page. The same thing happens no matter what
>website I try to visit.
>
>Does anyone have a clue what might be going on here?

Probably a security setting. Turn off _all_ security while
troubleshooting.

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