Re: connected but not connecting

mofomoser wrote:
> hi all,
> first many thanks to everyone who is taking time out of their day to
> help me out with my problem. i'm new here so i'll try to be as specific
> as possible without overloading you.
>
> so the problem: i am on a desktop pc with a wireless
> card/band/antenna/whatever that allows me to get wireless. i see the
> signal i want, i connect to the signal. i get the computer in my
> notification area in the lower right hand corner. computer says i'm
> connected.
> only, i'm not, or i am, but not enough. i open up firefox and all i get
> are 'server not found' pages. i know i'm connected somehow, through a
> program i'm running i can see that i'm uploading files over the
> internet, BUT NOT downloading.
>
> what's bizarre is that this problem is intermittent at best. sometimes
> the computer will say i'm connected and i surf the web at lightning
> speeds (as now). other times it says i'm good to go when i can't get
> past 'server not found'. there is no rhyme or reason to when it decides
> i can/can't use the internet. and it always says that i'm fine.
>
> another odd thing is that this problem is sometimes ( and always
> temporarily) fixed one of three ways: (1) using the 'repair' tool from
> the wireless icon. (2) restarting the DHCP Client. or (3) restarting teh
> computer. on occasion this allows me access to the internet, but it is
> not permanent, anywhere from 10 minutes to hours later it will quite on
> me again.
>
> Product details: now, i have a "linksys instant wireless-B PCI adapter"
> for my dell desktop. I got it quite some time ago (~4years) and am
> getting the signal from a "2-Wire Gateway 2701 HG-D". uhh, we have qwest
> for our dsl provider.
>
> any ideas? i don't think of myself as computer illiterate, but this one
> really has me stumped, i've done everything i can think of to fix it but
> it hangs around. if anyone has any suggestions or needs more info please
> please please respond. i don't know how much longer i have.. :o ...
> ahhh.
> many thanks to any and all.
>
>

Open up the admin page for the router. Look for the diagnostic utility
tools and run those...Could be your DSL (lights on DSL modem all OK?) or
a bad router or a bad client card.