A strange set of circumstances XP / can get IP from router but can't get to internet

1 Mar 2007 5:30 PM

freemanwin

Hello there ..hoping for feeback on this one ..I am running Windows XP
Home on a Toshiba laptop.... I can get an address from my router
( Linksys) but I cannot get to the internet.

If I

> ipconfig/renew

I do get an IP address back .. 192.168.2.100

but I cannot get to the net

This happens when I use either my wireless or my ethernet
cable ....can someone offer any suggestions on troubleshooting to find
the cause?

P.S... my friend brought her laptop over and connected to my router
and she gets out to the net successfully , so I fear that it's my
computer....

1 Mar 2007 7:45 PM

Robert L [MVP - Networking]

What are gateway and DNS?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com

<freeman***@exti.com> wrote in message news:1172770238.720161.214130@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...

Hello there ..hoping for feeback on this one ..I am running Windows XP
Home on a Toshiba laptop.... I can get an address from my router
( Linksys) but I cannot get to the internet.

If I

> ipconfig/renew

I do get an IP address back .. 192.168.2.100

but I cannot get to the net

This happens when I use either my wireless or my ethernet
cable ....can someone offer any suggestions on troubleshooting to find
the cause?

P.S... my friend brought her laptop over and connected to my router
and she gets out to the net successfully , so I fear that it's my
computer....

1 Mar 2007 8:52 PM

freemanwin

On Mar 1, 12:30 pm, freeman***@exti.com wrote:
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> Hello there ..hoping for feeback on this one ..I am running WindowsXP
> Home on a Toshiba laptop.... Icangetanaddressfrom myrouter
> ( Linksys) butI cannotgetto theinternet.
>
> If I
>
> > ipconfig/renew
>
> I dogetanIPaddressback .. 192.168.2.100
>
> butI cannotgetto the net
>
> This happens when I use either my wireless or my ethernet
> cable ....cansomeone offer any suggestions on troubleshooting to find
> the cause?
>
> P.S... my friend brought her laptop over and connected to myrouter
> and she gets out to the net successfully , so I fear that it's my
> computer....

Good question that I will answer when I get home to try the config
with my home router , to which I was referring ...... a bit more info
though.. I brought my laptop to my school and I was able to get on the
internet at first but then later I got kicked off and couldn't get
back on ... someone said maybe my 'drivers are cutting in and out' ...
does this sound plausible? and if so can I re-install something
without a full re-install of XP? many thanks for any advice..