Not able to connect my laptop to Internet using Broadband connecti

2 Sep 2006 9:03 PM

Hari Gopal

Hi all,
I have a ADSL broadband connection. I could successfully connect my home
desktop (which is not part of any domain) to access Internet. While I am
trying to connect my office laptop (that is part of domain) to this, I am not
able to connect to Internet. However, my laptop is getting an IP assigned by
the DHCP server on the ADSL Modem. But my browser keeps saying "detecting
proxysettings" without successess. When I see windows firewall settings, the
only difference I see is in case of my laptop it says some security settings
are controlled through group policy.

Sometime back I used to successfully access Internet, but only recently I
found this problem. Is it any restriction imposed by our office
administrators? As I am not connecting into domain at home, is there any way
I can bypass and be able to connect to Internet.

Any help on this is highly appreciated.
Hari

2 Sep 2006 9:01 PM

ANONYMOUS

How are you connecting your laptop? - Wireless or RJ45?

Hari Gopal wrote:
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>
> Hi all,
> I have a ADSL broadband connection. I could successfully connect my home
> desktop (which is not part of any domain) to access Internet. While I am
> trying to connect my office laptop (that is part of domain) to this, I am not
> able to connect to Internet. However, my laptop is getting an IP assigned by
> the DHCP server on the ADSL Modem. But my browser keeps saying "detecting
> proxysettings" without successess. When I see windows firewall settings, the
> only difference I see is in case of my laptop it says some security settings
> are controlled through group policy.
>
> Sometime back I used to successfully access Internet, but only recently I
> found this problem. Is it any restriction imposed by our office
> administrators? As I am not connecting into domain at home, is there any way
> I can bypass and be able to connect to Internet.
>
> Any help on this is highly appreciated.
> Hari

2 Sep 2006 9:17 PM

Hari Gopal

My modem support both ethernet (Lan cable) and wireless. Both options are not
working from my laptop. But I am getting IP assigned through the DHCP server.
Regards
Hari

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"ANONYMOUS" wrote:

> How are you connecting your laptop? - Wireless or RJ45?
>
>
>
> Hari Gopal wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> > I have a ADSL broadband connection. I could successfully connect my home
> > desktop (which is not part of any domain) to access Internet. While I am
> > trying to connect my office laptop (that is part of domain) to this, I am not
> > able to connect to Internet. However, my laptop is getting an IP assigned by
> > the DHCP server on the ADSL Modem. But my browser keeps saying "detecting
> > proxysettings" without successess. When I see windows firewall settings, the
> > only difference I see is in case of my laptop it says some security settings
> > are controlled through group policy.
> >
> > Sometime back I used to successfully access Internet, but only recently I
> > found this problem. Is it any restriction imposed by our office
> > administrators? As I am not connecting into domain at home, is there any way
> > I can bypass and be able to connect to Internet.
> >
> > Any help on this is highly appreciated.
> > Hari
>

2 Sep 2006 10:18 PM

V Green

Does this laptop belong to YOU, or your EMPLOYER?

If it's not yours, don't mess with it. It's set up the way it is
for a reason.

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"Hari Gopal" <HariGo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:66359759-CAE2-4BAA-A589-DD5AB973D5CA@microsoft.com...
> Hi all,
> I have a ADSL broadband connection. I could successfully connect my home
> desktop (which is not part of any domain) to access Internet. While I am
> trying to connect my office laptop (that is part of domain) to this, I am
not
> able to connect to Internet. However, my laptop is getting an IP assigned
by
> the DHCP server on the ADSL Modem. But my browser keeps saying "detecting
> proxysettings" without successess. When I see windows firewall settings,
the
> only difference I see is in case of my laptop it says some security
settings
> are controlled through group policy.
>
> Sometime back I used to successfully access Internet, but only recently I
> found this problem. Is it any restriction imposed by our office
> administrators? As I am not connecting into domain at home, is there any
way
> I can bypass and be able to connect to Internet.
>
> Any help on this is highly appreciated.
> Hari

7 Sep 2006 6:57 AM

Hari Gopal

Hi,
Sorry for bit delayed response. The laptop belongs to my Employer, but we
have a policy where they allow us to use broadband from home. Apparently the
group policy settings are not causing any problems for my other coleagues who
use their laptops successfully from home using the same setup. To test this,
I connected my normal desktop to the ADSL modem and successfully could browse
the web. But when I connect my laptop (windows xp professional with sp2), it
successfully get an IP from the DHCP server, but I am not able to connect to
web.

I enabled the proxy setting in IE to auto discovery and unchecked all. My
windows firewall buttons are all disabled. To test this, further, I
disconnected my laptop from my domain and started it as a workgroup. Even
then, I am facing with same problem. When I disconnect my laptop from the
domain, even then my Windows Firewall settings are grayed and says that it is
controlled through group policy. Am I missing something here?

To test further, I did MSN network troubleshoot tests. Everything is fine,
except it says some key ports are failed. Does this give any hints?

I ran a windows registry cleaner (CCleaner) to see if there are any registry
settings that is causing this, but without any success.
Any help on this is highly appreciated as this is bugging me for about 3
weeks by now.

Hari

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"V Green" wrote:

> Does this laptop belong to YOU, or your EMPLOYER?
>
> If it's not yours, don't mess with it. It's set up the way it is
> for a reason.
>
> "Hari Gopal" <HariGo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:66359759-CAE2-4BAA-A589-DD5AB973D5CA@microsoft.com...
> > Hi all,
> > I have a ADSL broadband connection. I could successfully connect my home
> > desktop (which is not part of any domain) to access Internet. While I am
> > trying to connect my office laptop (that is part of domain) to this, I am
> not
> > able to connect to Internet. However, my laptop is getting an IP assigned
> by
> > the DHCP server on the ADSL Modem. But my browser keeps saying "detecting
> > proxysettings" without successess. When I see windows firewall settings,
> the
> > only difference I see is in case of my laptop it says some security
> settings
> > are controlled through group policy.
> >
> > Sometime back I used to successfully access Internet, but only recently I
> > found this problem. Is it any restriction imposed by our office
> > administrators? As I am not connecting into domain at home, is there any
> way
> > I can bypass and be able to connect to Internet.
> >
> > Any help on this is highly appreciated.
> > Hari
>
>
>

3 Sep 2006 11:22 AM

Li Wuyi

maybe you have to disable your proxy settings at home, which sets in
Internet Properties-->Connections-->LAN settings then you'll get it.

7 Sep 2006 3:46 PM

Hari Gopal

Hi all,
Oh, at last my problem got resolved and I could connect my laptop
successfully to Internet. Thanks to the article "Darkside of Windows XP
Service Pack 2" by Brient M.Posey and the WinsockXPFix.exe. It worked for me.
So, it appeared to be some registry corruption problem. Thank you all for all
your inputs.
Regards
Hari

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"Hari Gopal" wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have a ADSL broadband connection. I could successfully connect my home
> desktop (which is not part of any domain) to access Internet. While I am
> trying to connect my office laptop (that is part of domain) to this, I am not
> able to connect to Internet. However, my laptop is getting an IP assigned by
> the DHCP server on the ADSL Modem. But my browser keeps saying "detecting
> proxysettings" without successess. When I see windows firewall settings, the
> only difference I see is in case of my laptop it says some security settings
> are controlled through group policy.
>
> Sometime back I used to successfully access Internet, but only recently I
> found this problem. Is it any restriction imposed by our office
> administrators? As I am not connecting into domain at home, is there any way
> I can bypass and be able to connect to Internet.
>
> Any help on this is highly appreciated.
> Hari