- Feb 25, 2011
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Hi guys I hope you can answer my question.
My friend is a babysitter, she recently got a new laptop and takes it with her to use when the kid is asleep. She tried to connect to the wifi in the clients house but gets a limited status. I suggested hardwiring the laptop which she did (into the router). The problem is she still can't browse the web. She had problems with her old laptop too so it can't be the machine and strangely her phone connects up fine? After diagnosis i have the following information:
No static ip is set
She can ping the router and receives a valid ip.
She can ping 8.8.8.8
She can't ping Google.com (dns issue? I have flushed the DNS)
I set a static dns of 8.8.8.8 but she still can't browse the web.
I don't have access to the router (as it's her client's) but any ideas of what a potential problem are would be great!
My friend is a babysitter, she recently got a new laptop and takes it with her to use when the kid is asleep. She tried to connect to the wifi in the clients house but gets a limited status. I suggested hardwiring the laptop which she did (into the router). The problem is she still can't browse the web. She had problems with her old laptop too so it can't be the machine and strangely her phone connects up fine? After diagnosis i have the following information:
No static ip is set
She can ping the router and receives a valid ip.
She can ping 8.8.8.8
She can't ping Google.com (dns issue? I have flushed the DNS)
I set a static dns of 8.8.8.8 but she still can't browse the web.
I don't have access to the router (as it's her client's) but any ideas of what a potential problem are would be great!
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