wireless connection problem

Tombstone24

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Hi guys, Im having another problem. (Go figure) My problem is that it says I am connected to the internet completely but I cannot connect to any websites and skype cannot connect. Please help me, I am ready to throw this (insert extremely vulgar word here) computer out the window.
 
Pinging is a test that shows a couple things, first off that your DNS (Domain Name Server) can resolve an IP address (address of the website you type in) and secondly it test how stable the connection is by returning the time it takes for the website to respond to the ping. Think of it like a sonar ping on a submarine, in fact that is where it gets it's name. With a successful ping you'll see something like this:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
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C:\Windows\System32>ping www.tomshardware.com

Pinging a1768.w7.akamai.net [204.191.12.48] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 204.191.12.48: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.191.12.48: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.191.12.48: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.191.12.48: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60

Ping statistics for 204.191.12.48:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 9ms, Maximum = 13ms, Average = 10ms

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