Laptop can't connect to Internet???

Glen_Innit · 05-10-2005, 07:19 PM

I have a strange one to ask....

I have a home network in which 2 pc's run off a (wired) belkin router with broadband!

When trying to connect a laptop to the router it knows there is a connection but can not recieve any packets.

The story is that the laptop was connected to another small network through "drive z" to transfer some files... since then i have not been able to connect the laptop to my home network.

I have been trying to use a straight ethernet cable to the router from the laptop... but just now i have connected the laptop to the pc via a crossover cable and it can access the net????

Please if anyone understands the problem... would be a massive help... as it has sure as hell stumped me!!!

Glen_Innit · 05-10-2005, 10:29 PM

Ok its all sorted now!!!

It is strange that it would accept the crossover cable from the PC...

But i located this thread (D-A-L has seriously had a facelift since the last time i used it lol)

can connect to LAN but not to internet

My laptop has exactly the same ethernet adapter! I uninstalled it and reinstalled under System/Device Manager and it is now all up and running

DJNafey · 18-10-2005, 11:26 PM

This thread has been Resolved and has been locked to prevent other users hijacking the thread and to help others know which threads have been Resolved and which are still being worked on.

If you started this thread and the problem returns or the case has not been properly Resolved, please send a Private Message to an Administrator or a Moderator of this forum to have the thread opened again. If you have a different problem, please start a new thread.