hello,
I have 2 computers, one desktop and one laptop.
the desktop connects to my cable connection through a WRT54G (wired). The router is cloning this PC's MAC address, and all works fine.
the laptop is a dell machine with a built in wireless card and a standard 10/100 NIC. it connects to my home network fine via DHCP and with WPA enabled.
However, the laptop doesn;t want to connect via a physical ethernet cable.
The laptop will get an IP from the router via DHCP, it will ping the router fine, it will also ping my ISP's DNS servers fine, but it can't access the internet (e.g. I can't ping www.yahoo.com)
I've tried turning DHCP off and setting my own IP - no luck.
I've tried clearing the DNS cache - no luck
I've tried connecting the cable modem straight to the laptop - I get an IP via my ISP's DHCP server, but again, can't access websites.
the hosts file is clear, and there's no spyware, and Windows Firewall is turned off.
What's the deal?
I have 2 computers, one desktop and one laptop.
the desktop connects to my cable connection through a WRT54G (wired). The router is cloning this PC's MAC address, and all works fine.
the laptop is a dell machine with a built in wireless card and a standard 10/100 NIC. it connects to my home network fine via DHCP and with WPA enabled.
However, the laptop doesn;t want to connect via a physical ethernet cable.
The laptop will get an IP from the router via DHCP, it will ping the router fine, it will also ping my ISP's DNS servers fine, but it can't access the internet (e.g. I can't ping www.yahoo.com)
I've tried turning DHCP off and setting my own IP - no luck.
I've tried clearing the DNS cache - no luck
I've tried connecting the cable modem straight to the laptop - I get an IP via my ISP's DHCP server, but again, can't access websites.
the hosts file is clear, and there's no spyware, and Windows Firewall is turned off.
What's the deal?
