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Chosenbkr
06-23-2007, 07:48 PM
I am working on an OptiPlex GX260 and have the basic system software installed. The network will be wireless and not wired. Hotspots and AP's are present externally. This person has a Trendnet USB Adapter, which is installed correctly.

Active signal, receive and send is also active, and the network connection says it's connected. I tried to connect to the net via a web browser and cannot.

I receive this message "Unable to Connect". My web browser cannot connect to the browser's server.. I figured, a windows process was either stopped or running incorrectly. I went into "msconfig" and "services", and checked numerous processes but to no prevail. Of course, the basic networking troubleshooting(s): Renew/Release,etc I tried.

But I realize, this isn't that form of problem. Could a modem and router "powercycle" be ideal? They are not mine, but I can get to them.

So please no questions on router configuration. I haven't did it yet given the network is active on all PCs, but two of these type of dell's are offline and I cannot find a valid solution of trouble shoot.

I'm not sure if a lan (have one disabled of course), chip, bios, etc driver should connect with the wireless for a fix.

The PC is running XP Professional. Any advice is appreciated folks.

M/Q
06-23-2007, 08:55 PM
It might be a firewall problem or configuration issue. Publish the results from the command ipconfig/ all here.

Also can you ping www.yahoo.com and when you do does it tell you the IP address of that web server? If not you do not have the default gateway setup.