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I've got a wireless local network where an XP Toshiba laptop cannot connect to the Internet, even though it had been working fine earlier in the day. Several other Mac machines connect without problems (though I've turned them off to make sure there's no IP interference issues).
The message I get in Chrome is:
Error 105 (net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED)
The server at www.google.com can't be found, because the DNS lookup failed.
The thing I can't understand is that when I check my wireless connections, it shows status connected with strong signal strength. However, I can't ping anything, whether it is www.google.com or a Google IP address. If it was a DNS issue, wouldn't I be able to ping IP addresses?
Is this a DNS issue or not? Either way, what practical steps can I take?
Here is the ipconfig /all
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Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Kessler_Toshiba
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Networ
k Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-02-D2-52-5A
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.103
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 12, 2001 8:57:09 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 19, 2001 8:57:09 PM
1Please [edit] and post an
ipconfig /all
from a command prompt – Paul – 2011-12-13T02:29:32.3071If you cannot ping IP addresses, it is not a DNS issue. It means, however, that your computer cannot reach the DNS server (hence the confusing error message). – Dennis – 2011-12-13T02:35:04.047
Once you post the
ipconfig
I am going to ask you to ping the IP addresses of the default gateway and the DNS servers, so if you can figure out those, go ahead and ping them. – Paul – 2011-12-13T02:44:50.380Paul- posted the ipconfig- gonna need help w the second part... – Yarin – 2011-12-13T03:10:26.697
@Yarin FYI, a 'strong signal' is not indicative of Internet access. It simply means that the connection between your computer and the access point (e.g. router) is good. – iglvzx – 2011-12-13T06:33:36.307
@iglvzx- Yes, but other computers connected to that router have internet connectivity, so if the router's connection to the internet is good, and a computer's connection to the router is good, I can't understand where the problem lies. – Yarin – 2011-12-13T13:06:26.743