Wireless network fails to take me beyond my router

[Rei Shinozuka]

see if you can ping an external IP number like 64.233.161.104 (google)

if ping fails, it's a routing thing, your default gateway on your laptop 
should  point to the IP of the router.  netmask shouldbe 255.255.255.0.

if you can ping it, you might have a problem with your DNS, and therefore
cannot resolve names like "yahoo.com."  your DNS server
should point to the router's IP, whose cache should be set to external
servers when it connects to your provider's IP.

-rei



On Jul04 22:48, Peter N. Spotts wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> 
> I've just come across something I've never experienced: I have a laptop
> connected to wifi. And I can assess the router settings with it, which
> means the laptop and router clearly are communicating. But when I bring
> up a browser and try to open a web page on the internet, I get an
> "address not found" error in the browser.
> 
> I'm using a Linksys WRT54G-TM router. 
> 
> Two other laptops going through the same router via wifi are currently
> getting onto the web with no problem.
> 
> Any thought on how to tackle this one?
> 
> With best regards,
> 
> Pete 
> 
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