Ok I did that, now what? I still cannot get on the internet

Is this a laptop?

Yes this is a laptop

You are connected using wifi, but unable to received IP address from DHCP server. Try enabling/disabling your wireless adapter.

• Press winkey(start menu)
• type cmd.exe
• press ctrl+shift+enter (run with administrative privileged)
• click yes
• netsh interface set interface name="Wireless Network Connection" admin=DISABLED
• wait for it to finish (blinking keyboard cursor)
• netsh interface set interface name="Wireless Network Connection" admin=ENABLED
• wait for it to finish (blinking keyboard cursor)
• check the network icon at the taskbar, if it is still identifying wait a bit more until connected
• go back to command prompt, type "ping google.com", "ipconfig /all" w/o quotes, pastse results here

What activities did you do before the problem occured? Have you tried restarting the router or your computer?

When I typed ping google.com it says "ping request could not find host google.com. Please check the name and try again.

C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Notebook
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Con
nection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-BF-BB-F4-7D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.23.30(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Fast Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-C6-64-B6-D2
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Windows\system32>

run cmd.exe as admin
netsh int ip reset
reboot computer
paste "ipconfig /all" only if pinging google.com is successful.

Can you paste the results of "ipconfig /all" with your roommate's computer.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\keidajo>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : US012934994-01
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : us.na.ey.net
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : ey.net
us.na.ey.net
na.ey.net
sa.ey.net
eyua.net
ey.com
eycan.com

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : us.na.ey.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6300
AGN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-24-D7-30-A0-78
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.16
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, January 29, 2012 12:53:41 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 30, 2012 12:53:41 PM


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82577LM Gigabit Network Con
nection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-26-B9-EF-84-EB

C:\Documents and Settings\keidajo>

Have you tried restarting the router?
Try manually configuring your IP with the settings below. Press winkey, type "view network connections" w/o quotes, press enter, find your wireless adapter continue here.

Code:

IP address: 192.168.1.253
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1

Run cmd.exe
ping 192.168.1.1
ping google.com
post results here

Btw what firewall are you using? What was your last activity before the problem? Did you un/install some applications?

re ping

RE: Laptop

one other thing you can try , Turn of your laptop , then turn back on ,
holding the zero key down while it's booting up ! as they come already
with the operating system installed it resets the comp if
I'm not mistaken ! (buying something with the operating system installed SUCKS )
IMHO

Must have been a Windows Update or some other download that messed the laptops WiFi up. Does it connect to the Internet using a wired connection?

download, unzip and execute LSPFIX

Also get a picture of your routing table thus
run->cmd and enter ROUTE PRINT
copy and paste into a CODE block (ie click the # icon and paste between the two tokens)

There is no wired connection in my building and the holding 0 trick did not work. I cannot run LSPFIX without an internet connection.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\keidanj>route print
===========================================================================
Interface List
34 ...00 1c bf bb f4 7d ...... Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

33 ...00 1f c6 64 b6 d2 ...... Broadcom NetLink (TM) Fast Ethernet
1 ........................... Software Loopback Interface 1
===========================================================================

IPv4 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
169.254.0.0 255.255.0.0 On-link 169.254.23.30 281
169.254.23.30 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.23.30 281
169.254.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.23.30 281
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 169.254.23.30 281
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.23.30 281
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None

IPv6 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
If Metric Network Destination Gateway
1 306 ::1/128 On-link
1 306 ff00::/8 On-link
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None
C:\Users\keidanj>