I'm hoping someone can help with my internet issues.
I am a lifelong Mac user and have a Macbook Pro (OS 10.5.8) at home that I use for work and personal. Since I don't let the kids on it, I bought a Dell last Christmas for my family, loaded with Windows Vista Home edition. Initially, everything was great and both computers could connect to the internet with no problem. I have internet through Cox and use a Netgear WNR-2000 router. My Mac uses the internal AirPort and my Dell uses a Netgear Wireless-N USB Adapter WN111v2.
A little while ago, I started having issues with my Mac not being able to connect to our account. It would see the network in the AirPort but timeout while trying to connect. I thought it was just the Mac since the Dell didn't seem to have issues at first. I connected my Mac directly to the internet (skipping the router) and it was fine, so I thought it must be a compatibility issue between the router and the Airport. But then the Dell wouldn't connect, so I thought maybe it was a bad router, but when I opened up the wireless adapter Wizard, it says it's connected to the router, but then drops the internet intermittently.
I have tried to find a solution and admit I'm not hugely tech savvy, but the one thing that seems to work is when I do ipconfig /renew. Unfortunately, it only seems to hold for about 5 minutes and then the Internet drops again.
I'd thought maybe it was an issue on not being able If I run ipconfig, I get the attached. When I do ipconfig /renew, it gives me the same thing.
(see attached files)
When I run Windows Network Diagnostics, it sometimes says
"Windows has confirmed that this computer is currently experiencing a network connectivity problem. Windows found a problem that cannot be corrected automatically." or it says "Windows did not find any problems with your Internet connection."
Any ideas? It can't be just the OS if BOTH computers are having issues, but when I connect the Mac directly to the cable box, it works fine, and my Dell says it stays connected to the router, even when it can't access the internet...
Thoughts? The darn thing has dropped 3 times just while I type this!
-Suzanne
I am a lifelong Mac user and have a Macbook Pro (OS 10.5.8) at home that I use for work and personal. Since I don't let the kids on it, I bought a Dell last Christmas for my family, loaded with Windows Vista Home edition. Initially, everything was great and both computers could connect to the internet with no problem. I have internet through Cox and use a Netgear WNR-2000 router. My Mac uses the internal AirPort and my Dell uses a Netgear Wireless-N USB Adapter WN111v2.
A little while ago, I started having issues with my Mac not being able to connect to our account. It would see the network in the AirPort but timeout while trying to connect. I thought it was just the Mac since the Dell didn't seem to have issues at first. I connected my Mac directly to the internet (skipping the router) and it was fine, so I thought it must be a compatibility issue between the router and the Airport. But then the Dell wouldn't connect, so I thought maybe it was a bad router, but when I opened up the wireless adapter Wizard, it says it's connected to the router, but then drops the internet intermittently.
I have tried to find a solution and admit I'm not hugely tech savvy, but the one thing that seems to work is when I do ipconfig /renew. Unfortunately, it only seems to hold for about 5 minutes and then the Internet drops again.
I'd thought maybe it was an issue on not being able If I run ipconfig, I get the attached. When I do ipconfig /renew, it gives me the same thing.
(see attached files)
When I run Windows Network Diagnostics, it sometimes says
"Windows has confirmed that this computer is currently experiencing a network connectivity problem. Windows found a problem that cannot be corrected automatically." or it says "Windows did not find any problems with your Internet connection."
Any ideas? It can't be just the OS if BOTH computers are having issues, but when I connect the Mac directly to the cable box, it works fine, and my Dell says it stays connected to the router, even when it can't access the internet...
Thoughts? The darn thing has dropped 3 times just while I type this!
-Suzanne