Hi..I know there are several other posts similar and maybe exactly the same as this..so if there are..can you please post the links to those threads for me?
but if not..or if someone is kind enough to rehash something already posted..this is my problem.
I just moved into a new apartment, in my old apartment, I had a desktop pc and a laptop connected to a router, and both to a cable modem through that router...everything worked smoothly and fine..never had any problems.
I move to this new apartment..hook everything up the same way..my desktop works fine..but the laptop, whilst it says its connected in the networks settings..I can't open a browser, and msn/yahoo etc won't connect..I tried pinging websites and that didn't work either. I switched the ethernet cables around, putting the one that was in the laptop into my desktop, and the other into the laptop..and the same thing is happening, desktop works, laptop doesn't.
The laptop will connect to wireless networks in the building..but only if the ethernet cable isn't plugged into it...does anyone have any answers for me? would be really gratefull..oh..both pc's are running xp home. Thank you.
Chubbs
but if not..or if someone is kind enough to rehash something already posted..this is my problem.
I just moved into a new apartment, in my old apartment, I had a desktop pc and a laptop connected to a router, and both to a cable modem through that router...everything worked smoothly and fine..never had any problems.
I move to this new apartment..hook everything up the same way..my desktop works fine..but the laptop, whilst it says its connected in the networks settings..I can't open a browser, and msn/yahoo etc won't connect..I tried pinging websites and that didn't work either. I switched the ethernet cables around, putting the one that was in the laptop into my desktop, and the other into the laptop..and the same thing is happening, desktop works, laptop doesn't.
The laptop will connect to wireless networks in the building..but only if the ethernet cable isn't plugged into it...does anyone have any answers for me? would be really gratefull..oh..both pc's are running xp home. Thank you.
Chubbs