Nice to know the techsupport offers great service! thanks for the PM's.

They need to have the same workgroup name. if you go to start > run > type the IP address of the other computer "\\x.x.x.x" it should either say not accessible or you do not have access or it could...

Solutions:
1. You have a static IP. You get signal but your IP address is set to manual. Make sure it's set to Automatic

2. You may have proxy settings on your browser. you need to it off.

3....

This is probably a modem issue and/or filters.

From the wall phone line port, connect a wire directly to the modem. Make sure no or other device is in between the modem and the wall phone port....

This happens with anyone of the following:

Checklist:
1. Most of the time this is a wireless security issue. When you view available wireless networks and see a pad lock on the network you want...

Your simple checklist - There could be more reasons but these are the top ones.

1. Modem should have steady Internet light. If not, reboot modem and wait until it does become steady. If not, call...

I'm guessing that you wired the 2 routers together connecting router 1 to router 2 using the Internet or WAN port. If this is how you did it, then those connected to router 1 won't be able to talk to...

get a router so you can network the computer together and get to the internet at the same time. if you only need the network then don't connect anything to the WAN or Internet port on the router. you...

Is router 2 connected to the internet as well? If it is, then you can't do it with what you have.

What you're trying to do if in case router 2 is also online is called multi-homing. This normally...

I've seen this many times before and I believe that your problem may very well a firewall related one.

You may be running Zone Alarm Pro or any other software firewall that's preventing internet...

get a new firmware flashed on the modem. these have updates that are not always automatic. If you're computer works elsewhere then it's not the computer that you should be worried about. I'd consider...

Try 1-877-787-8749. This is the supportrix hotline. Tell them you have a promo code and that the code is "supportcall" and that you learned about them through daniweb.
You'll get the first call...

If he can get online elsewhere then there's no problem with the card.

There might be a problem with the signal from where you're at. He might be getting a better signal at his friend's house.
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Graham -

This could either be a microsoft browser update problem that affected your internet connection.

Try downloading mozilla firefox. I'm almost 100% sure it's going to work. if it does,...

if you connect a router to your main router, then anything that can connect to your secondary router can get online as well. If I were the neighbor, i'd get into the 2nd router using wep since it's...

wireless connections losing signals can be caused by many computers accessing your wireless access point. it can also be caused by intefering products like 2.4ghz wireless phone. In your case, since...

try to measure the ping time as well. anything over 800-1000ms ping time is bound to time out 50-75% of pings. if this is the case, then it might very well be a provider issue rather than a line...

I'm guessing that your using a Linksys wireless gateway (which is actually just a wireless access point with DSL or cable modem functions) OR you have a modem which is connected to a linksys wireless...