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alright... i have found a very odd and mentally challenging problem regarding
internet access on my laptop. i've tried several things that i could think of
to try fixing this problem, all of which did not work. i can't even think of
where to start explaining this.
i am home for thanksgiving at my parents house, and up until about two days
ago, the internet connection to my laptop was working, but then it decided to
stop working correctly. basically, the problem that i am having now is that
for up to five minutes after restarting my computer, the internet is working
as it normally had--i could browse websites, sign on to america online's
instant messenger, and msn messenger, and also use a program called
foldershare to synchronize contents of my computer with those of another
computer. after those five minutes passed, i could not get the ability to
browse websites again unless i restarted my computer and visit sites within
five minutes, just to go and repeat it over and over; however, when those
five minutes passed, i could still talk to people online with aol im and msn
messenger, and synchronize files and folders.
nothing had been changed, no programs installed or uninstalled, ip address
remained the same; with both of my wireless Linksys and Belkin laptop
adapters (I had one, thought I lost that, bought another, found the previous
one), i had a 60-80% signal from my wireless Belkin router. each adapter
experienced this problem; while i am writing this, i have my laptop plugged
into my router by an ethernet cable, and it too is experiencing this problem.
all of these lead me to believe that it is the computer not doing something
correct, but i am totally lost in what that could be. all connections were
set up to receive automatic ip addresses.
my brother also has a laptop, and he has not been experiencign this problem.
thank you ahead of time for your help!
rob.
internet access on my laptop. i've tried several things that i could think of
to try fixing this problem, all of which did not work. i can't even think of
where to start explaining this.
i am home for thanksgiving at my parents house, and up until about two days
ago, the internet connection to my laptop was working, but then it decided to
stop working correctly. basically, the problem that i am having now is that
for up to five minutes after restarting my computer, the internet is working
as it normally had--i could browse websites, sign on to america online's
instant messenger, and msn messenger, and also use a program called
foldershare to synchronize contents of my computer with those of another
computer. after those five minutes passed, i could not get the ability to
browse websites again unless i restarted my computer and visit sites within
five minutes, just to go and repeat it over and over; however, when those
five minutes passed, i could still talk to people online with aol im and msn
messenger, and synchronize files and folders.
nothing had been changed, no programs installed or uninstalled, ip address
remained the same; with both of my wireless Linksys and Belkin laptop
adapters (I had one, thought I lost that, bought another, found the previous
one), i had a 60-80% signal from my wireless Belkin router. each adapter
experienced this problem; while i am writing this, i have my laptop plugged
into my router by an ethernet cable, and it too is experiencing this problem.
all of these lead me to believe that it is the computer not doing something
correct, but i am totally lost in what that could be. all connections were
set up to receive automatic ip addresses.
my brother also has a laptop, and he has not been experiencign this problem.
thank you ahead of time for your help!
rob.