Connected to network, sort of

[pyramid36]

As a result of recent very bad experience with Norton
System Works 2004 screwing up my system and then having to
manually remove it, I seem to have lost my connection to
my network... sort of. At the time, I had a Linksys
10/100 NIC and after I got through messing with Norton, I
could no longer get to my network. After an hour on the
phone with Dell I was no closer to figuring out what was
going on. Remebered that I had an extra Linksys wireless
device, so I removed the NIC and installed the wireless.
I still can't get a connection to the "network", but the
wireless says that it's connected to the network and has a
good (100%) connection. My suspicion is that I've got a
problem with Windows or IE. I've checked the network
settings from another wireless device against the PC with
the problem and everything seems in order.

Any ideas?

 

[Dave Patrick]

You'll need to do the usual things like start with ping thyself, ping
another on network Check IP address is on the same subnet, check default
gateway is correct (if any required) turn off any firewalls in-place (to
test and while not connected to the internet of course), check the hub,
router, switch, cables for proper operation, etc.