go to the properties dialogue again and select the TCP/IPv4 properties. Set
the DNS to use 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
these DNS servers are provided by OpenDNS. A lot of times they are faster
than your ISP's and offer other great features too. go to their website to
learn more.
www.opendns.com
guitardude
"WilliamW" <WilliamW@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Everytime I reboot the laptop I loose the ability to connect to the
> internet
> although the laptop confirms a connection to the wireless network router.
> As
> soons as I click "Diagnose this connection" and choose "Automatically get
> new
> IP Settings for the network adapter" I have internet connectivity
> restored.
>
> The laptop is an HP dv6755ca, less then one week old, and has been checked
> to be sure all drivers and updates have been installed. I have run
> anti-virus and checked for malware/spyware. The network setup is 1. PC
> connected via ethernet, 1. wireless laptop and 1. smc8014w-g wireless
> gateway.
>
> Although the setup was walked through with me by the technician (over the
> phone) I'm not yet ruling out a faulty set-up in the 192.168.0.1 site
> [except
> that I have had no issues with the wired connection].
>
> Any ideas as to how to get this setup so that I don't have to diagnose the
> laptop's internet connection everytime I turn it on?