I have a Inspiron 350 and the Router is NETGEAR G-Wireless WGR61v10.

My problem is since I had a reformat on the computer. It would not connect to the internet in fact it said Local or limited connection before I changed the channel where now lets me go on Google and surf is very limited and very slow.

I can't log into my programs like MSN and Skype and only logs in when I restart the computer and drops the connection again. I would like to know how to unblock the connection so I can do everything again.

I am just really frustrated and would like to know if there is a solution to get the net up and running again.

Thank you very much for taking the time to view this.

Oh yeah, I would like to add, Update, MSN and Skype do not even read as connected. They don't even stay connected long either. Updating antivirus is hard when it does not see my computer having net always brings me to troubleshoot and has not helped.

I really hope someone can help me please and thank you so much.

Open a command prompt and type the following without the quotes and paste the results back here, "ipconfig /all".

Originally Posted by Retirednow

Open a command prompt and type the following without the quotes and paste the results back here, "ipconfig /all".

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\King>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : King-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dynex Wireless G USB Network Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-DF-0E-8E-43
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, May 25, 2010 10:10:11 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:10:08 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82562V-2 10/100 Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-09-8F-11-2D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{7E054E96-2B3C-4AAC-9538-2470CC07A
5D9}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{FD58ECEA-A430-47DA-B915-7BDE86C71
D65}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
C:\Users\King>

Let's do the easy things first.
1. Power off the pc, the router and the modem. Power on the modem, let it totally finish it's boot up cycle, power on the router, let it boot up and the boot up ypur pc and try it.

2. Click on Start=> Run type CMD to open a command prompt.
In the command prompt type the following commands:
To Reset Reset WINSOCK entries type: netsh winsock reset catalog and press enter
Reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults, type: netsh int ip reset reset.log
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

Try these and let us know.