cannobio99
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I have Vista Home Basic on a laptop, and ever since a successful Windows update a few weeks ago (I don't use this laptop often), the web connection has broken, over wireless (or cable) to the router. Until that update, the internet connections on this PC worked fine, as indicated by the last successful update.
For information, the same internet connection works seamlessly from my desktop PC (Vista Home Premium), cabled to the same router, so the problem would appear not to lie with the router or beyond.
"Network & Sharing Center" on the laptop shows successful wireless connection to the Internet through the router modem, but both IE9 and Google Chrome browsers report rejected connections to (for instance) www.bbc.co.uk - I mention the BBC website solely as an example - all website connections fail.
I can successfully "ping www.bbc.co.uk" (or its IP address) from the laptop, so IP traffic is being transmitted on to the Internet by the router. Local access is good, as I can also ping the only other two devices I have on my local network, the desktop PC and the router. This also show that DNS is working - my router specifies the OpenDNS servers.
This seems to me to be a configuration issue, as IP traffic is obviously passing both ways through the router to the Internet, but I cannot think why browser website connection requests are being rejected. Can anyone give me any clues?
I read on another forum about an issue with 'intranet' settings, but I cannot see how to check this. Is this relevant?
Thank you
Sam
For information, the same internet connection works seamlessly from my desktop PC (Vista Home Premium), cabled to the same router, so the problem would appear not to lie with the router or beyond.
"Network & Sharing Center" on the laptop shows successful wireless connection to the Internet through the router modem, but both IE9 and Google Chrome browsers report rejected connections to (for instance) www.bbc.co.uk - I mention the BBC website solely as an example - all website connections fail.
I can successfully "ping www.bbc.co.uk" (or its IP address) from the laptop, so IP traffic is being transmitted on to the Internet by the router. Local access is good, as I can also ping the only other two devices I have on my local network, the desktop PC and the router. This also show that DNS is working - my router specifies the OpenDNS servers.
This seems to me to be a configuration issue, as IP traffic is obviously passing both ways through the router to the Internet, but I cannot think why browser website connection requests are being rejected. Can anyone give me any clues?
I read on another forum about an issue with 'intranet' settings, but I cannot see how to check this. Is this relevant?
Thank you
Sam
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My Computer
System One
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- Internet Speed
- Usually 8 Mbit wireless, 12 Mbit cabled.