I recently brought a laptop (Vista Basic) and a wireless modem and connected
it up via Ethernet to my desktop computer (xp). Both worked fine and I could
access the internet from either one but now, even though my desktop is
telling me I'm connected to the internet, I cannot access a web site. I have
no trouble with my laptop. Can someone tell me what's going on and how to
fix this. It's driving me nuts.

Can you ping a public IP? if yes, can you ping yahoo.com? These search
results may help,

How to troubleshoot internet access issuesNone of the networking computers
can access the Internet. ... Related Topics. Can't access the Internet via
USB after enabling NIC for network ...
http://www.howtonetworking.com/Inter...netaccess0.htm


troubleshooting ie issuesFor step by step troubleshooting internet access
issues, visit this web:
http://www.howtonetworking.com/Troub...cessibale0.htm. ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/troubleshootingie.htm


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"kamasig" <ksigley@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:C4FC3E91-FAEC-43B0-92D0-EBAD1413D344@microsoft.com...
>I recently brought a laptop (Vista Basic) and a wireless modem and
>connected it up via Ethernet to my desktop computer (xp). Both worked fine
>and I could access the internet from either one but now, even though my
>desktop is telling me I'm connected to the internet, I cannot access a web
>site. I have no trouble with my laptop. Can someone tell me what's going on
>and how to fix this. It's driving me nuts.