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Strange Problem, please help!

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  • 23-11-2010 8:58pm
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    lilmissprincess
    Registered Users Posts: 3,016 ✭✭✭


    I got a new laptop a month ago. Everything was going grand until about a week ago, when the internet at home started refusing to work properly on it.
    We have a UPC package.
    My laptop says that it is connected, but when I open a browser it insists there are no connections. I run a troubleshoot and it doesnt see a problem. It occasionally works for Facebook and the Google Talk programme, but for everything else it claims it is offline.
    The internet connection in college and elsewhere works perfectly on it.
    The internet is performing perfectly on my 3 housemates laptops.

    Any ideas? I'm fit to throw it at a wall at this point.

    Am writing this from college btw, so any help as soon as possible would be much appreciated.


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    #2
    akamossie
    Registered Users Posts: 646 ✭✭✭akamossie


    what windows you on? if win7 or vista, delete profile and connect again.

    check encryption on the router, might be mac filter


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    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,448 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    Did you make any adjustments to it as a result of using it in college?


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    lilmissprincess
    Registered Users Posts: 3,016 ✭✭✭lilmissprincess


    No adjustments. It currently now goes between deciding its online for Skype/Gtalk/facebook and offline for everything else (while saying its got full signal) and being totally offline (while, again, stating its fully working).


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    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,448 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    Have you tried connecting by ethernet?

    ARe you sure you did not set up a proxy to access your college network?


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