wireless

Hi my laptop is saying connected to wireless network but when I try get into internet explorer it says cannot find settings.

Anyone idea what im doing wrong ?

Is this your home wireless network ?
What version of windows are you using ?

Try the following:-
Start Run
type cmd

type ipconfig then hit return

are you getting an ip adress,

type ping 216.239.59.147 then hit return

what result ?

type ping www.google.ie then hit return
what result

Regards,
Wexfordman

Wexfordman tried as you sugested answers below

Wexfordman said:

Is this your home wireless network ? Yes
What version of windows are you using ? XP

Try the following:-
Start Run
type cmd

type ipconfig then hit return

are you getting an ip adress, Yes

type ping 216.239.59.147 then hit return

what result ? Does not recognise

type ping www.google.ie then hit return
what result Could not find host

When I type in Ping plus my IP address I get the following result:-

Packets sent 4, Packets recieved 4,lost 0, =(0% lost)

Thanks for your reply

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okay, try the ipconfig command again, and you should get 3 lines

ip adress (the ip adress of your pc)
subnet mask (more like 255.255.255.0)
default gatway (something like 192.168.1.1)

Let us know what you get, then do the following

ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx being the ip adress you got for the gateway above)

then do
ping 66.102.9.99

if that works, then do
then do ping www.google.ie


If you can ping your gateway, it means everthing is working to your router
if you can ping the 66.102.9.99 it means you are getting internet access
if you can ping www.google.ie, it means everything should work
If you can ping everyting except www.google.ie it means your DNS server setting or your DNS server in your router is incorrect.

Let us know what you get (if you are near a working net connection, try this on another pc just so you are familiar with what you should see).

Regards,
Wexfordman

Wexfordman

Pinged my IP address everything ok

Pinged 66.102.9.99

Response destination host unreachable

Breathnach,
Can you connect wired through your router, and when you do the above, what happens ?

Can you confirm also, is the network you are connecting to your home network
Also, post the results you are getting from the ipconfig command when connected wirelessley, and also when connected wired.