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[inthewild]

Hi,
My laptop using wireless detects the network and connects to it but doesn't transfer anything, ie can't go to any sites. I can use my desktop to connect directly to the modem and that works fine, but if I connect by line through the router the internet doesn't work.

Any ideas to what may be the problem? Thanks.

[JustJohn]

Check your ports. You could have a firewall or router settings set up that are blocking stuff. Make sure port 80 and other relevant ports are not being blocked.

[jeffkim1972]

[mrsquirrel]

turn your router on first.

Then the modem

You should then be able to connect.

[inthewild]

I was not able to pin down exactly what the problem was, but a new router with setup run through my newer computer got the internet working again. Before, I was trying to set it up through my old computer on an old router.

Interestingly, when I answer my cordless phone hooked up to my landline, the internet cuts out and is restored within like a minute of after I hang up the phone.

So it was aliens after all!