Says connected to internet, but cant open browser

I tried the reset but at several pauses, said i needed to elevate. I'm logged in to my only (admin) account.
I tried the flush too. Then turned off, then on, the wireless antenna. At first I thought there was joy, but when I tried to connect "IE cannot display the web page". This is the same as before. The wireless icon says connected but no internet access. I can verify that I can see my home network so it does appear that the wireless is working, but there is a problem with IE access. I can ping the google addresses above, but can't ping www.google.com.

Thoughts? New thread?

Thanks!

In that case you need to type cmd then right click the small icon and choose "run as administrator" then run the commands again. Although I can't say if this will fix your particular problem. It might help if you post a screen shot of your ipconfig /all .

No luck running ip winsock reset in admin mode.

Here's a screenshot of the ipconf status.

I tried to have the nic check for newer drivers, but I'm not sure it could connect. Said it had the latest though.

Do you think this is a router problem instead of a PC problem, especially since it connected fine on my mom's router?

Other ideas?

Could be the router but I need a screen shot rather than a .doc file.

I pasted the screen shot in the doc file. I don't know how to get it to you another way. Here I've pasted into a paint file and saved as a png file. You'll need to tell me how to get a screenshot to you if you need it some other way.

Thanks.

BobTN said:

I pasted the screen shot in the doc file. I don't know how to get it to you another way. Here I've pasted into a paint file and saved as a png file. You'll need to tell me how to get a screenshot to you if you need it some other way.

Thanks.

The problem I'm seeing here is that your DNS server "RFDhome" isn't anything I have heard of before. It's not a standard DNS address. It looks like your ISP is making you use this DNS for some reason so it might be best to call them and ask what this DNS means. This looks like you are using some type of modem router combo from them or something.

You can try to change the DNS by going into your routers settings or your IPv4 properties and typing in a different DNS server address.

RFDhome is a dummy domain that I had in the router... for years. lol. dumb me. The problem is fixed now, but I don't know exactly why. This computer has worked on this router with this setup for about a year and a half now.

I took out the RFDhome, saved the router settings the exited, flushed the dns cache and reset the ip and windsock on the pc, and turned off/on the wireless antenna but there was no difference. I then powercycled the modem and router and things worked fine.

The (seemingly) exact same problem happened about 7 months ago and there was lots of hand wringing and working with folks on another online support forum and MS to no avail. I did a complete reinstall of Win 7 and things worked fine until recently - although this pc wasn't used for about 2 months until about 3 weeks ago.

Any clue what the root problem is??? I'd sure like to avoid it in the future!!

Thanks!

You just needed to flush out and remove that old RFDhome as your DNS server. It was obvious to me that would be a problem just by looking at your ipconfig /all. I just assumed it was something your ISP did to you but I guess not.

It looks like you might have entered that manually where your DNS server should be in your routers settings. That DNS server isn't a good one and you should try using googles DNS or anything but that one.

It shouldn't happen again but just to be sure and use a more common DNS server like Open DNS or googles DNS or anyone but that one and enter it into your router as the DNS server.

I'm curious now as to what your current DNS is? Another ipconfig /all will tell you that.