Re: Win 7 no wireless internet access

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff

AT&T gives you a private address for a DNS server? That sounds kinda 
strange. I have a router between my cable modem (Comcast) and I would 
get the router's address for DNS - I don't trust it, so I manually set 
the DNS, while I let the router's DHCP handle my IP address internally.

Not sure if any of that helps, though.

Oh, if you can figure out the port for DNS, you might try ping to that 
address with the port specified - if you can in Windows - that might 
tell you more.

Regards
Vern

On 7/1/2011 7:50 AM, Jeff Crosby wrote:
> I took my Win7 Ultimate laptop to my son's condo in Chicago this week.
>   I could connect to his wireless network, but could not get internet
> access (AT&T DSL).  The Windows network troubleshooter said the issue
> was the DNS server was not responding, but I could ping that IP
> address (a private 192.168.x.x address) and get a response.  IPCONFIG
> /FLUSHDNS, IPCONFIG /RELEASE, IPCONFIG /RENEW did not help.  I poked
> around looking at settings, but didn't change anything as it would
> have been guesses.  I COULD connect to an ethernet jack in his router
> and all was well.
>
> Now that I am back home, I cannot connect wireless to the internet
> here either!  And I've been doing that forever.  I connect to the
> wireless, but get 'no internet access'.  I swear I've changed no
> settings.
>
> Suggestions?  I'm still on vacation, so I'll be in and out all day.
>
> Thanks.