Connected to wireless, but can't open webpages

Hi, I have a problem I hope someone can help me with. I got this computer from my father-in-law, and for some reason, I can't open any web pages, even though the Wireless network connection says that I am connected and the signal strength is excellent. The proset wireless manager also says my connection is excellent. I can view pages when connected with an ethernet cable.

He had some stupid program on here called "Network Magic," and I thought that might have been causing the problem, so I uninstalled it in add/remove programs, but no, the problem is still there. I tried to download the drivers for the network adapter, (Intel Proset Wireless 2200BG), but when I try to run the .exe it keeps "encountering errors and needs to close."

Is there some option that I need to set maybe to get the internet working again? I don't understand why I'm connected, but web pages just won't load.

You could try a different browser and see if the problem lies with your current browser.

sorry, forgot to say, I tried firefox too. same problem.

any ideas? anyone?

any ideas? anyone?

Start|run|type cmd

type ping www.google.com

You should see four packets sent and four received. If not, enable the native Windows firewall, then disable any third-party firewall. Try pinging Google once more.

any ideas? anyone?

Start|run|type cmd

type ping www.google.com

You should see four packets sent and four received. If not, enable the native Windows firewall, then disable any third-party firewall. Try pinging Google once more.

thank you. The ping command said it was unable to contact the remote server. I have windows firewall enabled, but I don't know if he had any third party firewall enabled. Is there a way to find out?

any ideas? anyone?

Start|run|type cmd

type ping www.google.com

You should see four packets sent and four received. If not, enable the native Windows firewall, then disable any third-party firewall. Try pinging Google once more.

thank you. The ping command said it was unable to contact the remote server. I have windows firewall enabled, but I don't know if he had any third party firewall enabled. Is there a way to find out?

Try ipconfig /all at the command prompt. Look for the Default gateway. Note this number and ping it. Success or not?

Bring up the Task Manager with Ctrl-Alt-Del. Choose the Processes tab. Click on Image name once or twice. Now look for "vsmon.exe" or similar.

Okay, the ping was successful.

I looked for vsmon, but it's not on the processes tab. I don't understand what you meant when you said click on the image name, so I just looked under the processes tab. There was something called S24EvMon.exe, but I don't think that's the same.

Okay, the ping was successful.

I looked for vsmon, but it's not on the processes tab. I don't understand what you meant when you said click on the image name, so I just looked under the processes tab. There was something called S24EvMon.exe, but I don't think that's the same.

S24EvMon.exe is part of a wireless utility.

The fact that you can ping the default gateway, but not Google suggests that the gateway or router is the problem. You may want to perform a hard reset on the router and reconfigure it from scratch.

(Intel Proset Wireless 2200BG has it's own software that is installed with the driver. When clicking on the radio button one can select wether to let the adapter software handle the task or to let windows handle the network configuration. Best to let windows do the job. Next click start>control Panel>network connections> and right click on the wireless icon. It should say connected. View wireless networks. If none show up, the router may be set not to broadcast SSID but that is OK. Take a look at the properties and look for the name of the network and the type of connection like WPA _2 PSK etc.

The password must match the password set up in the router.

Check the router configuration by ethernet
Start IE and enter 192.168.2.1 and see if your routers config page comes up. If you get google your ipconfig is wrong. If you get your routers config page you are now on track to getting the match correct. The client list should show all of the MAC addresses of the computers connected. One should be the MAC address of the proset adapter. The router config page should show connected. The router should be password protected and to change any settings you should have to establish a password. If the router has been messed up you can usually set it to factory defaults and reconfig from there. A number of routers have had firmware updates so check out the router website.
good luck

thanks guys, but i figured it out. I just had to "reset the tcp/ip stack" as described here