My brother went out travelling a few days ago, so iv been messing around with his labtop. The problem is though, is that nothing can connect to the internet. Its says it has a "excellent" connection at 540 mbs. But MSN, Firefox, Limewire, everything wont connect to it!

EDIT: Just in case your wondering, no I cant reach him. Hes travelling the country with his friend, and the chance of him answering his cell very low.

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Blocked via firewall?

Router actually connected to network?

Can you ping websites?

Can you ping networked computers?

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What is ping?

Iv checked the firewall, there appears only to be this thing called WinPatrol, I couldnt find anything else remotely like one but ill be sure to check again.

Everything looks fine with the router, my other computers work perfectly fine.

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It's a DOS command that tests your connection with other computers (either on LAN or outside world).

I don't know anything about the Windows firewall (not having used it), but Winpatrol is a utility that lists all running and startup processes and apps. Unless you've got it to block Windows apps, it shouldn't affect things.

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Click start > run, and type 'cmd'

In the command prompt window, type 'ping www.google.com -t'
If there's no connection (ie if it says 'request timed out' or does nothing), then there's something wrong with your connection to the net.

If it works, ie is somehow blocked.

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different subnets?

it physically connect to the internet through the router,
via cable or wireless?

laptop is configured to use the router as gateway?

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This is kinda obvious, but If you have a seperate router and modem, make sure that the modem is connected to the router first.

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