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In response to
"so the router would be the DLInk things I use for my wifi? or the WLAN thingy I got from Aliant? -- nm"
by
Beaker
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It could also be that your DHCP lease has expired ...
Posted by
Beryllium (aka grayman)
Feb 15 '10, 16:20
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Step 1: Open the command line (start, run, cmd)
Step 2: ipconfig /renew
Step 3: Test ST
Step 3.5: This is where a normal person should restart their computer and test ST again ... an advanced user would follow the rest of these steps.
Step 4: If ST fails, restart whatever networking device your computer is directly connected to. (Usually a router)
Step 5: Test ST (after a few minutes)
Step 6: If ST fails, restart whatever networking device your computer's networking device is attached to (if any - a cable or DSL modem, for example)
Step 7: If ST is still failing ... you can possibly blame the ISP at this point.
Alternative things to do:
Start a command line, as described above.
Execute "nslookup [domain name that isn't working]" - if you get a "not found" error, it seems like DNS issues would be the problem
Execute a "ping [domain name that isn't working]" - if you get ping timeouts, then it could be an internet routing issue
Execute a "tracert [domain name that isn't working]" - This should tell you exactly where in the chain of hops that the internet has failed.
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