Internet screwing up

[bizarreparadox]

I have broadband (if that makes any difference); when I turn on the modem and all the right lights are coming up and everything and I go to open firefox or ie it someotimes tells me that it can't find the site and that it's not picking up a connection. I've done a virus scan and that turned up with nothing. I have had a problem with the cord coming from the modem to the wall being too long with a cordless phone connected too but when i go to get on the internet it's got all the right lights lit up, (activity, ethernet,dsl) they all light up and it still doesn't work.

Thanks for any help, Bizarre Paradox

 

[^Mike^]

has the internet worked in the past? Also go to Control Panel -> Network Connections and tell me if it says "connected" under one of the methods of connection.

 

[bizarreparadox]

Yeah it's says connected under both of the little icons, could it be a peer to peer taking up all my bandwidth and leaving me with nothing because I just recently donwloaded bittorrent and it was downloading something at the time?

 

[^Mike^]

Yeah it's says connected under both of the little icons, could it be a peer to peer taking up all my bandwidth and leaving me with nothing because I just recently donwloaded bittorrent and it was downloading something at the time?

that could be the problem, try disabling it and see what happens.