Network help

[j-man]

Okay, I'm new here and didn't quite find a forum to post this in:

Basically, I have been away at University on a LAN network(wired) and have been returning home to a wireless BT network, which all worked fine, until last weekend, where I managed to be connected to the internet, but no browsers would work. Having scoured the internet for solutions i cant seem to find the best option. any help???

May I also add that every other network works fine.

 

[tom-knox]

What do you mean browsers won't work?

 

[j-man]

Well I get the message's saying "Internet explorer cannot find the webpage" and similar with firefox, google chrome and safari.

 

[J03]

What OS are you running? Try going to start >> All Programs >> Accessories >> Command Prompt

and from there, type "ping google.com".

You should get a response like this:

C:\Users\Joe>ping google.com

Pinging google.com [74.125.67.100] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 74.125.67.100: bytes=32 time=157ms TTL=242
Reply from 74.125.67.100: bytes=32 time=209ms TTL=242
Reply from 74.125.67.100: bytes=32 time=235ms TTL=242
Reply from 74.125.67.100: bytes=32 time=291ms TTL=242

Ping statistics for 74.125.67.100:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 157ms, Maximum = 291ms, Average = 223ms.

If not, we know it's a problem with your actual connection and not with the browser.

 

[j-man]

Yeah got a response like that, all the connection seems fine, but msn messenger and my browsers are not working at all. for example when i go to Diagnose and Repair it states that it cannot see a problem.

 

[tom-knox]

Reset the settings in IE and try again.

 

[j-man]

Still saying "Internet cannot display the webpage", Tom.

 

[J03]

Your not connected to a VPN or anything, are you? AFAIK, Some uni's require for you to connect via VPN to access the internet, and it might still be trying to do that...?

 

[j-man]

Yeah it is on VPN(the uni connection), however i have tried disabling the LAN cable internet thing, with the browsers still not loading. i don't see how one week when i come home it works then the next it just stops loading webpages, as it works perfectly on the UNI lan connection.

 

[J03]

Try disabling the VPN connection, and not the LAN connection. It might still be trying to connect to the VPN, regardless of LAN/WLAN connections.