the message i get is web page not found - then - do you want to work off line
- or try again - this is the type of message when there is no connection at
all.

but the window network page says i am connected to the wireless network - so
i am assuming i am somehow prevented from connecting to the internet on this
"NEW" wireless connection.

i have a laptop - but it is a out of the box machine as i am not part of a
big company - anything done to the machine is by me personally and i am a
small business owner not an IT guy.

just running Nortons internet security - but again, even when i turn this
all off i still can not get to the internet

crazy i know but a real pain in the .... as i travel a lot and need to be
able to connect from anywhere

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

>
>
> In news:044D1DDE-9760-458A-A93C-AE7AF3392840@microsoft.com,
> badger man <badgerman@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> > I am having trouble getting out to the Internet when I hook on to a
> > wireless network outside my office and at home - like at a restaurant
> > or wireless hot spot.
> >
> > I use window xp which is completely up to date w all updates. I also
> > use Norton's Internet security and anti virus.
> >
> > When I go to a new wireless network and do a view wireless networks -
> > I can see and connect to the new network. Meaning I can see the
> > network in my "network connection" and under "details" I can see the
> > IP address of the network I am hooked to.
> >
> > But, even though I am connect to the new wireless I can not get "out"
> > to the Internet.
> >
> > I have Window's firewall turned off, as i use the Nortons firewall in
> > normal use and then even turn my Norton's firewall off and I still
> > can not get to the Internet on the new wireless network.
> >
> > I have even typed the wireless IP address into the Norton's excepted
> > list and I still can not connect.
> >
> > Any suggestions on how to get to the internet on new wireless networks
> >
> > Thanks
>
> Don't disable your firewall when you're connected to any network, even for
> testing. I don't use NIS so I'm not sure what it blocks, but if you're going
> to disable it, make sure you enable the Windows firewall before connecting -
> it doesn't block any outbound ports, so it likely won't prevent you from
> connecting.
>
> What are the symptoms you're seeing? Page not found? ?
>
> Is this a company laptop? If so, it may be locked down to prevent you from
> doing this.
>
> Presuming that is not the case, and presuming this happens on *all* your
> wireless connection attempts and you know they don't require any sort of
> fancy authentication, if you type
>
> ipconfig /all
>
> in a command prompt, you should see the default gatway & DNS servers you've
> been assigned by the DHCP server, provided you got one, and can try pinging
> each in turn....if you can ping both the gateway IP and DNS IP successfully,
> try pinging www.yahoo.com or something to see if that's working. If so,
> check your internet options in control panel and look at the connection
> settings.
>
>
>