ygtma Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 I have a laptop, a desktop, a wireless router (DLink), and a cable modem. My problem concerns my laptop and maybe my router. I'm running Vista. I ran CCleaner. Then I launched Firefox. Firefox said that I was not connected to the internet. My wireless connection icon showed limited connection. I opened Network and Sharing Center and found that I had local access only, that is, connection from my laptop to my router, but not to the internet. I tried Internet Explorer and got the same result. Using Network and Sharing Center, I disconnected from my own network and then tried to connect to it again. The connection dialogue box said, "it is taking longer than normal to connect to the network." Eventually, I got limited connection again -- laptop to router, but no internet. I restarted the computer and tried again. Same result. Then I tried to connect to a neighbor's unsecured network, and it worked. The desktop is connected to the internet. My router and modem both show all green lights. How can I reconnect to my own router? I think CCleaner must have changed something that allows me to access the internet. Later today, when no one is using the desktop, I'll reset the entire network, but do I have to do that every time I run CCleaner? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anres Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 which model is the Dlink wireless router? please don't say DI524. In any case, if this happens again, you could try the following if applicable: 1. try to switch off your WiFi if your laptop has such a physical switch. wait for 30 seconds and switch it on again. 2. if that didn't fix the problem, open a command prompt as an administrator and do the following: ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew a quick reboot probably doesn't help too much because windows caches some settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 I'm not terribly familiar with Vista network connections, but isn't whether it's LAN or internet a property of the connection itself somewhere? I.e. does it just need reconfiguring? It does sound like your laptop rather than the network. Other things to try: Disable / re-enable the connection. Remove and recreate the connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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