I just got done removing a nasty virus from my mom's laptop, and was checking to make sure everything was working correctly. The wireless connected fine, but pages won't load. when I went into ipconfig it showed the DNS suffix as domain.not_set.invalid, which shouldn't matter, as it shows that for the wireless adapter from which I'm getting internet access from now. Anyways, I went in and changed it in the TCP/IP settings under Network Connections. I have it set up to obtain the IP and DNS automatically, which it's doing according to the ipconfig output below:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Fritzie
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : dsl.applwi.sbcglobal.net
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) PCI-E
Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-22-5E-C9-32-23
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : dsl.applwi.sbcglobal.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1395 WLAN Mini-Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-4E-BC-CD-31
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.103
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.94.156.1
206.141.193.55
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:13:46 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, May 27, 2009 11:13:46 AM
Alternatively, I tried using the strategy that the AT&T tech used when they setup internet with my dad's laptop, which was specifying a static LAN IP and specifying the DNS server, but that did not work this time. I guess my question is, in the process of the virus removal, could something have gotten removed from the wireless card's firmware? This seems like some sort of DNS issue to me, but I was wondering if someone has some advice. It worked fine in the past with obtaining the IP and DNS automatically. Additionally, my other computer recognizes my mom's laptop when I go to My Network Places, but won't open, it too says a DNS error.
Finally, here are some of the messages in that I found in the Event Viewer:
The server could not bind to the transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{B6DB75C2-126C-42BE-88F9-CC51695794B0}.
Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 00234EBCCD31. The following error occurred:
The semaphore timeout period has expired. . Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.
Your computer has automatically configured the IP address for the Network Card with network address 00234EBCCD31. The IP address being used is 169.254.174.37
Hope someone can help me out here, I'm usually able to figure this stuff out, as I have done it in the past on my mom's laptop. For some reason I must not be seeing the problem, so I'm hoping someone else can.
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Fritzie
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : dsl.applwi.sbcglobal.net
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) PCI-E
Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-22-5E-C9-32-23
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : dsl.applwi.sbcglobal.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1395 WLAN Mini-Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-4E-BC-CD-31
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.103
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.94.156.1
206.141.193.55
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:13:46 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, May 27, 2009 11:13:46 AM
Alternatively, I tried using the strategy that the AT&T tech used when they setup internet with my dad's laptop, which was specifying a static LAN IP and specifying the DNS server, but that did not work this time. I guess my question is, in the process of the virus removal, could something have gotten removed from the wireless card's firmware? This seems like some sort of DNS issue to me, but I was wondering if someone has some advice. It worked fine in the past with obtaining the IP and DNS automatically. Additionally, my other computer recognizes my mom's laptop when I go to My Network Places, but won't open, it too says a DNS error.
Finally, here are some of the messages in that I found in the Event Viewer:
The server could not bind to the transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{B6DB75C2-126C-42BE-88F9-CC51695794B0}.
Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 00234EBCCD31. The following error occurred:
The semaphore timeout period has expired. . Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.
Your computer has automatically configured the IP address for the Network Card with network address 00234EBCCD31. The IP address being used is 169.254.174.37
Hope someone can help me out here, I'm usually able to figure this stuff out, as I have done it in the past on my mom's laptop. For some reason I must not be seeing the problem, so I'm hoping someone else can.
