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Old April 17th 19, 04:42 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
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Default Loss of connectivity

In article ,
says...

My Win XP Home laptop has lost connectivity with my home LAN.
AT&T installed a replacement modem. Other devices made the proper hookup.

My laptop says it is connected and say it is an excellent connection but
it will not connect to the internet or to my Buffalo NAS that my other
desktop windows PC connects to without any hesitation.

Browsers do not work. Chrome say it cannot connect. As does Firefox.

Strangely my Buffalo NAS app finds the NAS but says it probably will not
work as it has a limited connectivity.

What does that mean ?

Please offer steps to troubleshoot.


You sure problem Windows pc is getting everything automatically, e.g. IP
address from router etc. Perhaps it not in which case it gives itself an
ip address that isn't connected to your home lan, e.g. it's not using
something like 192.168.1.xxx but instead something like 246.142.56.23
(made up ip).

I assume router is set to dish out ip addressess correctly as surely
installation guy wouldn't have set some stupid limitations?
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