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laptop getting online
i have a laptop and a wireless rouder. the laptop takes a good five minutes to get online when i turn it on. why is this? i cant do anything with it until it finally goes online. i have another laptop that goes online right when i turn it on.
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Why not use the one that gets in right away? Do you have an internet switch on your laptop? Make sure it is switched on.
Hope I helped.
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Go to start, run and type:
ncpa.cpl
Find your primary internet connection, right click it and select "properties". If you see the name of your ISP, it's probably that one. If not, search for "wireless internet connection". If not, select "local area connection".
In properties, go to the "networking" tab. Double-click "Internet protocol(tcp/ip)" in the middle scroll box. Now, you want to reverse the top setting.
If it says "obtain an IP address automatically", select "use the following IP address". Go to [Link](Mouse over link to see full location) and put the IP it gives you in the box. Click OK on all of the boxes. Now, if your internet stops working, reverse what I just said above to get it working again. Then go to start, run and type "ipconfig /all", without quotes. You'll see "ip address.....0.0.0.0"(with different numbers). Put whatever numbers you have there in the "use the following IP" box that you went to before. If it still doesn't work, contact me by IM.
If it says "use the following IP address". You want to make it "obtain an IP address automatically".
This problem is due to the fact that Windows's PPPoE service really sucks horribly.
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