k so....my mom and my bro's laptop both had something shitty happen to it today and I'm not sure if anyone can but I'm going to plead for help here anyway.

My connection is fine, obviously since I'm posting this in the same room as the other laptops. However, whenever I go to use IE (or Firefox) I'm not able to connect to the internet. Not google, yahoo, or this site. Whenever I try to open a site on my mom's comp it flickers between "Connecting" and "Internet Explorer cannot display this page." My brother's just doesn't even load anything when you type in the address. It pretty much does the same thing that my mom's was doing. Anyone who is able to halp I'd greatly appreciate it.

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Tread softly because you tread on my dreams-

Lies are a funny thing,
they slip through your fingertips because
they never happened to you.

Do you have an IP Address on your laptop? If yes, can you ping 145.253.253.226 in a Dos Box?

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I was able to ping google from the CMD window off of one of the laptops earlier...should I try that IP ping now too?

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Tread softly because you tread on my dreams-

Lies are a funny thing,
they slip through your fingertips because
they never happened to you.

If you can ping google, try entering http://145.253.253.226 into your browser.

If you get my cool C64 graphics, its a problem with your DNS Server. Set it to a static address like 145.253.2.11, I wouldnt recommend this one though since its a german DNS

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Nameservers are
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
.

Can you dumb it down a bit for me, I see the graphics even when I do it on my computer at work.

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Tread softly because you tread on my dreams-

Lies are a funny thing,
they slip through your fingertips because
they never happened to you.

You're supposed to?

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This line is beyond confusing then. If I get them, and I'm supposed to, then it shouldn't be a problem right? I'm not trying to be a dick about this, I really do want to fix this problem and I'm finding that it is harder than I had hoped. What should pop up if there is a problem? I assume nothing?

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Tread softly because you tread on my dreams-

Lies are a funny thing,
they slip through your fingertips because
they never happened to you.

If you get a response from http://145.253.253.226, as in "the graphic", and no response from http://eden.gley.net, it is a DNS Problem. Because the first one doesn't need a DNS to connect while the second one does.

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Ok, how do you go about righting a DNS problem?

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Tread softly because you tread on my dreams-

Lies are a funny thing,
they slip through your fingertips because
they never happened to you.

rtfm

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305553

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Shit man, I remember when a dime bag cost a dime.

Thanks for your help team. I'll try out that new bizniz when I get home today if it hasn't already been fixed.

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Tread softly because you tread on my dreams-

Lies are a funny thing,
they slip through your fingertips because
they never happened to you.

sexcellent

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I am indeed.

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Tread softly because you tread on my dreams-

Lies are a funny thing,
they slip through your fingertips because
they never happened to you.

Hurry up and get mom back on the internets.

Someones gotta be workin' the e-corners.

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WOW, I may never have even seen your mother but I sure did G-Spot her.

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Tread softly because you tread on my dreams-

Lies are a funny thing,
they slip through your fingertips because
they never happened to you.

I was just watching a movie and at the climax your mother came.

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The scary thing is, both vedder and sef are brothers. :\

Your mother was laying on the ground and I gave her a floorgasm.

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Tread softly because you tread on my dreams-

Lies are a funny thing,
they slip through your fingertips because
they never happened to you.