RE: Unable to to to browse the internet....

Gentlemen,

Well, I restored all the functionality I had initially disabled in the BIOS,
such as built in Network card, built in WiFi card, built in WiFi WAN
functionality etc. Everything back to factory defaults.

I installed Opera, and resolved the issue of having IE as the default
browser, and in spite of having three options to connect to the Network, it
is still not happening:

1. Standard Ethernet
2. WiFi wireless
3. USB private Wide Area Network card

Neither works. I APPARENTLY connect with all 3, but cannot browse.

The error message I see saw said that the hardware settings for Radio
access (I
imagine the WiFi card) are preventing the WiFi card or the BIOS from locating
other Networks or connecting. I resolved that, and still no connection...

Any clues?

Thank you.

Jean-Pierre

P.S. In any case, no the browser was not the issue. It has something to do
with functionality I might have shutdown on the box, but that I tried to
restore. Everything seems cool... Any ideas...


"dareys" wrote:

Greetings,

I just recently BIOS protected my computer and disabled a number of network
related functions, including the internal WIFI card, the Internal network
card. I was just trying to protect myself from unwarranted acces.

At this time I have a USB Wide Area Network card. When I start it up, I can
ping sites like Google but not sites like Citibank etc. I suspect that
although Netstat and the WAN software indicates a network connection, perhaps
I don´t have one...

IE cannot connect, reporting an invalid web address. I installed Opera just
to see if it was a configuration problem with IE, but everytime I launch it,
I get, yes, IE.

So, to continue troubleshooting, I am wondering if anyone can tell me how do
disable IE as the default browser so I can see if I have the same Problem
with Opera.

If I do, can anyone tell me if it might be possible for the WAN card to
locate the signal and connect but perhaps my configuration at the BIOS level
prevents Network access? What would be the minimun configuration in the BIOS
to allow connectivity.

Well, if you have read this far, I appreciate it. I hope you can help,
because the box is rather useless right now.

Thank you.

Jean-Pierre

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