Everytime you connect to your wireless router and it looks first for the router and then for the Internet ...?
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I'll answer the question generally, since individual products may, as you suggest do a little looking around without telling you. You might want to watch the activity lights when you connect, and try to correlate them with the connection sequence. \n\nI'm assuming here that you have the commonest sort of arrangement, a router (connected to DSL, cable ? etc) and a laptop with a wireless client radio inside. \n\nEvery 'access point' (one type of radio operating mode) must broadcast a beacon signal to tell possible client radios in range something about itself. For 802.11 b/g (and probably n, but I haven't checked) the beacon is broadcast on the only channel that is legal everywhere, channel 10. It's also broadcast with the lowest possible legal speed. This means that any client 802.11 b/g radio in range will be able to hear and understand the beacon. \n\nOnce the client radio hears all the local beacons, it chooses one (usually based on signal strength) that it can interact with. So an 802.11b client radio, which knows nothing about 802.11g format signal types (ie, 'modulation schemes') won't be able to work with an 802.11g access point and both had better be willing to find the highest performance connection possible to both, in this case one of the 802.11b schemes, and not any of the 802.11g expanded schemes. \n\nThis takes a bit of time. but once both ends have discovered the highest performance configuration they can both support, the radios can actually tell the software (drives, operating system, ...) what's going one. At that point, Ip addresses have to be assigned to allow any traffic to and from the Net. If the Operating system is configured to use DHCP, it must contact the DHCP server it's been told about, and 'lease' an IP address from the block of addresses the  ISP has had assigned to it. Next time on the ISP, the IP address assigned might be entirely different. Or the Internet software using the client radio might have been given a permanent IP address (called 'static' address assignment in contrast to the 'dynamic' assignment under DHCP). \n\nAll of this takes time. Which further depends on the connection scheme (speed, modulation, etc) the radios have agreed on. So a marginal 802.11b connection (distant location, poor antenna placement, bad polarization match, ...) might only be able to manage the barest minimum, 1Mbps. A really good 802.11g connection, could use the highest speed possible. which will of course never be as fast as the ads claim. there is a good deal of handshaking and  timeout settings, and error announcement sent back to the other radio when found. \n\nAnd there is a backoff_and_try_a_lower_speed_connection negotiation when there are more than x errors (varies by manufacturer default, but is sometimes changeable by the user for a particular installation in the case of some utilities and software drivers). And an occasional try_to_use_a_better_speed_ connection if we haven't had errors in the most recent y seconds. Either requires another negotiation sequence, which again takes time. \n\nAnd, if the range is marginal (almost too far away) there will not only be automatic up regulation attempts, and perhaps some down regulation attempts, but more a few entire reestablish_the_connection restarts as signal drops below the radio's sensitivity threshold (all real world equipment has them). \n\nAnd some operating systems take their own sweet time to recognize a new device (in Windows, you may have to run the add_new_hardware wizard in the control panel manually. Sometimes the whole add new hardware routine more than once to succeed.  \n\nFinally, on initial start up, most browsers depend not only on hardware initialization, connection negotiation, DHCP negotiation, and so on. But also must do a DNS lookup, and download the current versions of a 'home page' (which may be larded with images from many other sites). It can
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Are you using a wired connection or wireless?  If you are using a wireless connection, try hooking up to your router with a cable.  If it starts running faster, you know it's the the wireless connection that's causing the problem.\n\nWireless connections can suffer from interference from cordless telephones and your neighbor's wireless ethernet.  One thing that can happen is that you are accidentally connecting to your neighbor's wireless connection.  Check which wireless network you are connecting to.  Click on the wireless network icon to the right side of the top menu bar.  Click "open internet connection" to see the network you are connected to and the strength of the signal you are receiving.\n\nEvery once in a while my DSL / wireless performance will just go to pot.  I restart my DSL modem, router, and computer, and things start working again.
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heh, your router is giving out dynamic addresses.\n\nA very simple fix would be always to start one computer before the other, or, a more permanent solution would be to assign your computer a fixed address. You could also have your router assign a fixed address to a computer based on the MAC address of that computer. Both of the latter solutions will require a bit of manual reading if you're unfamiliar with them.
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I'm gonna take a shot on this and say it is an encryption issue. Both sides of the connection (the router and your computer) must be enabled with identical encryption code. If they are NOT the same, they will not connect. Also, look into changing channels. This can be the culprit as well.\nSetup one computer at a time and then move on to the next one.\n\nHope this helps!
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have you put a password on your wireless router?\nif you have then it is extremely unlikely that your neighbours are pinching your internet\nif you havent then do so immediately!
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make sure your wireless is on if your gettin your router its on if not its proable that you have your wireless dissabled\n\nstart>Settingsl>network Connections>Wirelessnetwork connections. View wireless networks >connect. \n\nsometimes you will have to click Support tab> then >repair
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mine has been doing exactly the same thing - i cant wait to see your answers as it will really help me too!!\n\nI just thought I was too far away from the router but maybe not!
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...this is a toughy, but i would initially guess that the problem is with dhcp assignments... is the router using dhcp?
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if it is saying the network cable is unplugged the u r looking at the lan connection and not the wireless network connection\ni think u r using a router and u can refer the instructions given in the router manual
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it is possibly your wireless phone that intercepts certain sequences of code interpreting it as information it should have, not your computer, try moving you computer, router or phone
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You probably have a hijacker on your system.\nTry Spybot S&D at http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html
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Sounds like your browser may have been hijacked. You can download the Yahoo! toolbar and get rid of the spyware. After you have done this, be sure and set your home page back to what it originally was before. (Don' forget to reboot)\n\n* You may also want to check your internet connection and make sure you are getting a good signal from you IP. You can do this by going to start, control panel, network connections. Double click on Local area connection. You should have at least 5 digits for packets being sent and recieved. If you do not, call IP and ask them, they will get you back on track. If you are wireless, check your router.\n\nHope this helps!
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One issue with using a wireless connection is that if you are far away from the connection or there are many obstructions between your computer and the router (walls, floors, etc) your connection may not be very reliable. This is the most common cause of the behavior you're describing. Try moving your router and computer closer together or look into purchasing an additional wireless access point to extend the reach of your network.
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the only thing that is definatly the case it that this is a 'weakest link' problem... something in your setup is causing the problem- it could be your processor, ram, os config, network card, router, service, or even just a problem at whatever website you're visiting...
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Im assuming you are trying to bring up your router setup. Check your cables if this is the case. A bit more info would help.
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It sounds like your wireless connection is secured. You need to login to the wireless router and look for the password or passphrase section. See router website for details on this.
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There's a piece of the puzzle missing... do you have dial-up? Broadband?\n\nIf you have broadband and you're getting poor results on only one of the computers, your router might have a control to set the priority from one port to another.  Check the port settings to see that they're appropriate.