"unable To Connect" Browser Message

[rnmcd]

I just installed a new Linksys wireless card along with a wireless Linksys router.

 

For some reason when I try to access a website, it times out.

 

Then when try to access the same website (just seconds later) it loads very quickly.

 

It shows I have a strong signal.

 

Do you have any idea what would cause me to need to 'hit' the site twice in order for the site to load?

[stevevan]

Are there perhaps any other wireless signals in your area that might be affecting the router?

[Samrc]

Have you protected your router so other people in the neigborhood will not be able to get on your network and 'borrow' your bandwidth?

 

I did it for a short time at my mother's house, using her neighbor's high-speed connection while my mother was online using dialup! As a courtesy, I told her neighbor to close it or eventually he would have so many surfers and his own connection would drag. He was AMAZED that someone across the street, inside another house, could actually connected to his home network!

[rnmcd]

Are there perhaps any other wireless signals in your area that might be affecting the router?

That's one of the few things I'm sure of. I live in a rural area and the nearest house is 1/4 mile away. I don't think they have even have a computer.

[Steve Scrimpshire]

Does this happen every time you go to any site for the first time or is it random? Does it only happen on the desktop or the laptop or is this a completely different system from either listed in your 'home network problem' topic? Was this the same computer that was once connected 10/100 wired?

 

Do you have your router configured to get an IP from your ISP through DHCP? What ISP?

Edited July 21, 2006 by Steve Scrimpshire

[rnmcd]

Does this happen every time you go to any site for the first time or is it random? Does it only happen on the desktop or the laptop or is this a completely different system from either listed in your 'home network problem' topic? Was this the same computer that was once connected 10/100 wired?

 

Do you have your router configured to get an IP from your ISP through DHCP? What ISP?

 

It happens everytime I go to any site for the first time.

 

This is the same desktop and laptop that I wrote about in "home network problem" thread. The only thing that has changed is that I have replaced the router and wireless card in the laptop.

 

This double-hitting of the website that I am now having a problem with happens on both the desktop and laptop.

[Madmanmcp]

I would suspect a DNS issue. The router "should" point (not manditory) to your ISP's DNS servers. The network cards should point to the router (gateway) and the Obtain DNS Automatically be set in TCP/IP properties.

 

Since you are using dialup I would assume you are sharing this across the network. Did you install ICS?

[rnmcd]

I would suspect a DNS issue. The router "should" point (not manditory) to your ISP's DNS servers. The network cards should point to the router (gateway) and the Obtain DNS Automatically be set in TCP/IP properties.

 

Since you are using dialup I would assume you are sharing this across the network. Did you install ICS?

 

 

OOOPS!!

 

After I bought a new router I also upgraded to high speed. Sorry for forgetting to mention that.

[Madmanmcp]

After I bought a new router I also upgraded to high speed.

 

Is the modem connected to the WAN port on the router? Are the settings I mentioned about the gateway and DNS server set as I mentioned?

[rnmcd]

Is the modem connected to the WAN port on the router? Are the settings I mentioned about the gateway and DNS server set as I mentioned?

 

Yes the modem is connected to the WAN port on the router.

 

The router points to the DNS servers that my ISP gave me. I just assumed the network cards pointed to the router because I have it set for them to get DNS automatically via the TCP/IP properties. I'll check to make sure though.