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Apparently I'm not a geek after all...
Mar. 26th, 2005 11:29 pmDear Lazyweb*,
I have two computers, a laptop and a desktop. They both use wireless to talk to a router, and the router talks to Bell and gives me sweet sweet internet. The laptop works 100% fine.
The desktop works fine on some websites, but hangs on others -- just sits there, trying to download the page, for minutes on end. It simply can't download pages from certain sites, like livejournal. But other sites work perfectly, no slowdown or anything. The desktop can talk to the router with no problems. The desktop can talk to the laptop with no problems. The desktop can even ping www.livejournal.com with no problems WHILE unable to load the webpage www.livejournal.com.
I reinstalled Windows XP from scratch today, and the exact same behaviour persists.
I erased all the configuration info from the router, and the exact same behaviour persists.
I have tested the laptop from the same location, same router, same website, same time, and had it work just fine.
In summary: AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH. What am I missing??
Sincerely, Cam
P.S. For those curious as to why this would bother me so much: I teach this shit. Argh!
* Lazyweb = I'm too lazy to figure it out on my own. Though in this case, I've been banging my head against the brick wall for a while now, so it's not to much laziness as self-preservation.
I have two computers, a laptop and a desktop. They both use wireless to talk to a router, and the router talks to Bell and gives me sweet sweet internet. The laptop works 100% fine.
The desktop works fine on some websites, but hangs on others -- just sits there, trying to download the page, for minutes on end. It simply can't download pages from certain sites, like livejournal. But other sites work perfectly, no slowdown or anything. The desktop can talk to the router with no problems. The desktop can talk to the laptop with no problems. The desktop can even ping www.livejournal.com with no problems WHILE unable to load the webpage www.livejournal.com.
I reinstalled Windows XP from scratch today, and the exact same behaviour persists.
I erased all the configuration info from the router, and the exact same behaviour persists.
I have tested the laptop from the same location, same router, same website, same time, and had it work just fine.
In summary: AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH. What am I missing??
Sincerely, Cam
P.S. For those curious as to why this would bother me so much: I teach this shit. Argh!
* Lazyweb = I'm too lazy to figure it out on my own. Though in this case, I've been banging my head against the brick wall for a while now, so it's not to much laziness as self-preservation.
