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Has this suddenly started happening?

On 2/1/07, Walt Buchan <walt.buchan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've got an old laptop running Win2000 that is having trouble connecting
> to
> a wireless network.
>
> The Netgear wireless software on the laptop gives every indication of
> having
> a solid connection e.g. MAC address, IP address etc.
>
> But if I launch Firefox or IE or Messenger or what ever there is no
> connection.
>
> Any ideas on what to look for, or how to resolve this would be much
> appreciated. The network is Airport extreme, but the problem is exactly
> the
> same for any unsecure PC based wireless networks around the office
> location
> too.
>
> When I'm at home I have no problem creating connections.
>
> Puzzled, I am.
>
> Walt
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