Dell laptop, Windows 7 Internet Problems

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MacHooper

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Hey,

I have had a Dell laptop for a few months now and it keeps coming up with a "No Internet Access" Yellow Icon. It still says im connected but have no internet access and I cannot open any webpages or anything that involves the internet, every other computer and phone in the house will connect and stay connected. If I unplug the router and reconnect it works fine for 30-60 minutes but then I get the icon again, it works fine for a bit after being turned on and if it is rebooted it works fines but not for long, if I disable and then re enable the wireless networking device that was built in same result it works fine for a little bit but then stops. Now obviously I could just disable and re enable the wireless connector every half hour but its annoying and would rather it was fixed. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Mac Hooper
 
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Hi,

I would start with testing if this problem happens with other laptops (wireless)

If it doesn't it is clearly the laptop problem if not it might be your router / modem.

Have you disabled power saving and hybernation/stanbdby.

I have seen problem with wireless because of that

Good luck

slayerwulfe

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