In a hotel, wifi connected but internet won't work

Jonny7

In a hotel, connected to the wifi network, if I open a webpage on the windows 7 laptop then it takes me to the password page and then I can browse no problem.

However a problem is my friends XP laptop.

It connects, but when I put in any address it just doesn't connect and ask for password.

I have tried:
1. Tinkering with the wifi software on the machine
2. Reverting back to normal XP wireless connection (windows zero configuration)
3. Changing various proxy settings in firefox and explorer

The PC is connected but typing in an address refuses to take it to the password page (I believe this is known as ad-hoc connection but could be wrong)

Any kind souls out there with any suggestions?

The signal strength is fine. The wifi works no prob on my win 7 machine.

JonathanAnon

It's probably most likely something to do with your TCP/IP settings... If it was me I would try to emulate the TCP/IP settings (and proxy settings) on the one that's working.. If you got to command prompt and type IPCONFIG /ALL this will give you the information you need..

bonzodog2

My first suspect would be the DNS settings. Can you ping a server by name in a command prompt? like this:
--by name--
C:\WINDOWS\system32>ping www.google.ie

Pinging www-cctld.l.google.com [209.85.143.94] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 209.85.143.94: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=56
Reply from 209.85.143.94: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=56
Reply from 209.85.143.94: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=56
Reply from 209.85.143.94: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=56

Ping statistics for 209.85.143.94:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 16ms, Maximum = 23ms, Average = 19ms






--by numeric IP--

C:\WINDOWS\system32>ping -a 209.85.143.94

Pinging dy-in-f94.1e100.net [209.85.143.94] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 209.85.143.94: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=56
Reply from 209.85.143.94: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=56
Reply from 209.85.143.94: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=56
Reply from 209.85.143.94: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=56

Ping statistics for 209.85.143.94:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 16ms, Maximum = 28ms, Average = 21ms

C:\WINDOWS\system32>







IF it works by number but not by name then your DNS is set up wrong. Try checking 'get DNS automatically' and disable/enable the connection, or restart.