IE Cannot Locate Server or DNS

I have been trying to hook my daughter's laptop to my D-
Link Router since she moved back home. She used to connect
to the internet with a cable modem at apartment. My
connection is a DSL. I can connect without any problems to
the internet. When I plug her laptop into the router all
lights are active including the light on her network card.
I even "pinged" her computer and it was successful so I
know that the cables are correct. Yet when she tries to
load any web sites with IE all she gets is the "cannot
locate server or dns" message. I'm at a loss. I can't see
any firewall software on her computer or any anti-virus
software. Any ideas?

"Shelley" <spamontoast57@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:82d001c43204$1b543d20$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I have been trying to hook my daughter's laptop to my D-
> Link Router since she moved back home. She used to connect
> to the internet with a cable modem at apartment. My
> connection is a DSL. I can connect without any problems to
> the internet. When I plug her laptop into the router all
> lights are active including the light on her network card.
> I even "pinged" her computer and it was successful so I
> know that the cables are correct. Yet when she tries to
> load any web sites with IE all she gets is the "cannot
> locate server or dns" message. I'm at a loss. I can't see
> any firewall software on her computer or any anti-virus
> software. Any ideas?

Look in the "Connection tab under the Tools - Internet Options setting in
IE. The LAN connection may have a proxy server defined which is no longer
valid.

cheers

simon

Thank you, Simon! That was exactly the problem! I thought
I had checked all her settings against my computer but I
must have missed the LAN settings. Thanks so much for your
quick reply! Computer people are the best! *g*


>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Shelley" <spamontoast57@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
>news:82d001c43204$1b543d20$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> I have been trying to hook my daughter's laptop to my D-
>> Link Router since she moved back home. She used to
connect
>> to the internet with a cable modem at apartment. My
>> connection is a DSL. I can connect without any problems
to
>> the internet. When I plug her laptop into the router all
>> lights are active including the light on her network
card.
>> I even "pinged" her computer and it was successful so I
>> know that the cables are correct. Yet when she tries to
>> load any web sites with IE all she gets is the "cannot
>> locate server or dns" message. I'm at a loss. I can't
see
>> any firewall software on her computer or any anti-virus
>> software. Any ideas?
>
>Look in the "Connection tab under the Tools - Internet
Options setting in
>IE. The LAN connection may have a proxy server defined
which is no longer
>valid.
>
>cheers
>
>simon
>
>
>
>.
>