Only able to surf local pages

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Adrian

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I've had my line for 2 months already. 3 XP machines connected, 1 wired and 2 with 108mb SMC wifi cards with the Premium combo router. I can surf the globe perfectly on the wired machine but the wifi machines can't even update AVG but can ONLY surf local (.co.za) pages...won't even go find google.co.za. I tried disabling all the firewalls, used SMC's software, used windows wifi connections... Still no joy.

Can anyone provide other options for me to try please?:confused:
 
The router controls all incoming and outgoing.

Does the router do the dailing into DSL. Or do u dail in manually from each pc ?? (wired and wireless) ??


Anywho, try dailing in manually. (set your router in bridged mode, or if your router can do half-bridged mode)
If your router does the dialing, then the routers firewall and access management is in effect.
If u dial manually your pc/laptop's Firewall is used, hence allowing all access. You can set your firewall to block certian ports or applications if u wish.


My 2cents
 
The router dials in. I'll have to go do some reading as to bridging...I'm new to wifi. I'm on the DO bundles so I only have 1 login, so I need a host (like the router) sharing the internet. Would setting up my wired machine as a server to share inet be an simpler option than manually dialling up. I find it strange that even my emails download but I can't surf...
 
If he's capped, he'll only be able to Check his email. visit the Banking sites. and also the telkom website.

Try visiting some other local webpages... if u can visit 4-5 different other than telkom or banking webpages then your not capped.
 
Not capped...I can still do .(other) sites, AVG updates daily. the wife plays MyWay.com games constantly. DNS is all blank...auto assigned by router
dchp .1
gateway .1
DNS .1

My buddies got a telkom 802.11b router, but bought a DLink AP to route wifi traffic, but still uses the DSL modem .
Is this a quick fix, or will I still have the same issues?
I've heard like hardware operates much better than the mixing with the telkom generics?
 
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