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emachines d620 vista basic laptop connecting to internet

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denis93

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Posted June 7, 2012 at 5:23PM

when trying to connect to virgin media hub,laptop says "its taking to long to connect to the internet" and "this computer is connected to virginxxxxxxx but does not have access to the internet." x=virgin media numbers i dont want to put on here. ps. a virgin media engineer once told me to install an arheros network card on the laptop,but i dont know how to do that.

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted June 7, 2012 at 9:02PM

can you get internet access by connection to the hub with a cable?

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denis93

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Posted June 7, 2012 at 9:06PM

fruit bat yes i can,i tried it earlier.ps if you know one of them sites,ill let you take control of the laptop

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denis93

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Posted June 7, 2012 at 9:12PM

ive got it wired to the hub,internet access on

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denis93

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Posted June 7, 2012 at 5:27PM

pps. the other two laptops i have are connecting with no problems,so i know my virgin 30gb hub is working ok.

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denis93

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Posted June 7, 2012 at 5:28PM

wireless fruitbat,the virgin guy said get an atheros into it.

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denis93

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Posted June 7, 2012 at 5:35PM

i spelt atheros wrong in the first post,sorry

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denis93

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Posted June 7, 2012 at 7:11PM

still no luck yet

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