[this cry for help also appears on LJ]
\nHelp! Computer people!
\nI woke up yesterday and my laptop was unable to make use of the internet. I figured this was some passing issue at the service end and didn’t stress too much, but here I am 24 hours later and the problem continues.
\nCaroline’s laptop is doing just fine on the same wireless connection – I’m typing this on her machine, which is sitting right next to mine which stubbornly does nothing.
\nI just can’t figure it out. My machine says it is connected, and all the checks and diagnostics I know how to run say everything is working fine, but it just isn’t *doing* anything. There’s no packets coming in. It can’t connect to a website, it can’t ftp, it can’t make any sort of connection to the world outside.
\nI won’t have a chance to call any Support people until tomorrow at the earliest, so in the meantime I ask of you, my computer-wise blog-reading friends – WTF? What has happened, and what can I do?
\nGrah!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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