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At my apartment we have Rogers wireless, routed through my roommate’s Mac laptop. Although my computer indicates that I am connected to her machine (I typed in the security code), when I try to load pages no pages will load. I have a PC laptop. I have used it to connect to the internet through other Macs, though they were ones with insecure connections. How can I fix this?

This is a little tricky. There could be several problems causing this. What I think your issue is is that you’re not correctly interpreting what your computer is meaning by the fact that it’s connected. If you’re running XP, which I suspect you are, then what you’re viewing as connected actually only means that your computer is connected to the Mac router. Or maybe only the Mac. To get it connected to the Internet, you have to first; directly connect your computer to the router, then see if it automatically detects and accepts it. Then you should be connected. If that doesn’t work, call your internet tech support and have them walk you through opening the DNS ports. If that still doesn’t work, then what you’ll have to do is this. Go into Control Panel. Double click on Network Connections. Find your internet connection, then RIGHT-click on it. Click Properties, then go down to the little window and scroll down until you find Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Go down a little further and then click Properties. When you get in there, I’m not 100% sure…(i’m remembering all of this) Anyway, it’s either on the main tab or the Advanced tab….what you want to look for is a page that shows what networks are allowed permission to your computer. Make sure that EVERYTHING you connect to has permission to access, or nothing will work.

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