wifi sharing

[pmeunier]

Originally Posted by Q_Q

So you are finding the signal that is being broadcasted by your 'router' (TP2) - so that is good thing.
Try another browser & see if it's having the same issue or connects easily.
Don't import any settings from IE into the new browser.

If it is reacting the same as IE then I would try pmeunier's idea next.

Wouldn't the computer have to be connected to the internet to download the new browser? The problem is that the user is probable switching between a "real" wifi to his phone and the DNS cache is not getting refreshed. this is a common problem with users who use hibernate (I can only guess is thats whats being used ) as it writes a copy of windows state to the hard drive prior to shutting down so when its repowered it loads all the info back into RAM from the old state but is now connected to the new device (the phone) which is restricted to its DNS by the provider.

[Q_Q]

Originally Posted by pmeunier

Wouldn't the computer have to be connected to the internet to download the new browser?

The problem is that the user is probable switching between a "real" wifi to his phone and the DNS cache is not getting refreshed. this is a common problem with users who use hibernate (I can only guess is thats whats being used ) as it writes a copy of windows state to the hard drive prior to shutting down so when its repowered it loads all the info back into RAM from the old state but is now connected to the new device (the phone) which is restricted to its DNS by the provider.

Yeah. But I was assuming he had an alternate browser on his desktop.
Would a reboot clear all of this cache out also?