I did suggest wireless but they really can't afford a lot of things.
The computer ( Dell using Windows XP ), is connected to the internet, but the web pages and games that require the internet (World of Warcraft) can not connect. The connection says its sending "packets" but not receiving as much as it should to actually go anywhere on the net and to connect to the game. It was working just fine 2 days ago. What happened and how do I fix it?

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