I could not find a DNS at that address. A lot of things should fail.
First off I know just enough to be dangerous to my computer, I want to fix it but need help. It started with Foxfire not loading and then I noticed a yellow inverted Yield sign with an exclamation point on the computer icon that shows I'm connected to wi-fi saying low or no connectivity. Someone suggested it may be Foxfire and I should try Explorer but that changed nothing.
My system info for my desktop with Linksys wi-fi adapter is listed below. It should be noted that we have a router using AT&T U-verse and there are five computers on it. We have a Vista desktop, an XP desktop, a Windows 7 laptop, an XP laptop and my XP desktop. This began happening I believe after Christmas (25th-31st). I know I had an update from Windows that week, and this is also happening with the XP Laptop, so it's happening with two computers which is odd. The first desktop I mentioned above with XP is rarely used but seems to be working okay.
Here is what I have on my desktop:
Microsoft XP Home Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 3 Computer Intel (R) Pentium (R) 4CPU 1500 MHZ 1.50 GHz 512 MB of RAM
Linksys 25 GHz Compact Wireless - G Model No: WUSB54GC
What I have tried is this:
I uninstalled the Linksys and re- installed it.
I did a system restore back to the beginning of December, no change.
I had a friend look at it and it appeared he got it working but he disabled my Linksys and set up a Network Connection 3 with Windows.
That wasn't there before I just know he was entering this info on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties page which is:
IP address 192.168. 1 . 81
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255. 0
Default Gateway 192.168. 1 .254
And the DNS Server addresses:
Preferred DNS address: 192.167. 1 .251 Alternate DNS address: . . .
Before he changed it the IP and DNS server was set to be found automatically with the Linksys.
After his fix I do not have the yellow inverted Yield sign with an exclamation point. The Linksys icon was there but grey as it was disabled and the computer icon showing wi-fi says strength is Excellent and I'm connected but IE doesn't load just says IE cannot display the webpage and when I click diagnose connection problem it tells me no problems detected and try the following refresh page, check spelling (address) and access from a link (try using link to access page I want).
I can click the computer wi-fi icon and click repair and it may or may not work to get me connected.
Since I started writing this (it's been over a few hours time) my Linksys icon has disappeared.
My Avast antivirus icon says my system is secure and it has updated.
How can it do that if I can't get IE or Firefox open?
Ideas? Have you fixed this on yours system? Brilliant minds out there I need your help please.
Thanks a bunch.

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