My browser cannot connect to the internet.

After installing Arris Touchstone 4.1 from CD, my browser won't connect to Internet.?

• Normally I use a wireless router (LinkSys) but while staying at a friend's I installed his Arris Touchstone driver on my laptop in order to be able to use his cable internet (via USB). Now back at my home, the browsers on my laptop can't connect to Internet via the wireless. I use Windows XP with sp2, my default browser is Firefox 1.5.0.9, but IE6 won't connect either. But Skype does connect, and my wireless managing software also shows my regular network, though with a different name: Belkin. I use a LinkSys broadband router. On my other laptop (without Arris software) browsers are still working fine. I thought of uninstalling the Arris software but when I search I find nothing with Arris, Touchstone or Belkin. Where would the software be? in the Program Files folder?

• Answer:

  When the cable driver was installed, it reset all your (normal, browser) web connections to use Cable instead of wireless. Skype works because it doesn't use a normal browser type link. I'm going to guess the solution is to right-click 'Properties' from 'My Network Places' & either run the Network Setup Wizard or edit the 'Local Area Connection' settings directly.