Shoutbox

I just come back from my friends house (i went there to set him up a email account) and i had a problem; "the page cannot be displayed"
He is using:

AOL wireless broadband (the stuff you have to connect to every time)
a new laptop (can't remember make)
AOl explorer (()allthough the same problem happens in IE6)

Basically, it will connect to some pages, but most of them wont work I tried connecting him to MSN explorer, Windows messenger, and many more.. but it still says "check if you are connect to the internet" which i know we are, but it just says it

So, any idea on how to fix this? i wont be going back untill tomorrow, but any ideas i will try out there.
Also any questions about my question please ask.

.OxY