Strange problem with site inaccesibility

30 Jul 2006 7:35 PM

bobfarq

I have a wireles broadband connection with a PC and a laptop connecting
through a router. A couple of days ago, 90% of sites beame inaccessible
through the PC. The laptop was still fine. When I try to contact to a site it
connects O.K. but just hangs 'waiting for site to reply'. I immediately
suspected a problem with the windows firewall and turned it off, but this
had no effect. I checked to see whether the problem was browser specific but
I get the same problem with Firefox and Internet Explorer. I disabled my
virus checker (which also had a firewall) but this also had not effect. I
also took out the router and replaced it with a direct connection with a ADSL
modem, but this also had no effect. I am now at a loss and my ISP says its
my problem and won't help. I have not installed anything new or done anything
but windows updates for some time. Anybody any ideas?

Bob

30 Jul 2006 9:27 PM

Richard G. Harper

Have you checked the PC for viruses, spyware or adware?

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"bobfarq" <bobf***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A6955F23-4729-4C84-A2AC-502AB247D03D@microsoft.com...
>I have a wireles broadband connection with a PC and a laptop connecting
> through a router. A couple of days ago, 90% of sites beame inaccessible
> through the PC. The laptop was still fine. When I try to contact to a site
> it
> connects O.K. but just hangs 'waiting for site to reply'. I immediately
> suspected a problem with the windows firewall and turned it off, but this
> had no effect. I checked to see whether the problem was browser specific
> but
> I get the same problem with Firefox and Internet Explorer. I disabled my
> virus checker (which also had a firewall) but this also had not effect. I
> also took out the router and replaced it with a direct connection with a
> ADSL
> modem, but this also had no effect. I am now at a loss and my ISP says
> its
> my problem and won't help. I have not installed anything new or done
> anything
> but windows updates for some time. Anybody any ideas?
>
> Bob

30 Jul 2006 10:25 PM

RoseW

In news:A6955F23-4729-4C84-A2AC-502AB247D03D@microsoft.com,

bobfarq <bobf***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
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| I have a wireles broadband connection with a PC and a laptop
| connecting through a router. A couple of days ago, 90% of sites beame
| inaccessible through the PC. The laptop was still fine. When I try to
| contact to a site it connects O.K. but just hangs 'waiting for site
| to reply'. I immediately suspected a problem with the windows
| firewall and turned it off, but this had no effect. I checked to see
| whether the problem was browser specific but I get the same problem
| with Firefox and Internet Explorer. I disabled my virus checker
| (which also had a firewall) but this also had not effect. I also took
| out the router and replaced it with a direct connection with a ADSL
| modem, but this also had no effect. I am now at a loss and my ISP
| says its my problem and won't help. I have not installed anything new
| or done anything but windows updates for some time. Anybody any
| ideas?
|
| Bob

Have you tried the PING command using a known ISP number?
If you get feedback when using the IP number address ###.###.###.# and
no feedback when using the NAME i.e. Ping aol.com or whatever...then
check out DNS solutions.
Rose