Guest adi-mkiiisupra Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 hi all, over the last two weeks i've seen five instances of the same problem. ADSL router or networked internet connection.. IE wont connect to internet.. yet connects to network fine... can ping router/network AND ping out to the net.. yet IE simply wont connect to the net.. I've seen too many of these in two weeks for it to be a coincidence.. anyone else getting this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 Not you as well!!!!! I've put mine down to a faulty ADSL modem but it may be something more sinister if more than one of us has it. Can you connect to your router and see if it's maanging to get an external IP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 Same thing with Firefox/Opera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest adi-mkiiisupra Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 yep same problem with mozilla... the router seems fine.. where two machines have been networked the unnaffected machine has no problems..so i can see the router is connected etc. but for some reason the machine with the problem cannot conect to either router or internet, yet connects to the network fine.. odd. Like isay, i can ping both internet, network and router no probs.. I'm suspecting a dodgy windows update. I'm due to go out to yet another machine in half hour with similar problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 Is the Microsoft firewall enabled on your PC itself? Try disabling it and any other software like this (the awful Norton Internet Security?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby_doo_do Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 This happened on my mates machine the other day after he installed service pack 2. I ended up wiping it and re-installing xp with service pack 2 and then installing the modem drivers. Its prob not the best fix but takes me less than an hour to re-install the entire pc, rather than spending hour+ fixing it. Craig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 After installing SP2 problem = Firewall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 SP2 doesn't disallow http traffic tho does it? Just really bloody silly things like Outlook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 It *shouldn't* by no. It can go screwy though. That's why it always worth disabling it altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 Failing that, what activity is there on your router (i.e. are the lights flashing as normal or would they deck an epileptic within seconds)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parksy Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 Have had a few machines do this recently with spyware on them. Lets you ping, tracert web address but won't actually connect to any web pages. Another thing would be to try a sites IP address instead of the name to see if that connects, also had this with spyware and had to remove the spyware and then run the winsock 2.0 fix to sort it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 Failing that, what activity is there on your router (i.e. are the lights flashing as normal or would they deck an epileptic within seconds)? Good call. Will point out excessive traffic and possible nasties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieC Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 Question boys have you all checked the modem i.e. for virgin mine is a alcatel speedtouch connection icon on your desktop? to check and see if allows everyone on the pc to connect to internet or just me option. I always find that for some reason or another that can effect the connect of IE or what ever ISP you use? with XP only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 I've had the same in the last week too. Just at home (Telewest) rather than work (BT). Wierd. I reboot the router, works fine. Gaz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest adi-mkiiisupra Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 cheers for the replies all.. but just to clarify a few things... The router is fine.. other machines on the network can operate no probs and get on tinternet.. all lights as normal.. resetting the router does nothing... Firewalls are off... We mainly use d-link routers..perhaps an update is somehow knocking them out... i dunno. I'll keep an eye out and let you all know what i find.. The spyware thing is interesting though.. will check that out. cheers adi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 Which ISP? Solved mine last night... upgraded me to 10mb broadband and I have the old style modem which can't handle the 10mb connection... upgrade on way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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