Re: Sharing fine, but ping fails...?

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From: Madhur Ahuja (ef_at_df.com)
Date: 11/04/04 

Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 23:59:15 +0530

Kenneth <usenet@SPAMLESSsoleassociates.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 01:54:49 +0530, "Madhur Ahuja" <ef@df.com> wrote:
>
>> Kenneth <usenet@SPAMLESSsoleassociates.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 23:01:33 +0530, "Madhur Ahuja" <ef@df.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Kenneth <usenet@SPAMLESSsoleassociates.com> wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>>> So, though I hesitate to declare full victory, it does appear that
>>>>> the problem is now resolved.
>>>>>
>>>>> As before, please accept my sincere thanks for your skill, and
>>>>> your generosity.
>>>>>
>>>>> All the best,
>>>>
>>>> Glad, the problem is resolved :)! Thanks for the feedback.
>>>
>>> Hi Madhur,
>>>
>>> Given further experimentation, I think that I am going to replace my
>>> router. I find that I am having problems similar to those we have
>>> discussed, but this time, with another system.
>>>
>>> My intuition is that there is something flaky in the router itself.
>>>
>>> We shall see...
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>
>> If your test systems were connected to the network used previously
>> and if there is no problem with the router, I'll suggest you to go
>> through a spyware and adware scanner. I have seen some spywares
>> causing the symptoms you mentioned earlier.
>>
>> Best of Luck
>
> Hi Madhur,
>
> An interesting development:
>
> I continued to have the same difficulties, but with a different
> system. That led me to believe that it was hardware related, but I now
> think that to be false.
>
> I had been running ZoneAlarm on each system. I had learned that
> providing ZA with a range of Trusted IP addresses did not work
> properly, and so, I entered as Trusted on each system's ZA the
> specific IP addresses of all of the other systems.
>
> I still had trouble.
>
> I then started shutting down each of the Zone Alarms.
>
> It has only been a few hours, but I have had no trouble whatever.
>
> For now, it does appear that ZA was the villain...
>
> All the best,

Users had seen problems with the ZA even with disabled. The problems
have been solved by uninstalling ZA. But that doesnt means that it is
a bad product. 

--
Madhur Ahuja [madhur<underscore>ahuja<at>yahoo<dot>com]
Homepage
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