RE: download hangs with no error on DSL under Windows 2000 pro

feeclochette188_at_hotmail.com
Date: 02/18/05 

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 02:33:03 -0800

Final hello World,
My problem is solved and I want to tell you what is was.
Well I don't know EXACTLY the reasons but well the cause. As I told you in
the previous message I rebuild my config with XP and it worked. Then I
decided to restart from scratch and rebuild the PC with W95 first and W2K in
second place (just to see). And I saw it worked with no special driver and no
change in the config.
I was happy and continue with the rebuild of the PC and installed SWsss and
finally I installed ZoneAlarm. Everything worked fine (when talking about
connection to internet in and out) excepted that I was again in trouble when
downloading pictures or files....
When I wrote this question in the forum in first instance, I also had added
zonealarm, but I had removed it because I knew it could cause problem if
incorrectly configured. However the difference with this final rebuild is
that, this time, before removing ZA I had NOT modified any driver concerning
the Realtek network card. So ZA was properly removed, the driver were still
as they were before the installation and the download was back OK.
The conclusion is that ZA made some "changes" on the TCP/IP connection that
disturbed the exchange. I say this because there absolutely no alarm or error
mentioned by ZA or even by the OS, and ZA was correctly configured.
Voilà, hope this can help someone in the future.
This question can be closed.
Regards,
Vincent.

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