Re: Can't Ping My Own IP Address

have you tried pingining 127.0.0.1

this is different than the comp IP address....see if it works


"Don" <don.mies@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm running XP Pro with all the latest updates. I was running a VPN
> client from my employer and when I disconnected the VPN, the client
> crashed. Ever since then my Internet connectivity is VERY sporadic.
> Applications like Firefox and Thunderbird will not talk to the net at
> all getting a "connection refused by server" message. Outlook can
> sometimes get out. IE is the only application that can get to the net
> pretty consistently but even that is not 100%. Some pages won't come
> up.
>
> I've checked all hardware (D-Link router and cable modem) and
> everything is fine. Another computer attached to the same router has
> no problems (that's the machine I'm sending this from). That second
> computer can ping it's own IP address with no problems and has no
> trouble getting out to the Internet and this second machine can ping
> the computer that is having the trouble.
>
> I also tried connecting the VPN again and disconnecting it. It does
> not successfully connect any more either and the disconnect does not
> fix the problem. I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling the VPN -
> Again with no effect.
>
> I've tried running with the XP firewall disabled and enabled with no
> change
> in the symptoms.
>
> I ran the XP Network Diagnostic tool and it failed. The only part of
> the test that failed is when it tries to ping it's own IP address. I
> tried this manually and got the same results. I can't ping my own IP
> address. The "good" machine on the local network works fine and can
> ping anything including the machine that is having the problem.
>
> I'm guessing that the VPN crash left my machine in some indeterminate
> state but I've checked everything I can think of and nothing appears to
> be wrong.
>
> Help!
>


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