Re: Suddenly unable to connect to internet with browser

Ken wrote:
WinXP, SP2

One of my computers rather abruptly is unable to connect to the
internet with either IE6 or Firefox. Other computers on network have
no problem.

I can ping the router; I can ping www.yahoo.com.

However, when I try to access the internet with either of my browsers,
IE6 and Firefox 2, I receive a message that I am unable to connect.

Very curious. Any idea how I begin to track this down?

Thanks
Ken K

This happened with my wife's laptop two weeks ago, turns out the firewall
(sygate, gee I wonder if Symantec has anything to do with this?) was the
culprit. It was blocking all traffic but not showing it, the allow all
funtion didn't work as well, I don't know if this is your problem but it's a
place to start even if you use a different firewall.

--
Mike Pawlak


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