Re: can ping but cannot browse
From: RPM (rpm_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/09/04
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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 01:14:01 GMT
There are other computers on the network that can access web pages without
any problems. FYI.
-rpm
"RPM" <rpmfantasy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I am running a windows xp home computer on a DSL line through a
> linksys wireless router. This computer is hard-wired to the router.
>
> From the computer, I can ping the router's ip, I can ping hosts like
> www.yahoo.com but I cannot browse to any webpage using IE, Mozilla or
> Opera. Rather than just the 'page not found' message, there is
> actually a dialog box that pops up first saying that the page was not
> found, followed by the actual error page.
>
> When I enter something like www.yahoo.com in the browser, I can see at
> the bottom that it gets resolved to its IP address, but after that, it
> fails.
>
> Any idea on what could be the problem? Any help is appreciated.
>
> -rpm
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