Re: Can not ping to local IP address

From: Robert L [MS-MVP] (noreply_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/03/05 

Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 09:55:46 -0600

it could be router hardware issue.have you re-set the router? 

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"charlie" <c@nospam.com> wrote in message 
news:7999349A-689B-48A3-AC21-04AF94E906DC@microsoft.com...
> This is a strange problem.
>
> My winXP (home edition) computer's connection to comcast worked fine until 
> I
> had a brief power outage (in about 1 sec) a couple of days ago. After the
> power outage, I noticed that I can ping web sites by IP addresses but not 
> by
> names. The nslookup works fine with both IP and names. I tried a number of
> things without any luck.
>
> Lately, I notice that can ping the default gateway, but can not ping to 
> the
> IP address assigned by the DHCP server (comcast or a borrowed router).
> However, ping to localhost (127.0.0.1) works fine.
>
> Initially I thought it was something wrong with the winsock, I followed 
> the
> steps listed in KB 811259, but it did not help. I also ran winsockFix with 
> no
> luck.
>
> I also tried reinstall the NIC driver, but it did not help either. The
> routing table seems ok (route print).
>
> I went through quite a few tasks listed in KB314067 but nothing seems to 
> help.
>
> Any tips to my connection problem will be appreciated.
>
>
> C.
>

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