Re: Can a bad Etherlink card effect browser ability to access the net?

On 5/29/2009 12:56 PM JAD conferred with the ghost of Faye Wray and said:
"Brian K" <brian1951BLOG@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:O82dnVTRh_USCoLXnZ2dnUVZ_r2dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am really in need of some help. Suddenly, I've lost the ability to access the Internet with either Mozilla Firefox .x or IE 8. I've done virus scans, gone to my ISP for hard codding IP Addresses for gateway IP , Primary DNS and Secondary DNS IP addresses. I've contacted Microsoft Update support to see if one of the auto updates caused a problem.

What I am wondering is could my Ethernet Card be the source of this problem? While I can't access the Internet via my DSL connection, I can access the net via dial-up.

Rather than list a laundry list of specs which might confuse, I'll happy to help you help me. I can provide whatever tech information you might need to help me.


XP?
Traffic lite is 'lit' on the card by the RJ45 cable?
Try repairing the connection (contl panel-network connections-right click your active connection{is it enabled?} -properties-repair)
Use the home network setup or run connections setup with in IE tools

That's the wired thing Both Network Connections and Zone Alarm report the DSL as "Connected". The green and yellow lights are lit. The Ethernet is a VIA PCI 10/100 mb Fast Ethernet that's on board. All of the lights on the new modem are lit. The Ethernet and DSL lights blink and Zone Alarm blocks the stuff it's supposed to block. The Zone Alarm Traffic Icon and DSL modems lights blink even though I am accessing the net via dial-up.

I did have connectivity for a brief period when the Earthlink Tech had me switch the connections around on the dsl cable. But after a Windows Update and reboot connectivity was lost even though it was reported as connected.

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