Re: Can a bad Etherlink card effect browser ability to access the net?
- From: "GlowingBlueMist" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 12:45:01 -0500
JAD wrote:
"Brian K" <brian1951BLOG@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 5/29/2009 12:56 PM JAD conferred with the ghost of Faye Wray andKill all your firewalls and protection for a fw minutes and see if
said:
"Brian K" <brian1951BLOG@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.
that opens the web. It sounds like the days of ole and Norton
firewall blocking everything...maybe ZA has adopted those
characteristics
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I agree with disabling Zone Alarm for as a test. I seem to remember way
back when I was using it that with a router change resulting in a different
subnet. Zone Alarm would not pass the traffic as it "thought" it was a new
subnet illegally trying to access the PC. I had to delete the entry that
was my local network in ZA and have it re-learn the local network. I could
have just changed the entry but was too new with the software at the time.
Another thought would be to try one of the Linux Live CD's as they usually
have compatible Ethernet drivers and such. If it can access the network
using Firefox or what ever built in browser came with the Live Linux CD then
you would at least know that the problem is software related and not the
gateway/router or cables.
Puppy Linux can be found at http://www.puppylinux.com/info.htm and is easy
to use.
Others can be found at the http://www.livecdlist.com/ site. If you download
one of these make sure you choose a Desktop or "Live" version and not an OS
Installation version.
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