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

On 6/2/2009 9:23 AM Flasherly@xxxxxxxx conferred with the ghost of Faye Wray and said:
On Jun 2, 7:46 am, Brian K <brian1951B...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 5/31/2009 1:45 PM GlowingBlueMist conferred with the ghost of Faye
Wray and said:

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On 5/29/2009 12:56 PM JAD conferred with the ghost of Faye Wray and
said:
"Brian K" <brian1951B...@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.
Kill all your firewalls and protection for a fw minutes and see if
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 athttp://www.puppylinux.com/info.htmand is easy
to use.
Others can be found at thehttp://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.
I did disable ZA and no joy. At Earthlink I've been given 4 different
sets of DNS IP addresses. None of them worked Using Ping, I can ping my
own IP address and get a reply, duh. I can ping any website and get a
response. But when I ping the default gateway, all I get is "timed out".

Lot different from doing a 56K dialup these days. Just switched
accounts to a major provider after a smaller outfit ticked me with a
hobbled DSL modem's caching issues, when a bunch of storms ate up my
last one. There's a basic address to the modem, type it in, 192 being
part of the DNS. Brings up an interface for a password to configure
it. Figured why even bother writing it all down, as they've got their
modem, I'm using, stitched and sewn every which way. Thing with the
telco's badged modem, I have, is they're farming it out to the
Philippines, India, wherever -- actually, more than surprisingly good
at it, too. Between the gal in Manila, her supervisor I could hear
standing over her, remotely flashing the modem's ROM routines,
granting them remote control over my computer -- whoa... quite a class
act. Supervisor, I guess, even told her to tell me what I smart guy I
am, and to figure out my own damn POP/SMTP protocols. Imagining him
remotely looking over my computer, can't say I blame him, either. Just
a matter of assessing the logistics for making an entry point into
corporate infrastructure, past automated voice servicing from hell,
and hordes of harried departmentalized personnel all too ready to jack
one mindlessly over landline connections, more musak, disconnected,
passed along on the buck just in time for lunch. Got lucky, maybe,
with Manila, although took some very direct referencing to the State
Attorney General's Office to slow down the gears when it came to a
billing issue I wished specifically to clarify. Not a problem, least
no more.

Zyxel's nice stuff. Wish I had one. Only got to get somebody at
Earthlink to appreciate you a little more. :)
The following bit:
here's a basic address to the modem, type it in, 192 being
part of the DNS. Brings up an interface for a password to configure
it.
Can you provide the complete IP address? Is it the same for all DSL modems? Or, would Earthlink.net DSL modem IP address be different? TIA

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