Re: XP won't load web pages.

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:26:44 +0000, Krusty wrote:

> gazzafield wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:55:54 +0000, Krusty wrote:
>>
>> > dwb wrote:
>> >
>> >> Krusty wrote:
>> >> > I've installed XP Pro 64 on a separate disk, & can ping &
>> tracert, >> > but not load any websites apart from Google. The
>> network settings >> > are identical to those on my Win2k disk, which
>> works fine. >> >
>> >> > I've tried disabling the firewall, & set the IE security level to
>> >> > low, but still no joy. This is the first time I've played with XP
>> >> > so don't know its foibles. Any suggestions on what's wrong?
>> >>
>> >> Tried a different browser to see if it has the same issues?
>> >
>> > I have now - just put Firefox on - same problem. Although I did
>> > discover I can get to mozilla.com as well as Google.
>>
>>
>>
>> Are you going through a router or a modem? Who's your ISP?
>
> Both - ADSL2MUE modem & WRT54GS router. The ISP's Bulldog. It all works
> fine when I boot back to the Win2k drive so it seems unlikely the
> network hardware/ISP are the culprits.



I noticed you said this is first time you've played with XP. Just out of
interest, what did you use before?

I wasn't suggesting the ISP or hardware, I've just found from personal
experience that some need different setups depending on how you connect
and some ISPs are just ***. AOL being one. Do you know the IPs of
Bulldogs DNS routers?
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