Arun
December 5th 03, 12:25 AM
What kind of connection do you have to the web, dial-
up/DSL/Cable? Looks like a DNS server issue. Is your
network setting configured to automatically obtain IP
address and DNS server address through DHCP? Any bad
information in hosts file? When the web browser is
working fine, from the command prompt, do:
c:\>ipconfig /all > ip_good.txt
When the browser doesn't work, from the command prompt do:
c:\>ipconfig /all > ip_bad.txt.
Compare these files to see any differences, particularly
in DHCP server and DNS server IP address and domain name.
If the DNS server IP is same in both files, try pinging
the DNS server when browser doesn't work and when the
browser works. Is the DNS server active all the times?
Ping www.microsoft.com. Do you get the name resolution?
(The ping itself will fail).
Any other network protocol configured other than IP? Any
other network adapter configured but not in use? Personal
firewall software, NAT router?
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Running WinXP Pro with all the upgrades/updates/patches
(hope that is not
>the problem).
>
>At various times, when I reboot the computer, I just
cannot get my browsers
>to work. I can ping outside sites, my email (Eudora) is
getting my emails,
>and all else seems to be running fine. But when I start
up my browser it
>just sits and attempts to get the site - any site.
>
>I have tried it with IE and NN and both fail. I looked
at events log and
>dont' see any errors - one time several days ago, there
was an error the web
>client did not start, but I look now and it shows it
running. I tried to
>stop and start it again, but it would not stop.
>
>Anyway, I have resorted to rebooting multiple times
until it works, but
>obviously there is a problem here that I just don't see.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>
>Nate
>
>
>
>.
>
up/DSL/Cable? Looks like a DNS server issue. Is your
network setting configured to automatically obtain IP
address and DNS server address through DHCP? Any bad
information in hosts file? When the web browser is
working fine, from the command prompt, do:
c:\>ipconfig /all > ip_good.txt
When the browser doesn't work, from the command prompt do:
c:\>ipconfig /all > ip_bad.txt.
Compare these files to see any differences, particularly
in DHCP server and DNS server IP address and domain name.
If the DNS server IP is same in both files, try pinging
the DNS server when browser doesn't work and when the
browser works. Is the DNS server active all the times?
Ping www.microsoft.com. Do you get the name resolution?
(The ping itself will fail).
Any other network protocol configured other than IP? Any
other network adapter configured but not in use? Personal
firewall software, NAT router?
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Running WinXP Pro with all the upgrades/updates/patches
(hope that is not
>the problem).
>
>At various times, when I reboot the computer, I just
cannot get my browsers
>to work. I can ping outside sites, my email (Eudora) is
getting my emails,
>and all else seems to be running fine. But when I start
up my browser it
>just sits and attempts to get the site - any site.
>
>I have tried it with IE and NN and both fail. I looked
at events log and
>dont' see any errors - one time several days ago, there
was an error the web
>client did not start, but I look now and it shows it
running. I tried to
>stop and start it again, but it would not stop.
>
>Anyway, I have resorted to rebooting multiple times
until it works, but
>obviously there is a problem here that I just don't see.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>
>Nate
>
>
>
>.
>