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Browsing on Some Computers on My Network
Two of the PCs on my home network lose their browsing connections after I log
onto the Internet. Both are configured with Windows XP SP 3. Both detect on my network management software (Network Magic) as being connected and working perfectly; however, when I open any browser (IE, Firefox, Google Chrome), I initially connect to a Web page but then cannot continue browsing, as further links do not work. After the initial page, I lose the link. Consistently, I find that I can reboot the system and open the browser again, but the loss of network connectivity persists. In the case of one of the PCs, from the moment it was set up, it did not browse properly. In the case of the other, it has worked until recently - the past two weeks, and now behaves in the same manner as the other PC. In both cases, the DHCP appeared to be working correctly. Network Magic indicates that both computers are connected to my network and are functioning properly. I have also verified that my IP addresses for all the systems in my network are configured correctly. What do I need to do to get my connectivity to stay active once I reboot these PCs? I've looked in the archives, but none of the similar issues are similar enough to help me solve my problem. Anyone have suggestions that will lead me to a solution? Thank you, -- Michael D. Moore "Respect Is Earned, Not Granted" |
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Browsing on Some Computers on My Network
In both cases, the DHCP appeared to be working correctly. Network Magic indicates that both computers are connected to my network and are functioning properly. I have also verified that my IP addresses for all the systems in my network are configured correctly. What do I need to do to get my connectivity to stay active once I reboot these PCs? I've looked in the archives, but none of the similar issues are similar enough to help me solve my problem. Anyone have suggestions that will lead me to a solution? Thank you, -- Michael D. Moore "Respect Is Earned, Not Granted" When the problem occurs can you open a web site by IP address (to narrow if this is a connectivity or DNS problem)? |
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Browsing on Some Computers on My Network
In both cases, the DHCP appeared to be working correctly. Network Magic indicates that both computers are connected to my network and are functioning properly. I have also verified that my IP addresses for all the systems in my network are configured correctly. What do I need to do to get my connectivity to stay active once I reboot these PCs? I've looked in the archives, but none of the similar issues are similar enough to help me solve my problem. Anyone have suggestions that will lead me to a solution? Thank you, -- Michael D. Moore "Respect Is Earned, Not Granted" When the problem occurs can you open a web site by IP address (to narrow if this is a connectivity or DNS problem)? |
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Browsing on Some Computers on My Network
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NetMagic is a 3rd party application and it changes the Default inner working of the Network, thus it is hard to direct a person how to go about reconfiguring the system. On a Normal Network (No NetMagic) this is the process. Make sure that the Software Firewall on each computer allows free local traffic. If you use 3rd party Firewall On, Vista/XP Native Firewall should be Off, and the active Firewall has to adjusted to your Network IP numbers on what is some time called the Trusted Zone (consult your 3rd Party Firewall instructions. General example, http://www.ezlan.net/faq#trusted Windows XP File Sharing - http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040 http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040 Printer Sharing XP - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...utt_july2.mspx Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357 Jack (MVP-Networking). "Michael" wrote in message ... Two of the PCs on my home network lose their browsing connections after I log onto the Internet. Both are configured with Windows XP SP 3. Both detect on my network management software (Network Magic) as being connected and working perfectly; however, when I open any browser (IE, Firefox, Google Chrome), I initially connect to a Web page but then cannot continue browsing, as further links do not work. After the initial page, I lose the link. Consistently, I find that I can reboot the system and open the browser again, but the loss of network connectivity persists. In the case of one of the PCs, from the moment it was set up, it did not browse properly. In the case of the other, it has worked until recently - the past two weeks, and now behaves in the same manner as the other PC. In both cases, the DHCP appeared to be working correctly. Network Magic indicates that both computers are connected to my network and are functioning properly. I have also verified that my IP addresses for all the systems in my network are configured correctly. What do I need to do to get my connectivity to stay active once I reboot these PCs? I've looked in the archives, but none of the similar issues are similar enough to help me solve my problem. Anyone have suggestions that will lead me to a solution? Thank you, -- Michael D. Moore "Respect Is Earned, Not Granted" |
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Browsing on Some Computers on My Network
Hi
NetMagic is a 3rd party application and it changes the Default inner working of the Network, thus it is hard to direct a person how to go about reconfiguring the system. On a Normal Network (No NetMagic) this is the process. Make sure that the Software Firewall on each computer allows free local traffic. If you use 3rd party Firewall On, Vista/XP Native Firewall should be Off, and the active Firewall has to adjusted to your Network IP numbers on what is some time called the Trusted Zone (consult your 3rd Party Firewall instructions. General example, http://www.ezlan.net/faq#trusted Windows XP File Sharing - http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040 http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040 Printer Sharing XP - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...utt_july2.mspx Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357 Jack (MVP-Networking). "Michael" wrote in message ... Two of the PCs on my home network lose their browsing connections after I log onto the Internet. Both are configured with Windows XP SP 3. Both detect on my network management software (Network Magic) as being connected and working perfectly; however, when I open any browser (IE, Firefox, Google Chrome), I initially connect to a Web page but then cannot continue browsing, as further links do not work. After the initial page, I lose the link. Consistently, I find that I can reboot the system and open the browser again, but the loss of network connectivity persists. In the case of one of the PCs, from the moment it was set up, it did not browse properly. In the case of the other, it has worked until recently - the past two weeks, and now behaves in the same manner as the other PC. In both cases, the DHCP appeared to be working correctly. Network Magic indicates that both computers are connected to my network and are functioning properly. I have also verified that my IP addresses for all the systems in my network are configured correctly. What do I need to do to get my connectivity to stay active once I reboot these PCs? I've looked in the archives, but none of the similar issues are similar enough to help me solve my problem. Anyone have suggestions that will lead me to a solution? Thank you, -- Michael D. Moore "Respect Is Earned, Not Granted" |
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Browsing on Some Computers on My Network
This solved the problem on one of the PCs in my network, leaving only the one
I set up for my son. I want to rate this one as helpful, since it solved one problem; however, the problem on my other system is still open, so I don't want to close this case down yet. Thank you, Jack MVP -- Michael D. Moore "Respect Is Earned, Not Granted" "Jack-MVP" wrote: Hi NetMagic is a 3rd party application and it changes the Default inner working of the Network, thus it is hard to direct a person how to go about reconfiguring the system. On a Normal Network (No NetMagic) this is the process. Make sure that the Software Firewall on each computer allows free local traffic. If you use 3rd party Firewall On, Vista/XP Native Firewall should be Off, and the active Firewall has to adjusted to your Network IP numbers on what is some time called the Trusted Zone (consult your 3rd Party Firewall instructions. General example, http://www.ezlan.net/faq#trusted Windows XP File Sharing - http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040 http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040 Printer Sharing XP - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...utt_july2.mspx Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357 Jack (MVP-Networking). "Michael" wrote in message ... Two of the PCs on my home network lose their browsing connections after I log onto the Internet. Both are configured with Windows XP SP 3. Both detect on my network management software (Network Magic) as being connected and working perfectly; however, when I open any browser (IE, Firefox, Google Chrome), I initially connect to a Web page but then cannot continue browsing, as further links do not work. After the initial page, I lose the link. Consistently, I find that I can reboot the system and open the browser again, but the loss of network connectivity persists. In the case of one of the PCs, from the moment it was set up, it did not browse properly. In the case of the other, it has worked until recently - the past two weeks, and now behaves in the same manner as the other PC. In both cases, the DHCP appeared to be working correctly. Network Magic indicates that both computers are connected to my network and are functioning properly. I have also verified that my IP addresses for all the systems in my network are configured correctly. What do I need to do to get my connectivity to stay active once I reboot these PCs? I've looked in the archives, but none of the similar issues are similar enough to help me solve my problem. Anyone have suggestions that will lead me to a solution? Thank you, -- Michael D. Moore "Respect Is Earned, Not Granted" |
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Browsing on Some Computers on My Network
This solved the problem on one of the PCs in my network, leaving only the one
I set up for my son. I want to rate this one as helpful, since it solved one problem; however, the problem on my other system is still open, so I don't want to close this case down yet. Thank you, Jack MVP -- Michael D. Moore "Respect Is Earned, Not Granted" "Jack-MVP" wrote: Hi NetMagic is a 3rd party application and it changes the Default inner working of the Network, thus it is hard to direct a person how to go about reconfiguring the system. On a Normal Network (No NetMagic) this is the process. Make sure that the Software Firewall on each computer allows free local traffic. If you use 3rd party Firewall On, Vista/XP Native Firewall should be Off, and the active Firewall has to adjusted to your Network IP numbers on what is some time called the Trusted Zone (consult your 3rd Party Firewall instructions. General example, http://www.ezlan.net/faq#trusted Windows XP File Sharing - http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040 http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040 Printer Sharing XP - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...utt_july2.mspx Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357 Jack (MVP-Networking). "Michael" wrote in message ... Two of the PCs on my home network lose their browsing connections after I log onto the Internet. Both are configured with Windows XP SP 3. Both detect on my network management software (Network Magic) as being connected and working perfectly; however, when I open any browser (IE, Firefox, Google Chrome), I initially connect to a Web page but then cannot continue browsing, as further links do not work. After the initial page, I lose the link. Consistently, I find that I can reboot the system and open the browser again, but the loss of network connectivity persists. In the case of one of the PCs, from the moment it was set up, it did not browse properly. In the case of the other, it has worked until recently - the past two weeks, and now behaves in the same manner as the other PC. In both cases, the DHCP appeared to be working correctly. Network Magic indicates that both computers are connected to my network and are functioning properly. I have also verified that my IP addresses for all the systems in my network are configured correctly. What do I need to do to get my connectivity to stay active once I reboot these PCs? I've looked in the archives, but none of the similar issues are similar enough to help me solve my problem. Anyone have suggestions that will lead me to a solution? Thank you, -- Michael D. Moore "Respect Is Earned, Not Granted" |
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Browsing on Some Computers on My Network
I have not tried this yet on the system that is still giving me issues. I
tried the firewall solution offered by Jack MVP, and while it solved my issue with one PC, the problem lingers with the other. A while back, I did receive a DNS error message regarding DNS tables during one of my attempts to set it up on my network, but I have not seen this message since. I do suspect that somehow DNS entries are at the heart of it, but it is beyond my ken. The firewall issue resulted in this behavior: I got on the Internet and used Google to search for Spider-Man (my son likes Spider-Man, so it seemed a decent enough test search word). Google pulled up a reasonable list of sites. I clicked the hyperlink to a page for images of Spider-Man. Then, I clicked on an image of Spider-Man, and Firefox just churned until eventually telling me that it couldn't find the page. I backed up twice and then attempted to go to Youtube, and I got the same message about not being able to find the page. So, what solves this issue if it's not the native firewall on the PC? Thanks, Michael D. Moore Durham, NC -- Michael D. Moore "Respect Is Earned, Not Granted" "GTS" wrote: In both cases, the DHCP appeared to be working correctly. Network Magic indicates that both computers are connected to my network and are functioning properly. I have also verified that my IP addresses for all the systems in my network are configured correctly. What do I need to do to get my connectivity to stay active once I reboot these PCs? I've looked in the archives, but none of the similar issues are similar enough to help me solve my problem. Anyone have suggestions that will lead me to a solution? Thank you, -- Michael D. Moore "Respect Is Earned, Not Granted" When the problem occurs can you open a web site by IP address (to narrow if this is a connectivity or DNS problem)? |
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Browsing on Some Computers on My Network
I have not tried this yet on the system that is still giving me issues. I
tried the firewall solution offered by Jack MVP, and while it solved my issue with one PC, the problem lingers with the other. A while back, I did receive a DNS error message regarding DNS tables during one of my attempts to set it up on my network, but I have not seen this message since. I do suspect that somehow DNS entries are at the heart of it, but it is beyond my ken. The firewall issue resulted in this behavior: I got on the Internet and used Google to search for Spider-Man (my son likes Spider-Man, so it seemed a decent enough test search word). Google pulled up a reasonable list of sites. I clicked the hyperlink to a page for images of Spider-Man. Then, I clicked on an image of Spider-Man, and Firefox just churned until eventually telling me that it couldn't find the page. I backed up twice and then attempted to go to Youtube, and I got the same message about not being able to find the page. So, what solves this issue if it's not the native firewall on the PC? Thanks, Michael D. Moore Durham, NC -- Michael D. Moore "Respect Is Earned, Not Granted" "GTS" wrote: In both cases, the DHCP appeared to be working correctly. Network Magic indicates that both computers are connected to my network and are functioning properly. I have also verified that my IP addresses for all the systems in my network are configured correctly. What do I need to do to get my connectivity to stay active once I reboot these PCs? I've looked in the archives, but none of the similar issues are similar enough to help me solve my problem. Anyone have suggestions that will lead me to a solution? Thank you, -- Michael D. Moore "Respect Is Earned, Not Granted" When the problem occurs can you open a web site by IP address (to narrow if this is a connectivity or DNS problem)? |
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