On Mon, 17 May 2004 12:30:01 -0400, "serverguy" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Why are you using a host file??

A remnant from my dialup days using TweakDun. Think I'm better of
without it? Is it as simple as renaming the file?

>check your DNS settings.

According to the setup info from Earthlink I was supposed to use the
"Obtain DNS server address automatically" option with DHCP enabled.
Seem kosher to you?

What has me puzzled is that I haven't made any kind of network
configuration changes prior to this happening. Just woke up one day
and all of a sudden...

As another poster queried, my anti-virus comes up clean and all three
browsers have the same problem. I also shut down my proxy and
readjusted my browser settings for a direct connection with no luck.

Really wierd.

Can you try a clean machine connected directly to the cable modem and see if the problem persists? That will tell you if it is an
earthlink problem or a network problem.

--
Michael Culley


"TheBuzz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Mon, 17 May 2004 12:30:01 -0400, "serverguy" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >Why are you using a host file??
>
> A remnant from my dialup days using TweakDun. Think I'm better of
> without it? Is it as simple as renaming the file?
>
> >check your DNS settings.
>
> According to the setup info from Earthlink I was supposed to use the
> "Obtain DNS server address automatically" option with DHCP enabled.
> Seem kosher to you?
>
> What has me puzzled is that I haven't made any kind of network
> configuration changes prior to this happening. Just woke up one day
> and all of a sudden...
>
> As another poster queried, my anti-virus comes up clean and all three
> browsers have the same problem. I also shut down my proxy and
> readjusted my browser settings for a direct connection with no luck.
>
> Really wierd.

DNS troubleshooting should start with ip addresses and their corresponding
DNS names. For example, if you can ping a site by IP (216.109.117.204) but
not by name (www.yahoo.com), then the problem is likely DNS related. You
said you could not ping the websites, but are you trying to ping by name or
IP? (You can generally resolve the ip by running "ping -a" from a friend's
computer)
Since you are using DHCP (would suggest going with an ISP that provides you
with a static IP), you should run ipconfig /all and see what the DNS
server's ip is, then see if you can ping that also. You could run an
"ipconfig /release" then "ipconfig /renew" to get a new ip, then see if the
DNS server's ip changed. You should have no need for a host file unless you
have a closed network and no other form of DNS running internally. Another
poster suggested getting a router - another good idea - better and faster
than ICS.

Of course, none of this may be the cause of your specific issues. I have
seen windows hotfixes cause many problems with secure websites due to
increased security measures by Microsoft. Done any patching lately?

"TheBuzz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Mon, 17 May 2004 12:30:01 -0400, "serverguy" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >Why are you using a host file??
>
> A remnant from my dialup days using TweakDun. Think I'm better of
> without it? Is it as simple as renaming the file?
>
> >check your DNS settings.
>
> According to the setup info from Earthlink I was supposed to use the
> "Obtain DNS server address automatically" option with DHCP enabled.
> Seem kosher to you?
>
> What has me puzzled is that I haven't made any kind of network
> configuration changes prior to this happening. Just woke up one day
> and all of a sudden...
>
> As another poster queried, my anti-virus comes up clean and all three
> browsers have the same problem. I also shut down my proxy and
> readjusted my browser settings for a direct connection with no luck.
>
> Really wierd.

On Tue, 18 May 2004 11:24:14 -0400, "serverguy" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:


>Of course, none of this may be the cause of your specific issues. I have
>seen windows hotfixes cause many problems with secure websites due to
>increased security measures by Microsoft. Done any patching lately?

As a matter of fact, I have. I did apply some security updates. Forgot
all about that until you mentioned it.

Anyway, for reasons I can't explain, I woke up this morning and
everything's back to normal. I checked a lot of things yesterday and
the only thing I changed was unchecking the "Enable lmhosts lookup" in
my TCP/IP settings. It didn't make any difference at the time (or
after a reboot), but lo-and-behold, this morning everything was fine.
Can't say for sure that that was the cure, but I'll see how long it
lasts.

Thanks for your time. You taught me a few things. I'm a little smarter
than I was a week ago