Just ordered new sbc yahoo DSL service and can't get
moving on the web. I've connected to the DSL server, and
can ping sites by numerical id, but alphanumeric links
don't respond. Web browsing doesn't connect to any sites
either by numerical ip address or by text entry.

Futhermore, when I give my userid and password to their
technicians they can log in and browse just fine on their
computers, so it can't be a set-up problem on their end.

SBC hasn't been any help on this one, but insist the
problem exists on my end probably with my configuration.
Everything is setup correctly according to them, but still
I'm not browsing.

Can someone help me?

Andy wrote:

> Just ordered new sbc yahoo DSL service and can't get
> moving on the web. I've connected to the DSL server, and
> can ping sites by numerical id, but alphanumeric links
> don't respond. Web browsing doesn't connect to any sites
> either by numerical ip address or by text entry.
>
> Futhermore, when I give my userid and password to their
> technicians they can log in and browse just fine on their
> computers, so it can't be a set-up problem on their end.
>
> SBC hasn't been any help on this one, but insist the
> problem exists on my end probably with my configuration.
> Everything is setup correctly according to them, but still
> I'm not browsing.
>
> Can someone help me?
>
>
>

Andy,

Do this: Start - Run - "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" - Open file
c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste contents into your next post.

Search your entire hard drive, including hidden and system folders, for
file "hosts". Only 1 legit copy, in ...system32\drivers\etc, should be
found.

"Chuck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:40198e03$0$96884$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Andy wrote:
>
> > Just ordered new sbc yahoo DSL service and can't get
> > moving on the web. I've connected to the DSL server, and
> > can ping sites by numerical id, but alphanumeric links
> > don't respond. Web browsing doesn't connect to any sites
> > either by numerical ip address or by text entry.
> >
> > Futhermore, when I give my userid and password to their
> > technicians they can log in and browse just fine on their
> > computers, so it can't be a set-up problem on their end.
> >
> > SBC hasn't been any help on this one, but insist the
> > problem exists on my end probably with my configuration.
> > Everything is setup correctly according to them, but still
> > I'm not browsing.
> >
> > Can someone help me?
> >
> >
> >
>
> Andy,
>
> Do this: Start - Run - "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" - Open file
> c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste contents into your next post.
>
> Search your entire hard drive, including hidden and system folders, for
> file "hosts". Only 1 legit copy, in ...system32\drivers\etc, should be
> found.


Well I have a copy in both c:\windows and .... system32\drivers\etc. Both
files created at the same time when the computer was booted up this morning.

On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:51:12 -0000, "S Green"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Chuck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:40198e03$0$96884$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Andy wrote:
>>
>> > Just ordered new sbc yahoo DSL service and can't get
>> > moving on the web. I've connected to the DSL server, and
>> > can ping sites by numerical id, but alphanumeric links
>> > don't respond. Web browsing doesn't connect to any sites
>> > either by numerical ip address or by text entry.
>> >
>> > Futhermore, when I give my userid and password to their
>> > technicians they can log in and browse just fine on their
>> > computers, so it can't be a set-up problem on their end.
>> >
>> > SBC hasn't been any help on this one, but insist the
>> > problem exists on my end probably with my configuration.
>> > Everything is setup correctly according to them, but still
>> > I'm not browsing.
>> >
>> > Can someone help me?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Andy,
>>
>> Do this: Start - Run - "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" - Open file
>> c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste contents into your next post.
>>
>> Search your entire hard drive, including hidden and system folders, for
>> file "hosts". Only 1 legit copy, in ...system32\drivers\etc, should be
>> found.
>
>
>Well I have a copy in both c:\windows and .... system32\drivers\etc. Both
>files created at the same time when the computer was booted up this morning.
>

OK, Andy,

Use Notepad and open both. Look inside and see if the contents are
interesting.

How about the ipconfig?

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:51:12 -0000, "S Green"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Chuck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:40198e03$0$96884$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Andy wrote:
>>
>> > Just ordered new sbc yahoo DSL service and can't get
>> > moving on the web. I've connected to the DSL server, and
>> > can ping sites by numerical id, but alphanumeric links
>> > don't respond. Web browsing doesn't connect to any sites
>> > either by numerical ip address or by text entry.
>> >
>> > Futhermore, when I give my userid and password to their
>> > technicians they can log in and browse just fine on their
>> > computers, so it can't be a set-up problem on their end.
>> >
>> > SBC hasn't been any help on this one, but insist the
>> > problem exists on my end probably with my configuration.
>> > Everything is setup correctly according to them, but still
>> > I'm not browsing.
>> >
>> > Can someone help me?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Andy,
>>
>> Do this: Start - Run - "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" - Open file
>> c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste contents into your next post.
>>
>> Search your entire hard drive, including hidden and system folders, for
>> file "hosts". Only 1 legit copy, in ...system32\drivers\etc, should be
>> found.
>
>
>Well I have a copy in both c:\windows and .... system32\drivers\etc. Both
>files created at the same time when the computer was booted up this morning.

An interesting article here:
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?date=2004-01-29

Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.