After I reinstalled Windows 2000 Professional I have not been able to connect
to the internet over my LAN through a browser. I have verified that a
connection actually exists by pinging from a command prompt and I installed a
Mozilla browser to see if the problem was with IE. The error that I get when
attempting to use the Mozilla browser is "The connection was refused when
attempting to contact www.mozilla.org"

I have downloaded the Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 through another machine
and installed it but the issue still continues.

I have run the troubleshooter for connectivity problems and also the wizard
to connect to the internet but these have not helped either.

The first time that I reinstalled Windows 2000 I inappropriately setup the
computer to connect to a domain. I do not have a server configuration but
rather peer to peer so I reinstalled again to correct this error but the
issue still remains.

I have run out of ideas of how to troubleshoot this problem and greatly
appreciate any help that is offered.

Make sure that DHCP Client Service is set to Automatic Startup type.
(in the Services Management Console).

John

Sonny Martin wrote:

> After I reinstalled Windows 2000 Professional I have not been able to connect
> to the internet over my LAN through a browser. I have verified that a
> connection actually exists by pinging from a command prompt and I installed a
> Mozilla browser to see if the problem was with IE. The error that I get when
> attempting to use the Mozilla browser is "The connection was refused when
> attempting to contact www.mozilla.org"
>
> I have downloaded the Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 through another machine
> and installed it but the issue still continues.
>
> I have run the troubleshooter for connectivity problems and also the wizard
> to connect to the internet but these have not helped either.
>
> The first time that I reinstalled Windows 2000 I inappropriately setup the
> computer to connect to a domain. I do not have a server configuration but
> rather peer to peer so I reinstalled again to correct this error but the
> issue still remains.
>
> I have run out of ideas of how to troubleshoot this problem and greatly
> appreciate any help that is offered.
>
>

John:

I checked that the DHCP Client Service is set to Automatic Startup.

So, that is not the problem, but thanks for the response! Any other ideas?

Sonny

"John John" wrote:

> Make sure that DHCP Client Service is set to Automatic Startup type.
> (in the Services Management Console).
>
> John
>
> Sonny Martin wrote:
>
> > After I reinstalled Windows 2000 Professional I have not been able to connect
> > to the internet over my LAN through a browser. I have verified that a
> > connection actually exists by pinging from a command prompt and I installed a
> > Mozilla browser to see if the problem was with IE. The error that I get when
> > attempting to use the Mozilla browser is "The connection was refused when
> > attempting to contact www.mozilla.org"
> >
> > I have downloaded the Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 through another machine
> > and installed it but the issue still continues.
> >
> > I have run the troubleshooter for connectivity problems and also the wizard
> > to connect to the internet but these have not helped either.
> >
> > The first time that I reinstalled Windows 2000 I inappropriately setup the
> > computer to connect to a domain. I do not have a server configuration but
> > rather peer to peer so I reinstalled again to correct this error but the
> > issue still remains.
> >
> > I have run out of ideas of how to troubleshoot this problem and greatly
> > appreciate any help that is offered.
> >
> >
>
>

Could be a firewall problem. Try disabling or better yet completely
remove the firewall and then try to connect. You can't be on the
internet for long without a firewall but this step will either confirm
of eliminate the firewall as the problem. The folks in the networking
group would have a better handle on these problems:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...000.networking

There is a pretty good list of items to check and run down here:

http://testmy.net/forum/t-6025

Scroll down and you will see the information. Step 5: DNS Settings
could be the problem.

John

Sonny Martin wrote:

> John:
>
> I checked that the DHCP Client Service is set to Automatic Startup.
>
> So, that is not the problem, but thanks for the response! Any other ideas?
>
> Sonny
>
> "John John" wrote:
>
>
>>Make sure that DHCP Client Service is set to Automatic Startup type.
>>(in the Services Management Console).
>>
>>John
>>
>>Sonny Martin wrote:
>>
>>
>>>After I reinstalled Windows 2000 Professional I have not been able to connect
>>>to the internet over my LAN through a browser. I have verified that a
>>>connection actually exists by pinging from a command prompt and I installed a
>>>Mozilla browser to see if the problem was with IE. The error that I get when
>>>attempting to use the Mozilla browser is "The connection was refused when
>>>attempting to contact www.mozilla.org"
>>>
>>>I have downloaded the Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 through another machine
>>>and installed it but the issue still continues.
>>>
>>>I have run the troubleshooter for connectivity problems and also the wizard
>>>to connect to the internet but these have not helped either.
>>>
>>>The first time that I reinstalled Windows 2000 I inappropriately setup the
>>>computer to connect to a domain. I do not have a server configuration but
>>>rather peer to peer so I reinstalled again to correct this error but the
>>>issue still remains.
>>>
>>>I have run out of ideas of how to troubleshoot this problem and greatly
>>>appreciate any help that is offered.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>