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31-03-2007, 03:01 AM
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Re: Browser stops working but Internet still connected
Have u tried updating drivers for your nic card?
"DP" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message news:u5maO$ycHHA.5044@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > I'm having this problem on a Vista 64 bit machine, but it also happens on > a machine using plain old 32-bit XP (though the processor is a single > core, AMD 64-bit). > > I sometimes have problems connecting to websites using the browser. But at > the same time, I can still check email and participate in NGs (as I am > now). I can download data from financial institutions using Quicken. > Instant messenger programs work. > > So, while the browser has trouble connecting, the Internet connection is > obviously still there and working because these other programs show that > to be the case. I tried installing the Opera browser, and it can't connect > either during these periods either. So it's not just an IE problem. > > Both the Vista 64 and the XP 32 machines go through the same DSL modem. > The Vista machine is connected wirelessly to the DSL modem. > > Both are using IE7. The Vista machine is using the version that came on > the Vista Ultimate 64-bit OEM disk. The 32-bit machine is using a version > I downloaded several months earlier. > > While I was in the process of writing this, a box popped up in the corner > of my screen telling me that Avast AV has been updated. Usually that box > pops up at bootup. But just now the machine had been on for several > minutes when it popped up. Once that happened, I figured whatever had been > the problem had ended, so I fired up Opera and it connected. (Before > anyone says the problem was caused by the AV update, I can assure you > that's not the case. The problem happens on two machines and I have that > AV only loaded on one. I've also had the AV update on bootup, but then > have this connectivity problem show up later.) > > Two more things: > > 1) When this problem happens, if I put my cursor over the internet > connection icon in the system tray (on the Vista machine), it will show > the connection and say "local access only." When I'm not having problems > with the browser, it will show "Local and Internet." > > 2) When this problem occurs, I usually can still access my company's email > website. I'm not sure, but I assume my company's email server is in the > same city as my home, which is why I can access it. But I can't access any > other internet sites. > > So, I guess my questions are: > > 1) What is "local access only"? Is it a problem with my ISP? With my DSL > modem? > > 2) And why, when in "local access" mode, can I still get stuff from > non-local sources while using Windows Mail, Quicken and instant messenger? > > |
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