can ping ip's but IE 6 browser doesn't work

[dandanthegsman]

i am able to ping external ip's but cannot get IE 6 to
work. I can ping ip's (66.218.71.80 which is yahoo) but
cannot ping www.yahoo.com. My network connection is
working on another computer running Win98 but XP IE 6
browser doesn't work. Appreciate any suggestions.

 

[Chuck]

i am able to ping external ip's but cannot get IE 6 to
work. I can ping ip's (66.218.71.80 which is yahoo) but
cannot ping www.yahoo.com. My network connection is
working on another computer running Win98 but XP IE 6
browser doesn't work. Appreciate any suggestions.

Qhosts maybe?
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=100719
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html

Search your entire system drive, including hidden and systems folders,
for file "hosts".

If no clues yet, "ipconfig /all >ipconfig.txt" and post contents of
ipconfig.txt here.

Cheers,

Chuck
I hate spam - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[dandanthegsman]

Thanks Chuck
I searched for 'hosts' and found two but they appear to be
legitimate. One is in C:\I386 and the other in
C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc

I have auto update and found that the Q828750 patch for
this is listed in the 'About Internet Explorer' window. I
checked some of the indications that Mcafee listed and did
not find any.

ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell8300

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R)
PRO/100 VE Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-07-E9-71-2D-
DC

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.25

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.189.0.29

66.189.0.30

 

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

If you cannot ping host names you likely have a DNS issue. DO you have a DNS
Server set in your TCPIP config? Check by opening a cmd window and running
"ipconfig /all". If there is a DNS server listed, try to ping it. Try
changing to use a different DNS server. Also check you DNS client cache -
from a command prompt type "ipconfig /displaydns" to view the cache and
"ipconfig /flushdns" to clear it.

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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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[dandanthegsman]

Thanks Marc,
I think the answer is yes to the DNS server - this was
provided by linksys (since I am using their router)- prior
to that I was trying to use DHCP without sucess - see my
earlier reply for the ipconfig /all results.

I tried the diplaydns and flushdns - results are the same
befoe and after I flush:

Windows IP Configuration



1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa

----------------------------------------

Record Name . . . . . : 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa.

Record Type . . . . . : 12

Time To Live . . . . : 601883

Data Length . . . . . : 4

Section . . . . . . . : Answer

PTR Record . . . . . : localhost





localhost

----------------------------------------

Record Name . . . . . : localhost

Record Type . . . . . : 1

Time To Live . . . . : 601883

Data Length . . . . . : 4

Section . . . . . . . : Answer

A (Host) Record . . . : 127.0.0.1

 

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

Hi,

Open up a command window and type "nslookup". After you get the nslookup
prompt, type www.yahoo.com. and see if you get a list of IP address for
yahoo.

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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Guest]

when i try nslookup i get the following

Can't find server name for address 66.189.0.29: No response from serve
Can't find server name for address 66.189.0.30: No response from serve
Default servers are not availabl
Default server: unknow
Address: 66.189.0.2

I don't get an nslookup promp

 

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

Can you ping 66.189.0.29 and 66.189.0.30?

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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Guest]

yes I can ping both - these were provided by Linksys