Connectivity problem after reinstall

[Guest]

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 John]

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

John

 

[Guest]

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]

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/microsoft.public.win2000.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