Problem on high speed Internet Connection

G

Guest

Hi,

There is a problem that I face quite often on Internet Connection through
DSL or Cable modem on Windows XP home edition. It doesn't connect to the
internet.

I do get a proper ipaddress with default gateway wherein ping to default
gateway is successful and also ping to ipaddress of any non firewalled
website (like yahoo.com) is successful, however while pinging directly to the
website results in "could not find host".
It seems a DNS problem. I have tried system restore, power cycled the modem
and the system, reinstalled the NIC drivers, even deleted winsock keys from
registry and reinstalled the TCP/IP suite, But nothing helps. Ultimately I
have to reinstall Windows XP altogether and that works so this is not an ISP
problem. Also let me mention that I have even tried creating a new user
profile but to no avail.

Please let me know if there is a solution to this or any patch available.

Thank you,
Sonit
 
W

wayne

sounds like TCP/ip could be corrupt. You mention DSL and Cable so you have
had this same problem with multiple computers in different locations? I
would remove and reinstall the networking component. I would also try using
a public DNS server just for grins but more than likely just a bad TCP/IP
stack.

Wayne
 
L

Lightweight

This may or may not be relevant, but I had an ongoing problem with losing my
internet connection using a cable modem. My ISP couldn't figure it out.
Turned out the power supply for the modem was faulty -- once I replaced it,
everything was fine.
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Top