Cannot display some web pages

[Guest]

I have recently replaced a Win2000 system on my home network with a Dell 2400
running
WinXP Home w/sp2 as the client. I have set up ICS for want of a better
solution (I use a dial up
ISP). The trouble is with the client machine, I cannot connect to all web
sites, only some. This
was not the case with the old system, all was well with it. I have also
tried an old version of
Sygate Sharing software I used with the Win2000 system but still no joy. I
can connect to
www.google.com most of the time, sometime on the first try and
www.dogpile.com but not to
others like www.cnn.com or www.msn.com. I.e. displays "opening page. . ."
on the bottom of
the screen but then displays error "page cannot be displayed". If I ping
the addresses than can
not be displayed they time out, the ones that can display of course return
normally. I have turned
off Windows firewall and suspect something is not working properly with the
DNS on the client
but am far from a computer guru so do not have a clue what to do next.
Everything works as it
should on the Gateway machine, I can connect to all sites. Any help would
be greatly
appreciated.

TIA

Jim

 

[Malke]

I have recently replaced a Win2000 system on my home network with a
Dell 2400 running
WinXP Home w/sp2 as the client. I have set up ICS for want of a
better solution (I use a dial up
ISP). The trouble is with the client machine, I cannot connect to all
web sites, only some. This
was not the case with the old system, all was well with it. I have
also tried an old version of
Sygate Sharing software I used with the Win2000 system but still no
joy. I can connect to
www.google.com most of the time, sometime on the first try and
www.dogpile.com but not to
others like www.cnn.com or www.msn.com. I.e. displays "opening page.
. ." on the bottom of
the screen but then displays error "page cannot be displayed". If I
ping the addresses than can
not be displayed they time out, the ones that can display of course
return normally. I have turned
off Windows firewall and suspect something is not working properly
with the DNS on the client
but am far from a computer guru so do not have a clue what to do next.
Everything works as it
should on the Gateway machine, I can connect to all sites. Any help
would be greatly
appreciated.

See if this information from MVP Steve Winograd helps:

"This is a common problem with shared DSL connections that use PPP Over
Ethernet (PPPoE). Here are some possible fixes. Any one of them
should solve the problem:

1. Install Windows XP Service Pack 1 or 2 on the ICS host computer.

2. Find the right MTU setting on the client computer, as shown here:

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article04-107

and then make the setting manually on the client computer, or use
DrTCP to make it:

http://www.dslreports.com/front/drtcp.html

3. Download the free RASPPPoE program and install it on the host
computer. Use it instead of XP's PPPoE program. Details at these
sites:

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/adslpoe2.htm
http://www.raspppoe.com

See these sites for more information:

Connectivity Problems on ICS Clients When You Use a PPPoE Connection on
a Windows XP ICS Host
-http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319661

Troubleshooting MTU Size in PPPoE Dialin Connectivity -
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/794/router_mtu.html "

Malke

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your quick response. I use a Dial Up connection, will the
solution you presented help me there? Thanks again
Jim