Internet access stopped working

[Marcie]

I was connecting to the internet through a hub hooked to a cable modem. I
don't know what changed but I can no longer connect.
The other computers going through the hub have internet connectivity
The lights on my nic, and on any port on the hub I plug into, are all green
I can't Ping or Tracert (host not found)
Double-clicking my connection shows bytes sent but not received
I tried the 'Repair' button and got the message "An operation was attempted
on something that is not a socket"

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance
Marcie

 

[Chuck]

I was connecting to the internet through a hub hooked to a cable modem. I
don't know what changed but I can no longer connect.
The other computers going through the hub have internet connectivity
The lights on my nic, and on any port on the hub I plug into, are all green
I can't Ping or Tracert (host not found)
Double-clicking my connection shows bytes sent but not received
I tried the 'Repair' button and got the message "An operation was attempted
on something that is not a socket"

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance
Marcie

Marcie,

You have a corrupted Winsock.
<http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811259>

Get LSP-Fix and WinsockLSPFix <http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm>.

And Marcie, please don't contribute to the spread and success of email address
mining viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a
bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - read this article.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Marcie]

Thanks Chuck. For both the computer fix AND the advice on my newsgroup
email address. Makes good sense.

Marcie