Problem accessing internet across network

[BrianW]

I have a peer to peer wireless network between a laptop
and a desktop, both running XP. File and printer sharing
work (thanks to getting tips from this newsgroup!).

The desktop has an ISDN connection and works fine for
internet access. I want to use this connection on the
laptop across the network.

For some websites it works correctly from the laptop, but
for others the progress bar creeps up to 5 marks and then
hangs indefinitely, with the message 'opening page...'.
Examples are news.bbc.co.uk which works, and
www.amazon.co.uk, antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
and support.microsoft.com which don't.

Everything works OK if I connect the laptop directly to
the ISDN line. (I then have to delete the connection I
defined to make it use the network again).

I'm running Norton Internet Security, but I get the same
problem if I turn it off.


Thanks for any help.

Brian

 

[Guest]

try and specify a DNS of your ISP . External .
yours .