PING OK, but page does not load !

Twister57 · Post by **Twister57** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 7:18 am

Hey guys,

I got DSL but with problems....

Here the facts:

1) I can hardly or most of time not_at_all access common sites like YAHOO, CNN or my of bank even (tried IE6, OPERA, Mozilla)

BUT

2) I can PING those sites with correct results. And the DNS is working properly.

3) I switched on/ off firewall: no change.

What can be wrong ???

Thanks 4 info,

DC

mccoffee · Post by **mccoffee** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 3:53 pm

I would scan for viruses update ur defanitions b4 scan if you haven't already there is a bunch of junk that does do that. If no viruses found don't worry i got plain b. If you don't have a virus scanner do google search for a product called avg it's free.

Also scan for spyware to http://beam.to/spybotsd with this program donwload it install it upgrade it and scan.

Twister57 · Post by **Twister57** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 4:09 pm

YO MCCOFFE,

no virus, no trojan !

I ran ANTIVIR latest version without result.
I got ADAWARE with latest built
I got SPYBOT latest built
I run Firewall

But I got another hint:

I tried a tracert on the adresses concerned and I find out that after 10-14 Hops I got a timeout,,,,

This is something my provider causes, right `?!
Out of my influence ?!

/DC

mccoffee · Post by **mccoffee** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 4:15 pm

yep isp issue sounds right but it's good to make sure there is a couple viruses that does that.

CM Weaver · Post by **CM Weaver** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 2:42 am

What OS are you running? It's possible that you have a corrupt TCP/IP stack. This is a common symptom in this case, where you can ping from command line and not access web pages from the browser.

Also, are you running any modified HOSTS files?

Breakout · Post by **Breakout** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:09 am

What OS are you running? It's possible that you have a corrupt TCP/IP stack. This is a common symptom in this case, where you can ping from command line and not access web pages from the browser.

Hope you don't mind if I butt in here...but, I'm having a similiar problem and was wondering how I can check for a corrupt TCP/IP stack?

Probably, at least once a day, I won't be able to open web sites, but it shows I'm connected. I have to reboot and reconnect to get things up and running again. Thanks

Running 98SE and using rr cable...

Wtc310 · Post by **Wtc310** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 9:06 pm

I had the same problem a while back with '98. 2 IE's were running at the same time but only 1 showed on the screen, which would time out when asked to open a page. CNTL/ATL/DEL and see if what's running. If 2 IE's, shut them both and open a new browser page.

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 8:51 am

Howdy,

Sounds like a Winsock problem.

Basically to fix:

Remove all networking devices and protocols.

Boot into safe mode, go to Control Panel / Add-Remove Programs, and go to the Windows Setup section.

Uncheck Dialup Networking to remove the remnants of TCP/IP.

Reboot and go back into safe mode.

Run regedit, do a search for and remove all instances of Winsock and Winsock2.

(optional) reboot back into safemode and re-check dialup networking.

Reboot into regular mode and allow Windows to detect your network device(s) - when prompted have it reload any existing drivers off the original disks - including Windows Networking.

That's about the only thing that will bring Windows 98 back from a botched update or installation that basically trashes the entire TCP stack.

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark, ... ~mode=flat

http://shipleysystems.com/FTP/WinSockFi ... %20Fix.htm

http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

http://www.astonsoft.com/products/winsock/download/

Hope this helps.

SM