I have Windows XP Prof. on my home PC and connect through a dial up
connection. After successful connection to the ISP, I am not able to browse
the internet using Internet Explorer or Firefox, nor can I check my emails on
Outlook Express. I tried pinging some of the websites and this was
successful.
I even tried the telnet on port 25, but unsuccessful.
It looks like a firewall problem, but what should I look for.
Please help.
- Ashit

AshitG wrote:

> I have Windows XP Prof. on my home PC and connect through a dial up
> connection. After successful connection to the ISP, I am not able to
> browse the internet using Internet Explorer or Firefox, nor can I
> check my emails on Outlook Express. I tried pinging some of the
> websites and this was successful.
> I even tried the telnet on port 25, but unsuccessful.
> It looks like a firewall problem, but what should I look for.
> Please help.
> - Ashit

Actually, it sounds like your DNS isn't being properly resolved. Call
your ISP.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

You could do a few things
ping 4.2.2.2 --if you get reply then ping yahoo.com --if not then the tcp
stack of your computer is bad --reinstall tcp stack


"Malke" wrote:

> AshitG wrote:
>
> > I have Windows XP Prof. on my home PC and connect through a dial up
> > connection. After successful connection to the ISP, I am not able to
> > browse the internet using Internet Explorer or Firefox, nor can I
> > check my emails on Outlook Express. I tried pinging some of the
> > websites and this was successful.
> > I even tried the telnet on port 25, but unsuccessful.
> > It looks like a firewall problem, but what should I look for.
> > Please help.
> > - Ashit
>
> Actually, it sounds like your DNS isn't being properly resolved. Call
> your ISP.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

Thanks, Rohit. I will try out your method tonight.
I did try to connect the Home PC through my Laptop yesterday through
Internet sharing. Same problem, it was pinging the external website but could
not browse.
- Ashit

"Rohit" wrote:

> You could do a few things
> ping 4.2.2.2 --if you get reply then ping yahoo.com --if not then the tcp
> stack of your computer is bad --reinstall tcp stack
>
>
> "Malke" wrote:
>
> > AshitG wrote:
> >
> > > I have Windows XP Prof. on my home PC and connect through a dial up
> > > connection. After successful connection to the ISP, I am not able to
> > > browse the internet using Internet Explorer or Firefox, nor can I
> > > check my emails on Outlook Express. I tried pinging some of the
> > > websites and this was successful.
> > > I even tried the telnet on port 25, but unsuccessful.
> > > It looks like a firewall problem, but what should I look for.
> > > Please help.
> > > - Ashit
> >
> > Actually, it sounds like your DNS isn't being properly resolved. Call
> > your ISP.
> >
> > Malke
> > --
> > Elephant Boy Computers
> > www.elephantboycomputers.com
> > "Don't Panic!"
> > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
> >

Well, I tried out the ping. Pinging on 4.2.2.2 was no problem. However, I
could not ping on yahoo.com. I also tried to reset the TCP/IP Stack. But
still not able to ping by name. Could it be a Winsock problem ?
- Ashit

"AshitG" ने लिखा:

> Thanks, Rohit. I will try out your method tonight.
> I did try to connect the Home PC through my Laptop yesterday through
> Internet sharing. Same problem, it was pinging the external website but could
> not browse.
> - Ashit
>
> "Rohit" wrote:
>
> > You could do a few things
> > ping 4.2.2.2 --if you get reply then ping yahoo.com --if not then the tcp
> > stack of your computer is bad --reinstall tcp stack

Finally, I have managed to resolve this problem. It must have been a
LSP/Winsock problem. I got the solution from PChuck's Network. I downloaded
the file winsockxpfix,exe file from
http://files.webattack.com/localdl834/WinsockxpFix.exe
and ran it. The problem was resolved instantly. I can now browse without any
problems.
Thanks, Chuck.
- Ashit

"AshitG" wrote:

> Well, I tried out the ping. Pinging on 4.2.2.2 was no problem. However, I
> could not ping on yahoo.com. I also tried to reset the TCP/IP Stack. But
> still not able to ping by name. Could it be a Winsock problem ?
> - Ashit
>
> "AshitG" ने लिखा:
>
> > Thanks, Rohit. I will try out your method tonight.
> > I did try to connect the Home PC through my Laptop yesterday through
> > Internet sharing. Same problem, it was pinging the external website but could
> > not browse.
> > - Ashit
> >
> > "Rohit" wrote:
> >
> > > You could do a few things
> > > ping 4.2.2.2 --if you get reply then ping yahoo.com --if not then the tcp
> > > stack of your computer is bad --reinstall tcp stack
>