Cane

I seem to have lost the ability to connect to the net on the kids PC.
The main PC is fine as is my wireless laptop connection but the one in
the Den, despite showing all the signs of a healthy network connection
refuses to allow a browser to see the web.

Help me!

Simon Wilson

Cane wrote:

> I seem to have lost the ability to connect to the net on the kids PC.
> The main PC is fine as is my wireless laptop connection but the one in
> the Den, despite showing all the signs of a healthy network connection
> refuses to allow a browser to see the web.
>
> Help me!

Ok can you 'ping' anything from that PC? run > cmd > ping
www.google.co.uk for example?

Is there a firewall? Try turning that off.

Is the browser configured to use a proxy server? (tools > internet
options > connections > LAN settings)

I assume you have 'onned it and offed it'?

--
/Simon

Cane

On 8 Jul, 09:58, "Simon Wilson" <siwil...@NOSPAM.hotmail.com> wrote:
> Cane wrote:
> > I seem to have lost the ability to connect to the net on the kids PC.
> > The main PC is fine as is my wireless laptop connection but the one in
> > the Den, despite showing all the signs of a healthy network connection
> > refuses to allow a browser to see the web.
>
> > Help me!
>
> Ok can you 'ping' anything from that PC? run > cmd > pingwww.google.co.ukfor example?

Yep, that works.

> Is there a firewall? Try turning that off.

Ah, turning XP firewall off seems to do it but surely I don't want to
leave it turned off?

Simon Wilson

Cane wrote:

> On 8 Jul, 09:58, "Simon Wilson" <siwil...@NOSPAM.hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Cane wrote:
> > > I seem to have lost the ability to connect to the net on the kids
> > > PC. The main PC is fine as is my wireless laptop connection but
> > > the one in the Den, despite showing all the signs of a healthy
> > > network connection refuses to allow a browser to see the web.
> >
> > > Help me!
> >
> > Ok can you 'ping' anything from that PC? run > cmd >
> > pingwww.google.co.ukfor example?
>
> Yep, that works.
>
> > Is there a firewall? Try turning that off.
>
> Ah, turning XP firewall off seems to do it but surely I don't want to
> leave it turned off?

Well you can put it back on but you need to set it to allow internet
explorer (or whatever browser you are using) in the exceptions settings.

HTH

--
/Simon

Cane

On 8 Jul, 10:12, "Simon Wilson" <siwil...@NOSPAM.hotmail.com>

> > > Is there a firewall? Try turning that off.
>
> > Ah, turning XP firewall off seems to do it but surely I don't want to
> > leave it turned off?
>
> Well you can put it back on but you need to set it to allow internet
> explorer (or whatever browser you are using) in the exceptions settings.

heh, cheers. I'm have a dumber than yeast morning.

Funny how this wasn't a problem yesterday.

Scraggy

Cane wrote:

> heh, cheers. I'm have a dumber than yeast morning.
>

Hard to believe mate. Really.

--
I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as
members. Groucho Marx

Cane

On 8 Jul, 12:50, "Scraggy" <scra...@abuseisgoodforyou.org.be> wrote:

> > heh, cheers. I'm have a dumber than yeast morning.
>
> Hard to believe mate. Really.

I was no better at karate later in the morning, hence the bruises.