Several websites that I have always been able to connect with are now timingout
as network errors. Sites include Microsoft update, Fosterparents,com,
Tracfone.com and Roxio.com. I am using W98SE, IE6. Using another browser -
"off-by-one" to bypass IE6, Zone Alarm and Ad-Subtract still gives the same
problem. Traceroute shows me getting partway there and then "no response". The
sites are online and I can go next door to my neighbor and connect on his
computer. Thinking it might be my ISP, I installed another ISP - but no luck.
This has lasted several weeks so any network problems should have been resolved
in that time. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Can you connect using IP addresses?


On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 17:04:12 -0400, in
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olfart scrawled:

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"°Mike°" <ZHNTPDWBLECA@fcnzzbgry.pbz> wrote in message
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| Can you connect using IP addresses?
|
|

Nope - just tried a couple of them. Sam Spade gives valid info for the sites but
Traceroute shows them getting about halfway there and then "no response"

On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 17:21:37 -0400, in
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olfart scrawled:

Try removing and reinstalling DUN, *after* performing the
system maintenance in my sig.

How to Remove and Reinstall Dial-Up Networking and TCP-IP Files
http://support.microsoft.com/search/...b;en-us;181599

One you have done that, install the DUN 1.4 update.

Dial-Up Networking 1.4 Upgrade Is Available
http://support.microsoft.com/search/...b;en-us;285189

Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Dial-Up Networking 1.4
Upgrade Release Notes
http://support.microsoft.com/search/...b;en-us;297818

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| Try removing and reinstalling DUN, *after* performing the
| system maintenance in my sig.
|
| How to Remove and Reinstall Dial-Up Networking and TCP-IP Files
| http://support.microsoft.com/search/...b;en-us;181599
|
| One you have done that, install the DUN 1.4 update.
|
| Dial-Up Networking 1.4 Upgrade Is Available
| http://support.microsoft.com/search/...b;en-us;285189
|
| Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Dial-Up Networking 1.4
| Upgrade Release Notes
| http://support.microsoft.com/search/...=kb;en-us;2978

Computer maint is up to date-do it at least once a week. I have redone DUN and
ISP installations and I doubt they are the problem since I am still able to get
almost any Web Site I try except for the few I mentioned. That's what puzzles
me. the Microsoft support site is one that I can no longer get-so can't update
anyway. By using the "off by one" browser I eliminate IE6, my firewall, popup
stopper and anti-virus are disabled. There isn't much left. The sites I can't
get have nothing in common and Traceroute recognizes them-they just never
complete the trip.

On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 18:14:38 -0400, in
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olfart scrawled:

Oh, so it's only those certain sites? I missed that, sorry.
Check your hosts file; make sure that they aren't aliased
in there.

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"olfart" <olfart65@excite.com> wrote in message
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I.E_click add_click fix

On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 18:14:38 -0400, in
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olfart scrawled:

<snip>

Here's some more info to investigate:

Frequently Asked Questions About Page Cannot Be Displayed Errors
in Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/support...opics/PCBD.asp


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support.microsoft.com is one of the few sites I can no longer get - I get
Network Error - Unable to connect to URL - Operation Timed Out
"°Mike°" <ZHNTPDWBLECA@fcnzzbgry.pbz> wrote in message
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| On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 18:14:38 -0400, in
| <bjgam0$ia3dq$1@ID-34582.news.uni-berlin.de>
| olfart scrawled:
|
| <snip>
|
| >Computer maint is up to date-do it at least once a week. I have redone DUN
and
| >ISP installations and I doubt they are the problem since I am still able to
get
| >almost any Web Site I try except for the few I mentioned. That's what puzzles
| >me. the Microsoft support site is one that I can no longer get-so can't
update
| >anyway. By using the "off by one" browser I eliminate IE6, my firewall, popup
| >stopper and anti-virus are disabled. There isn't much left. The sites I can't
| >get have nothing in common and Traceroute recognizes them-they just never
| >complete the trip.
|
| Here's some more info to investigate:
|
| Frequently Asked Questions About Page Cannot Be Displayed Errors
| in Internet Explorer
| http://support.microsoft.com/support...opics/PCBD.asp
|
|
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| http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html

"off by one" is another browser - which eliminates IE6 and still have problem
"area 51" <top @secret..org> wrote in message
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|
| "olfart" <olfart65@excite.com> wrote in message
| news:bjg6hv$g1acc$1@ID-34582.news.uni-berlin.de...
| > Several websites that I have always been able to connect with are now
| timingout
| > as network errors. Sites include Microsoft update, Fosterparents,com,
| > Tracfone.com and Roxio.com. I am using W98SE, IE6. Using another
| browser -
| > "off-by-one" to bypass IE6, Zone Alarm and Ad-Subtract still gives the
| same
| > problem. Traceroute shows me getting partway there and then "no
| response". The
| > sites are online and I can go next door to my neighbor and connect on
| his
| > computer. Thinking it might be my ISP, I installed another ISP - but
| no luck.
| > This has lasted several weeks so any network problems should have been
| resolved
| > in that time. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
| >
| Try another browser, or as posted before, go to add and remove,
| I.E_click add_click fix
|
|

You said it was MS update in your original post. And did you check
your hosts file?

Can you get anybody to print out those pages for you?

Have you tried toggling the secure sites (SSL etc.) in the advanced
tab?


On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 19:09:44 -0400, in
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olfart scrawled:

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olfart wrote:

*Did* you check for/in your "hosts" file (either installed by you,
or by anti-spyware software)? This resides in Windows, so it can affect
any browser.
There have been a few related mentions of trouble connecting to WU
ever since around the time of the Blaster virus, when Microsoft moved
some of its sites to akamai.net.

"trout" <me2@privacy.net> wrote in message
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| olfart wrote:
|
| > support.microsoft.com is one of the few sites I can no longer get - I
| > get Network Error - Unable to connect to URL - Operation Timed Out
|
| *Did* you check for/in your "hosts" file (either installed by you,
| or by anti-spyware software)? This resides in Windows, so it can affect
| any browser.
| There have been a few related mentions of trouble connecting to WU
| ever since around the time of the Blaster virus, when Microsoft moved
| some of its sites to akamai.net.
|
The sites I can no longer get are listed in the Hosts files There are 10 of them
in my Windows folder. All 10 seem to contain the same information-the address
and url of each of my favorites. Besides support.microsoft.com, the other sites
I can no longer connect with are tracfone.com, fosterparents.com and roxio.com.
This is true both using IE6 or another browser(off-by-one) and by typing in the
URL or the address - not using Favorites. I'm going to dump them all into a temp
folder and try again. Wonder why I have 10 identical files??

Removing the duplicate Host files didn't help .
"olfart" <olfart65@excite.com> wrote in message
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|
| "trout" <me2@privacy.net> wrote in message
| news:bjgi7o$irn5g$1@ID-179272.news.uni-berlin.de...
| | olfart wrote:
| |
| | > support.microsoft.com is one of the few sites I can no longer get - I
| | > get Network Error - Unable to connect to URL - Operation Timed Out
| |
| | *Did* you check for/in your "hosts" file (either installed by you,
| | or by anti-spyware software)? This resides in Windows, so it can affect
| | any browser.
| | There have been a few related mentions of trouble connecting to WU
| | ever since around the time of the Blaster virus, when Microsoft moved
| | some of its sites to akamai.net.
| |
| The sites I can no longer get are listed in the Hosts files There are 10 of
them
| in my Windows folder. All 10 seem to contain the same information-the address
| and url of each of my favorites. Besides support.microsoft.com, the other
sites
| I can no longer connect with are tracfone.com, fosterparents.com and
roxio.com.
| This is true both using IE6 or another browser(off-by-one) and by typing in
the
| URL or the address - not using Favorites. I'm going to dump them all into a
temp
| folder and try again. Wonder why I have 10 identical files??
|
|

olfart wrote:

Did you remove *only* duplicates? The purpose of a "hosts" file, is
to *prevent* those sites listed from connecting (attempts are redirected
to the local disk). They must be removed or renamed (see this message as
an example:
http://tinyurl.com/mhe7) .
I'm guessing you have a grogram that's adding them again and again.
You'll have to find out which anti-spyware/trojan is doing this, and add
these sites to the "excludes" list.

trout wrote:

or possibly a *program*....
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trout said:

Hey, thats my line! ;-)

"Freakin' spill chucker."

Along with my "freakin' fingers"!

"trout" <me2@privacy.net> wrote in message
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| olfart wrote:
|
| > Removing the duplicate Host files didn't help .
|
| Did you remove *only* duplicates? The purpose of a "hosts" file, is
| to *prevent* those sites listed from connecting (attempts are redirected
| to the local disk). They must be removed or renamed (see this message as
| an example:
| http://tinyurl.com/mhe7) .
| I'm guessing you have a grogram that's adding them again and again.
| You'll have to find out which anti-spyware/trojan is doing this, and add
| these sites to the "excludes" list.
|

I don't think that's my problem. My Host files was make up from either SpyBot or
a Prog I have called Fast IP . The file contains all of the sites in my
Favorites folder. Here are a few things I noticed about the file:
1. There is no listing for a248.e.akamai.net in the file
2. MS update is listed as 207.46.130.111 support.microsoft.com #.url
3. There are about 5 or 6 other sites that I also cannot connect to. They are
not related to the Microsoft site. They are all listed correctly in the Host
file.
4. If I remove all of the Host files fron Windows I can't connect to any site
even by typing in the URL and not using Favorites - which I really don't
understand.

If the Host file prevents connecting then with a Host file installed in Windows,
I shouldn't be able to connect to any of my Favorites- yet I can get most all of
them.

olfart wrote:

Yes, I'm sorry for not being more clear about that. The hosts file
prevents connection by using the preface "127.0.0.1" before the site,
which points to the local machine. See:
http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ for the explanation.
This is separate from the function of storing 'good' IP's in order
to access them quickly.
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|
| Yes, I'm sorry for not being more clear about that. The hosts file
| prevents connection by using the preface "127.0.0.1" before the site,
| which points to the local machine. See:
| http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ for the explanation.
| This is separate from the function of storing 'good' IP's in order
| to access them quickly.
| --
| "Sorry for the confusion."
|
|
That's OK. The only notation of 127.00.01 is at the end of the Host file for
AutoDial.
Thanks for the suggestions.