WTF Internet

2007-12-05 12:42:56

#1

Titch2349: iz me!; +358|6622|uk

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Firstly, Hello everyone

I have been having a very annoying problem with my Dell Inspiron 6400 Laptop, which I have had for ~2 months, over the past few weeks.

The Laptop uses a 1390 WLAN MiniCard, and I can be using the internet for a few hours, when it suddenly, for no reason, refuses to work.

By this I mean that web sites will no longer load, on both Opera and Internet Explorer, giving me a timed out error message. However, I am always connected to IRC, and can still talk to, and receive messages from the channels I was connected to at the time my internet "died".

Another wierd thing is that if I go to command prompt, using the ping command I can ping any website I was having problems connecting to with no problems- www.google.co.uk, www.bbc.co.uk all respond, as does the router.

The Network icon in the system tray is adament that I am still connected to the network, with internet access, and the Windows Network repair finds no problems with the connection.

Disabling and Enabling the adapter through Windows, Flicking the adapter off and on using the Fn + F2 shortcut, "repairing the connection", flushing the dns cache using ipconfig /flushdns do not work- I have to restart the Laptop.

It is ONLY this Laptop that is having problems- There are 4 other computers on the network, 2 of them on wireless, and none are having the same connectivity issues as me.

Please help me... it is extremely annoying!

Copied and pasted from the Dell Customer Support Forum- got fuck all help from there.

Please Help!

2007-12-05 13:01:54

#2

konfusion: mostly afk; +480|6820|CH/BR - in UK

Have you tried pinging your ports 80 and 143?

-konfusion

2007-12-05 13:44:39

#3

mikkel: Member; +383|6871

konfusion wrote:
Have you tried pinging your ports 80 and 143?

-konfusion

You can't ping layer 4 ports, but you can scan them. Try opening your command prompt and putting in "telnet google.com 80". If you get a blank screen with a flashing cursor, it's most likely your browser. If you don't, it might be a firewall issue of some sort.

Edit: Of course, you need to do this when you actually experience the outage for it to be of any use.

Last edited by mikkel (2007-12-05 14:03:51)

2007-12-05 13:48:55

#4

aimless: Member; +166|6395|Texas

This happens to me too, but I am on a LAN instead of wireless.

Last edited by aimless (2007-12-05 13:49:13)

2007-12-05 14:00:19

#5

Airwolf: Latter Alcoholic; +287|6990|Scotland

I've had the same problem with vista. Weird and annoying. The thing that used to work for me was switch router on and off.

That's obviously not ideal though. Will keep a close eye on this topic, that was one of the main reasons I switched back to XP

(firefox ftw as well )

2007-12-05 14:12:13

#6

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6723|The Twilight Zone

looks like vista, works like vista, it is vista aka crap.

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2007-12-05 15:08:04

#7

aimless: Member; +166|6395|Texas

.Sup wrote:
looks like vista, works like vista, it is vista aka crap.

But I use XP...

2007-12-05 16:53:25

#8

houseofnub: Member; +3|6385|SoCal

Try running Live Update (that looked like Norton in the Task Tray) or temporarily disabling the Norton firewall.

2007-12-05 16:57:23

#9

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6792|...

refresh your dns ... maybe its truly down ... maybe you can do those other things because of the dns cache

you can ping but can u do an nslookup?

Last edited by jsnipy (2007-12-05 16:57:46)

2007-12-05 17:09:25

#10

NooBesT: Pizzahitler; +873|6739

Varegg had same problem just the other day. I found a fix that worked for him, so you might want to try it...

Try repairing the TCP/IP stack and Winsock which might just fix the problem.

Open a Command Prompt window ("Start > Run", type CMD and click OK).

To repair the TCP/IP stack, at the prompt, type...

netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt

...and press Enter

(note the spaces in the command line). The original prompt will reappear, exit the Command Prompt window and reboot the PC.

To reset Winsock entries, at the prompt, type...

netsh winsock reset catalog

...and press Enter

Exit the Command Prompt window and reboot the PC. (If running both repairs, reboot only after running the second command.)

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums/index … forumid=18

2007-12-06 01:00:56

#11

Titch2349: iz me!; +358|6622|uk

NooBesT wrote:
Varegg had same problem just the other day. I found a fix that worked for him, so you might want to try it...

Try repairing the TCP/IP stack and Winsock which might just fix the problem.

Open a Command Prompt window ("Start > Run", type CMD and click OK).

To repair the TCP/IP stack, at the prompt, type...

netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt

...and press Enter

(note the spaces in the command line). The original prompt will reappear, exit the Command Prompt window and reboot the PC.

To reset Winsock entries, at the prompt, type...

netsh winsock reset catalog

...and press Enter

Exit the Command Prompt window and reboot the PC. (If running both repairs, reboot only after running the second command.)
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums/index … forumid=18

Thanks, I've done this and will see if it happens again.

@mikkel - ill give this ago when if it happens again.

@houseofnub - its Kaspersky, and i've tried disabling it already- still doesn't work :<

@ jsnipy- refreshing the dns..... i've done ipconfig /flushdns - is this the same thing?

Thanks for all the help so far... ill let you know if NooBesT's fix has worked!

2007-12-06 02:41:48

#12

elbekko: Your lord and master; +36|6671|Leuven, Belgium

And if you're using Vista, try playing with the network location settings (you know: Home, Work, Public).
You never know.

2007-12-06 02:48:27

#13

De_Jappe: Triarii; +432|6797|Belgium

Had it too a few times, was the provider's fault and it did go away.

However, you can always try to reset the IP stack.
Vista: Open command as administrator (with ctrl-shift enter or right click: open as admin) then type
netsh int ip reset
netsh int tcp reset
XP: you can download a program winsockxpfix

What also might work is: (in a dos prompt)
-ipconfig /release
-ipconfig /renew

2007-12-06 02:55:23

#14

Crypto_420: Member; +25|7113|Portland

konfusion wrote:
Have you tried pinging your ports 80 and 143?

-konfusion

I think you mean port 80 & 443 not 143.

This sounds like the classic port blocking from either norton, symantec, mcafee, etc Any 3rd pary software you downloaded for internet security / firewall / proxy

Your DNS, DHCP, ICMP ports are open, hints why your on your network, and able to ping websites by name . Try to go to a https:// site like https://www.bankofamerica.com give that a try

if you dont have any ports be blocked, then go into the security options on your web browser, make sure you allow cookies and set level to low and test again.

try also typing in the command window, tracert google.com this will trace the route of the pings. If you have alot of request time out then you can track where the port blocking is coming from.... if its not installed on your computer, then check your router. make sure your ip and mac check out in the router. "check out" means nothing is blocking ports on 80 or 443 / http, https

2007-12-06 03:04:51

#15

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6807|Long Island, New York

.Sup wrote:
looks like vista, works like vista, it is vista aka crap.

Nice, completely and totally uneducated bias and a dumbass remark. Good job!

Ok so, certain websites aren't working? ...Did you try to reset your router?

2007-12-06 03:07:30

#16

loonitic: ...is a potty mouth; +286|6804|Valhalla

I had a very similar problem a few months ago and fixed it by rebooting my router (for at least 5mins) this drops the connection to your ISP server and starts a fresh foxed the problem for me.

2007-12-06 08:00:46

#17

Titch2349: iz me!; +358|6622|uk

elbekko wrote:
And if you're using Vista, try playing with the network location settings (you know: Home, Work, Public).
You never know.

I am on two networks over the day- one at school, one at home, and i've had the problems on both.

@ De_Jappe- i've tried De_Jappe, and i've tried resetting the stacks with help from NooBesT.

@ Crypto_420- I've tried tracert, and there are no problems- but I will try the https:// next time.

@ Poseidon and loonitic- It's not the router- other computers connect fine, [it has been restarted though]

Thanks for the replies guys... much better than the support from the Dell Forums (2 shitty replies in 1 month)

2007-12-06 11:38:12

#18

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6807|Long Island, New York

Try disconnecting, doing a cold shutdown (shut down, leave off for a few seconds, start back up) and turning it back on. See if that works.

2007-12-06 11:46:27

#19

Titch2349: iz me!; +358|6622|uk

Poseidon wrote:
Try disconnecting, doing a cold shutdown (shut down, leave off for a few seconds, start back up) and turning it back on. See if that works.

Been tried. Many a time- but its only a problem for this laptop.

2007-12-09 11:22:09

#20

Titch2349: iz me!; +358|6622|uk

Still got a problem guys

2007-12-09 11:23:31

#21

pers0nah: Waste Kid; +271|6852|MANCHESTERRR

Titch2349 wrote:
Still got a problem guys

System restore?

2007-12-09 11:25:41

#22

farmerfez: o wut?; +78|6800

try a new browser

2007-12-09 12:13:01

#23

mikkel: Member; +383|6871

Titch2349 wrote:
Still got a problem guys

Did you try what I suggested?

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konfusion wrote:

.Sup wrote:

NooBesT wrote:

konfusion wrote:

.Sup wrote:

elbekko wrote:

Poseidon wrote:

Titch2349 wrote:

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