many applications claim I'm not connected - but I *AM*!

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Damon

Yeah, it Norton/Symantec personal firewall. Uninstall the
firewall software completelly, and try again. Now buy a
hardware firewall/router for less than $50 and solve your
problem w/ hardware not a bad firewall software package.
 
I doubt that, since first, for test purpose, I had disabled it (i.e.
it is not loaded at startup) and things did not change nor improve and
second, I had been using it for >3 years and had no connectivity
problems with it before. So, I think, your statement is incorrect
and/or too simplistic.
Michael
 
Could maybe some MS-MVP be so kind and comment on this?

What setting (or whatever adjustment) is there in Windows 2000, that
could make some applications "believe" that a machine is currently not
connected. Even Outlook Express - with which I am writing this - often
after firing it up initially pops up a dialog essentially saying
"Currently not connected" and offers "[work offline] and [retry]". I
always click "retry" and after that things work, but why does this
keep coming up again and again? There are also lots of other apps,
that indicate "not connected" (and alas some don't allow to "retry"
and so they essentially become useless). At the same time I am surfing
the Web, exchanging emails, FTP-ing and what not without any problem!

This effect also seems totally unrelated to the actual network
connection, i.e. I am seeing this at home (cable-modem), in the office
(leased line), and while connected via ethernet, wireless LAN, or even
via phone.

What (mis-adjusted) network setting could cause that an application's
first attempt to open a network connection always fails while
subsequent attempts obviously work? Any ideas or hints?

Michael
 
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