A
Andreas Ravnestad
Ok, this is a bit of a curiosity. I have recently experienced some trouble
reaching certain domains on both the internet and the local network here.
It all started today when I tried to reach google.com. Internet Explorer
told me that it couldn't find the server, so I tried doing a dns on the
google.com domain, which returned an ip and all. So, I jumped to my other
computer, typed in "google.com", and it worked perfectly.
By now this problem was catching both my interest and annoyance, so I
started doing some investigations. The problem is obviously local to the
computer, since it works perfectly on my other computer.
So, here's the list of checkpoints:
* I tried telnet to see if a connection could be established at all, which
however it couldn't
* I first checked my tcp/ip settings, and everything was good.
* I tried pinging the domain, no reply at all (request timed out).
* I rebooted my computer several times, also in safe mode, but still
nothing.
* I ran a full antivirus scan, no luck.
* I ran a full scan with Lavasoft Ad-Aware, nothing changed.
* I checked my lmhosts and hosts files, no entries there.
* I scanned the registry for both google.com and the ip returned on a dns,
didn't find anything suspect.
* Made a pizza and watched a movie, completely ignoring the computer for
two hours in an attempt to let it fix itself. Didn't work either.
Note 1! This problem exists with both google.com, google.co.uk, 3 out of 5
computers on my local network. Other than that everything is just peachy.
Note 2! The computer keeps crashing, telling me when I have rebooted that it
has "Recovered from a serious error something something".
Note 3! I'm obviously running WindowsXP, however with sp1 and _all_ the
latest updates from microsoft.com (even before this problem arised).
Next thing on the list is booting up with a Knoppix CD and see if the
problem persists. If so, I'll buy a new network card.
If you guys have any remote idea on what's going on, please let me know. All
suggestions appreciated
reaching certain domains on both the internet and the local network here.
It all started today when I tried to reach google.com. Internet Explorer
told me that it couldn't find the server, so I tried doing a dns on the
google.com domain, which returned an ip and all. So, I jumped to my other
computer, typed in "google.com", and it worked perfectly.
By now this problem was catching both my interest and annoyance, so I
started doing some investigations. The problem is obviously local to the
computer, since it works perfectly on my other computer.
So, here's the list of checkpoints:
* I tried telnet to see if a connection could be established at all, which
however it couldn't
* I first checked my tcp/ip settings, and everything was good.
* I tried pinging the domain, no reply at all (request timed out).
* I rebooted my computer several times, also in safe mode, but still
nothing.
* I ran a full antivirus scan, no luck.
* I ran a full scan with Lavasoft Ad-Aware, nothing changed.
* I checked my lmhosts and hosts files, no entries there.
* I scanned the registry for both google.com and the ip returned on a dns,
didn't find anything suspect.
* Made a pizza and watched a movie, completely ignoring the computer for
two hours in an attempt to let it fix itself. Didn't work either.
Note 1! This problem exists with both google.com, google.co.uk, 3 out of 5
computers on my local network. Other than that everything is just peachy.
Note 2! The computer keeps crashing, telling me when I have rebooted that it
has "Recovered from a serious error something something".
Note 3! I'm obviously running WindowsXP, however with sp1 and _all_ the
latest updates from microsoft.com (even before this problem arised).
Next thing on the list is booting up with a Knoppix CD and see if the
problem persists. If so, I'll buy a new network card.
If you guys have any remote idea on what's going on, please let me know. All
suggestions appreciated
