can ping yahoo from cmd, but can't access thru browser (???) 1

[energy4life]

okay I'm baffled. I'm completed an OS upgrade to a simple 15 node LAN. On the clients just loaded with the Win2000 upgrade, I can't access sites from the browser .

I *can* however ping to and from each client (ex: 'ping pc03'), and ping outside my LAN (ex: ping 'yahoo.com'). The only difference in the 'ipconfig /all' screens is that Node Type says 'Broadcast' (versus 'hybrid' on the PCs that seem to be working) (vendor's router handles DNS and DHCP)

QUESTION: how/where is Node Type set? If that doesn't relate to the problem, what else should I check?

 

[SophiaWeber]

Sounds like a DNS problem to me. Had that same problem after installing a router - it couldn't communicate with any DNS servers I entered, and couldn't find one automatically from my ISP either. Wasn't able to solve the problem and went back to using my hub.

 

[ChrisAC]

When you ping an internet site like

http://www.yahoo.com

from the command line, does it resolve the DNS and get the correct IP address? Can you then ping that IP address?


D:\Documents and Settings\Chris>ping

http://www.yahoo.com

Pinging

http://www.yahoo.akadns.net

[64.58.76.176] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 64.58.76.176: bytes=32 time=129ms TTL=230
Reply from 64.58.76.176: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=230
Reply from 64.58.76.176: bytes=32 time=127ms TTL=230
Reply from 64.58.76.176: bytes=32 time=127ms TTL=230

Ping statistics for 64.58.76.176:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 126ms, Maximum = 129ms, Average = 127ms

If so, is your browser set up correctly? Are you using a proxy server or not?

Chris.

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chrisac@gmx.co.uk
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[energy4life]

RESOLVED: do *not* select "using proxy server" in the browswer configuration options.

FYI on previous replies:
- Yes, I could successfully ping from CLI (command line interface). just couldn't go to

http://www page

from the browser. I could even go to ftp sites from the brower.

- Yes, sounded like a DNS issue to me also. But I could resolve from CLI (ex: yahoo.com returned 66.218.71.113).

So the answer: the MS IE setting (Tools, Internet Options, Connection, Lan Settings) to "use proxy server" was causing a problem b/c our ISP doesn't use a proxy server. FTP from the browser worked supposedly b/c unlike http, ftp doesn't look for proxy settings.

whew... networks man, i tell ya

thanks all!

 

[ChrisAC]

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Chris Andrew, CCNA
chrisac@gmx.co.uk
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