Home network has stopped working for no apparent reason...help!

[Chr1sUK]

Ok, bit of a strange one...

I have been going on the internet with my laptop by using my main pc as a gateway for nearly a year without any troubles.

I recently upgraded to 1mbit internet with the same ISP (bt).

Now, for some reason, I cant get on the net...but it shows that the lan is connected, but I can't view workgroup computers.

I have tried two crossover cables, to no avail.

I have also removed and reinstalled the bridge/ICS.

I'm stumped, never known this to happen before.

I find it a bit strange that I should mention to BT that I used two machines on the same connection...they didnt seem best pleased....surely that couldnt be why its not working...BT couldn't have done something to stop it could they?

TIA

 

[Chr1sUK]

Hmm...I think maybe its a firewall issue, as I can browse the network again which I couldn't do before, but I still can't get on the net...I installed zone alarm again the other day, and my network bridge was not in the trusted zone...

I'll keep trying!

 

[Chr1sUK]

Fixed

 

[Rayong]

Hey Chr1sUK, how did you fix it? I have the same problem...

Cheers;
Hanns from California

 

[Chr1sUK]

The problem was that the Bridge was not set to the trusted Zone, and both Zones (Intenet & Trusted) were set to High security.

I Added the bridge to the trusted zone, and set the security on that to minimim, since theres not any need for it on a network where I control the only two machines on it.

I then went online again, but it was a bit slow....so I set my internet zone security level to medium.

I had forgotten to do this when I installed a new version of Zone Alarm.

Problem solved!

Hope that helps.