LAN access but no Internet

[cweinhofer]

I am having kind of an unusual problem. I have a computer on my network that can't connect to the internet even though it has a valid IP address and can access / be accessed by other machines on the network (I use it as my file server and also remote in using TeamViewer LAN mode).

The router wouldn't seem to be a problem because the other machines on the network that are connected to the same router in the same way access the internet fine. The only difference is that they are Win 7 HP and this one is Win XP Pro. I know there could be some funky setting on the router, but it would have to be placed there intentionally and I have never done anything with those settings.

I ran a full virus scan today (using manually downloaded definition updates) and also tried removing and reinstalling the ethernet connection, turning off the firewall, repairing the ethernet connection, and rerunning the network setup wizard (including a number of restarts).

At this point, I am not sure where to go. I am assuming that some setting is messed up in Windows, but and not sure what to check.

Thanks for your help.

[Wand3r3r]

start by posting the results of a ipconfig /all from the problem workstation

[cweinhofer]

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\[username]>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MediaCenter
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Cont
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-E6-0E-C3-4B
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 12, 2012 8:40:08 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 12, 2012 10:40:08 AM

[Wand3r3r]

looks like the bottom of the ipconfig got cut off.

does appear you have a valid ip. next tests to run are;
ping 192.168.1.1 successful?
ping yahoo.com successful?

[cweinhofer]

Thanks for your help. Nothing was cut off; that was all it spit out.

Pinging 192.168.1.1 was okay
Pinging yahoo.com couldn't find host, but if I look up Yahoo's IP manually on another computer and ping it, it works fine.

I am assuming that would indicate a DNS problem. Where do I go from here?

[2xg]

Hello,

See if you are using any proxy servers, here's how to remove.

Please give us an update.

[cweinhofer]

Nope. No proxy servers.

[2xg]

What type of Security Software are you using?

Also, please restart your computer, tap F8 and select Safe Mode with Networking, are you able to replicate your issue?

[Wand3r3r]

instead of using the gateway ip for dns use something else like your ISP's dns servers or googles 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4

[cweinhofer]

I am using Avira AntiVirus same as my other machines

Safe Mode w/ Networking = nope
Google's DNS servers = nope

Thanks for your suggestions. Where to go next?

[hoyin007]

You also want to check hosts file in
%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\drivers\etc\

Use notepad open the file, any unusual setting there?

When you ping Yahoo!, does it resolve to external IP or just simply host not found?

[Wand3r3r]

lets see a ipconfig /all when you are using the google dns servers.
with google set for dns do another nslookup yahoo.com

[cweinhofer]

Results of various querys is as follows. hosts file also looks normal, but I have attached it for your perusal just in case.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\[username]>nslookup yahoo.com
Server: google-public-dns-a.google.com
Address: 8.8.8.8

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: yahoo.com
Addresses: 209.191.122.70, 72.30.38.140, 98.139.183.24


C:\Documents and Settings\[username]>ping yahoo.com
Ping request could not find host yahoo.com. Please check the name and try again.


C:\Documents and Settings\[username]>ping 209.191.122.70

Pinging 209.191.122.70 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 209.191.122.70: bytes=32 time=71ms TTL=47
Reply from 209.191.122.70: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=47
Reply from 209.191.122.70: bytes=32 time=69ms TTL=47
Reply from 209.191.122.70: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=47

Ping statistics for 209.191.122.70:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 69ms, Maximum = 71ms, Average = 70ms

C:\Documents and Settings\[username]>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MediaCenter
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Cont
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-E6-0E-C3-4B
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, March 15, 2012 7:09:12 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, March 15, 2012 9:09:12 AM

C:\Documents and Settings\[username]>

[Wand3r3r]

hosts file is at defaults
nslookup works but ping by name doesn't

uninstall Avira AntiVirus would be my next step. Its something local that is causing the issue.

[cweinhofer]

Well, I tried uninstalling the anti-virus and also turning off the windows firewall, but no luck with either.

As some of you have suggested, it really seems like it is something messed up locally with the DNS and so I started looking for ways to repair this under XP. Found both of these pages (How to reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) &
Repair DNS / WinSock - TweaksForGeeks) which sounded promising, but yielded no results.

I am still open to suggestions, but it would seem I am facing an inevitable XP reinstall (or maybe finally switching to Linux).

[IT-Barry]

Can you access yahoo via typing the ip into a browser?

[hoyin007]

Do you have the XP install disk?

Worth a try remove TCP/IP component from the Lan connection or even Lan adapter itself and reinstall back on. (In Safe mode).

Use your local DNS IP as primary and 8.8.8.8 as secondary.