DNS Issues?

[pirateyoshi]

Usually there is something wrong with the DNS' not matching, but apparently all the DNS servers I attempt to connect to on one particular Dell Inspirion B130 do work, so I am a bit confused.

Well, all the computers on my small network work perfectly fine with the internet, and I am currently using the one Wired computer on the network. New computers with the network work perfectly fine as well, even including my XBOX 360.

I also can not resolve any IP adresses on a nearby wireless internet connection that had been used before from time to time.

So the problem is obviously with my own computer... but what exactly can be wrong? The TCP/IP settings are all set on automatic, and I already attempted to use a static IP adress.

My PCI card passes all of my Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility Diagnoistics.


I have tried a couple of other things, but I can not recall alot of it, so I will be on responding ASAP.

A diagnoistic log from IE mentioned I have more than one Wireless Adapter.

Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
Dell Wireless 1470 Dual Band WLAN Mini-PCI Card

and Hamachi, but thats a bit irrelavant. Trying to uninstall either of them is a bit difficult, as they reinstall themselves.


Windows Live's Troubleshooting showed the common issue of DNS and Key Ports.

So, I can connect to the internet using the IP Adresses, so it has to be DNS, but if you know the DNS is up, what can I do?

[johnwill]

You failed to really tell us much about the actual environment.


Please supply the following info, exact make and models of the equipment please.

Name of your ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Make and exact model of the broadband modem.
Make and exact model and hardware version of the router (if a separate unit).
Model numbers can usually be obtained from the label on the device.
Connection type, wired or wireless.
If wireless, encryption used, (none, WEP, WPA, or WPA2)
Version and patch level of Windows on all affected machines, i.e. XP (Home or Pro), SP1-SP2-SP3, Vista (Home, Business, Ultimate), etc.
The Internet Browser in use, IE, Firefox, Opera, etc.




Please give an exact description of your problem symptoms, including the exact text of any error messages.

• If you're using a wireless connection, have you tried a direct connection with a cable to see if that changes the symptoms?
• For wireless issues, have you disabled all encryption on the router to see if you can connect that way?
• Have you connected directly to the broadband modem to see if this is a router or modem/ISP issue?
• If there are other computers on the same network, are they experiencing the same issue, or do they function normally?

On any affected computer, I'd also like to see this:

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD (COMMAND for W98/WME) to open a command prompt:

Type the following commands on separate lines, following each one with the Enter key:

PING 206.190.60.37

PING yahoo.com

NBTSTAT -n

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[pirateyoshi]

Name of your ISP: Atlantic Broadband
Make and model of the broadband modem: Motorola 585101 Surfboard
Make and model and hardware version of the router: Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router (2.4 GHz 802.11g)
Connection type: Wireless WEP
Version and patch level of Windows on all affected machines: XP SP3
The Internet Browser in use: IE7

• If you're using a wireless connection, have you tried a direct connection with a cable to see if that changes the symptoms?
  
  Tried with no luck.
  
  
• For wireless issues, have you disabled all encryption on the router to see if you can connect that way?
  
  The infected PC is not able to resolve IP's from encrypted or non-encrypted networks.
  
  
• Have you connected directly to the broadband modem to see if this is a router or modem/ISP issue?
  
  I have not, however due to all the other members of the network having no problem, I do not expect it to be any issue with router/modem
  
  
• If there are other computers on the same network, are they experiencing the same issue, or do they function normally?
  
  They function normally.

Here is the CMD info you wanted.

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

C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>ping 206.190.60.37

Pinging 206.190.60.37 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=59ms TTL=53
Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=53
Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=53
Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 206.190.60.37:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 48ms, Maximum = 61ms, Average = 55ms

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


C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>nbtstat -n

Local Area Connection 11:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

No names in cache

Hamachi:
Node IpAddress: [5.87.23.6] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
RICHARD <00> UNIQUE Registered
MSHOME <00> GROUP Registered
RICHARD <20> UNIQUE Registered
MSHOME <1E> GROUP Registered
MSHOME <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered

Wireless Network Connection 3:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.101] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
RICHARD <00> UNIQUE Registered
MSHOME <00> GROUP Registered
RICHARD <20> UNIQUE Registered
MSHOME <1E> GROUP Registered
MSHOME <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered

C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : richard
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : the-beach.net

Ethernet adapter Hamachi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Hamachi Network Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 7A-79-05-57-17-06
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 5.87.23.6
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 5.0.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, January 02, 2009 10:46:06 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, January 02, 2010 10:46:06
AM

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Cont
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-22-99-ED-91

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : the-beach.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1470 Dual Band WLAN Mi
ni-PCI Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-73-01-72-D5
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 . . . . . . . . . . . : 72.45.32.34
72.45.32.37
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, January 02, 2009 2:39:08 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, January 03, 2009 2:39:08 PM

C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>

Some info from the IE7 Log .xml

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href="xpnetdiag.xsl" ?>
<xpnetdiag>

<title>
Network Diagnostics for Windows XP
</title>
<lastRunText>
Last diagnostic run time:
</lastRunText>
<rejectText>
REJECT
</rejectText>
<indeterminateText>
INDETERMINATE
</indeterminateText>
<confirmText>
CONFIRM
</confirmText>
<timeStamp>
01/02/09 11:36:11
</timeStamp>
<component name="HTTP, HTTPS, FTP Diagnostic" startDiagnosisTime="01/02/09 11:36:11">

<rootCause name="HTTP, HTTPS, FTP connectivity" status="confirm">

<trace traceType="warn" text="HTTP: Error 12007 connecting to www.microsoft.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
">

</trace>
<trace traceType="warn" text="HTTPS: Error 12007 connecting to www.microsoft.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
">

</trace>
<trace traceType="warn" text="FTP (Passive): Error 12007 connecting to ftp.microsoft.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
">

</trace>
<trace traceType="warn" text="HTTP: Error 12007 connecting to www.hotmail.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
">

</trace>
<trace traceType="warn" text="FTP (Active): Error 12007 connecting to ftp.microsoft.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
">

</trace>
<trace traceType="warn" text="HTTPS: Error 12007 connecting to www.passport.net: The server name or address could not be resolved
">

</trace>
<trace traceType="error" text="Could not make an HTTP connection.">

</trace>
<trace traceType="error" text="Could not make an HTTPS connection.">

</trace>
<trace traceType="error" text="Could not make an FTP connection.">

</trace>
</rootCause>
</component>
<component name="Network Adapter Diagnostic" startDiagnosisTime="01/02/09 11:36:56">

<rootCause name="Network location detection" status="reject">

<trace traceType="info" text="Using home Internet connection">

</trace>
</rootCause>
<rootCause name="Network adapter identification" status="confirm">

<trace traceType="info" text="Network connection: Name=Local Area Connection 11, Device=Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller, MediaType=LAN, SubMediaType=LAN">

</trace>
<trace traceType="info" text="Network connection: Name=Wireless Network Connection 3, Device=Dell Wireless 1470 Dual Band WLAN Mini-PCI Card, MediaType=LAN, SubMediaType=WIRELESS">

</trace>
<trace traceType="info" text="Network connection: Name=Hamachi, Device=Hamachi Network Interface, MediaType=LAN, SubMediaType=LAN">

</trace>
<trace traceType="warn" text="This machine has more than one Ethernet or more than one Wireless adapter">

</trace>
<trace traceType="info" text="Redirecting user to support call">

</trace>
</rootCause>
</component>
</xpnetdiag>

If there is anything else I can find out for you, please insist on it. Thanks for the speedy help.

[pirateyoshi]

[quote=pirateyoshi;1891244]Name of your ISP: Atlantic Broadband
Make and model of the broadband modem: Motorola 585101 Surfboard
Make and model and hardware version of the router: Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router (2.4 GHz 802.11g)
Connection type: Wireless WEP
Version and patch level of Windows on all affected machines: XP SP3
The Internet Browser in use: IE7

• If you're using a wireless connection, have you tried a direct connection with a cable to see if that changes the symptoms?
  
  Tried with no luck.
  
  
• For wireless issues, have you disabled all encryption on the router to see if you can connect that way?
  
  The infected PC is not able to resolve IP's from encrypted or non-encrypted networks.
  
  
• Have you connected directly to the broadband modem to see if this is a router or modem/ISP issue?
  
  I have not, however due to all the other members of the network having no problem, I do not expect it to be any issue with router/modem
  
  
• If there are other computers on the same network, are they experiencing the same issue, or do they function normally?
  
  They function normally.

Here is the CMD info you wanted.



Some info from the IE7 Log .xml

[johnwill]

You appear to have a good wireless connection to that machine.

Try these simple tests.

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD (COMMAND for W98/WME) to open a command prompt:

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands one at a time, followed by the Enter key:

IPCONFIG /ALL

PING <computer_IP_address>

PING <default_gateway_address>

PING <dns_servers>

PING 206.190.60.37

PING yahoo.com

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter to copy the contents to the clipboard.
Paste the results in a message here.

<computer_IP_address> - The IP Address of your computer, obtained from the IPCONFIG command above.

<default_gateway_address> - The IP address of the Default Gateway, obtained from the IPCONFIG command above.

<dns_servers> - The IP address of the first (or only) address for DNS Servers, obtained from the IPCONFIG command above.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[pirateyoshi]

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

C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : richard
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : the-beach.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Cont
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-22-99-ED-91

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : the-beach.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1470 Dual Band WLAN Mi
ni-PCI Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-73-01-72-D5
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 . . . . . . . . . . . : 72.45.32.34
72.45.32.37
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, January 03, 2009 10:54:23
AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 05, 2009 10:54:23 AM


Ethernet adapter Hamachi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Hamachi Network Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 7A-79-05-57-17-06
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 5.87.23.6
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 5.0.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, January 02, 2009 6:43:36 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, January 02, 2010 6:43:36 P
M

C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>ping 192.168.1.100

Pinging 192.168.1.100 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.100: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.100: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.100: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.100: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.100:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>ping 192.168.1.1

Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 3ms, Maximum = 56ms, Average = 16ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>ping 72.45.32.34

Pinging 72.45.32.34 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 72.45.32.34: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=252
Reply from 72.45.32.34: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=252
Reply from 72.45.32.34: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=252
Reply from 72.45.32.34: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=252

Ping statistics for 72.45.32.34:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 10ms, Maximum = 13ms, Average = 11ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>ping 206.190.60.37

Pinging 206.190.60.37 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=53
Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=53
Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=47ms TTL=53
Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 206.190.60.37:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 47ms, Maximum = 60ms, Average = 53ms

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


C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>

Hmm. I think this sort of restates the issue of my PC and resolving IP adresses? I am really at a loss to explain what is going on. If the network is ok, and my PCI card is ok, and my PC doesn't have any sort of freaky registry problem... what could it be?

[johnwill]

Well, It's either Hamachi, which occasionally affects the connection, or stack corruption. I'd uninstall Hamachi, then run this stack repair.


TCP/IP stack repair options for use with Windows XP with SP2/SP3.

Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt:

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands:

Note: Type only the text in bold for the following commands.

Reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults, type: netsh int ip reset reset.log

Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults, type: netsh winsock reset catalog

Reboot the machine.

[pirateyoshi]

Hm, I have tried this stack repair before. The TCP/IP stack response always made me a bit worried, since I am used to things telling me what happened.

Point in case.

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

C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>netsh int ip reset reset.log


C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>netsh winsock reset catalog

Sucessfully reset the Winsock Catalog.
You must restart the machine in order to complete the reset.


C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>

Does this look correct? The uninstallation did not help things much either. I am starting to get to the point where I just want to wipe my hard drive, but this is beginning to become a solid primer in networking troubleshooting,

[johnwill]

The stack repair results are normal. Microsoft doesn't believe in using a lot of words to describe what happened.

Let's try replacing your DNS server. Follow the instructions at OpenDNS for Windows and configure to use OpenDNS for your DNS server. See if that makes a difference.



Try repeating the PING tests I posted previously after configuring OpenDNS.

[pirateyoshi]

Well, isn't OpenDNS just a public DNS server? I mean, now my network is using that DNS server (it is actually a little faster now) but I still can not get it to work out for me. Is the DNS suffix ever going to leave?

Tests after OpenDNS

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

C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : richard
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : the-beach.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Cont
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-22-99-ED-91

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : the-beach.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1470 Dual Band WLAN Mi
ni-PCI Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-73-01-72-D5
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.102
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, January 04, 2009 1:47:13 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 05, 2009 1:47:13 PM

C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>ping 192.168.1.102

Pinging 192.168.1.102 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.102:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>ping 192.168.1.1

Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 3ms, Maximum = 35ms, Average = 11ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>ping 208.67.222.222

Pinging 208.67.222.222 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 208.67.222.222: bytes=32 time=57ms TTL=53
Reply from 208.67.222.222: bytes=32 time=63ms TTL=53
Reply from 208.67.222.222: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=53
Reply from 208.67.222.222: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 208.67.222.222:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 46ms, Maximum = 63ms, Average = 55ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>ping 206.190.60.37

Pinging 206.190.60.37 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=53
Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=53ms TTL=53
Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=52ms TTL=53
Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=50ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 206.190.60.37:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 48ms, Maximum = 53ms, Average = 50ms

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


C:\Documents and Settings\Pirateyoshi>

Same old. ^^;

[johnwill]

Try booting in Safe Mode with Networking, connect using a wired connection, and run the ping tests again.

[pirateyoshi]

I hate to disappoint, but I had a spur of madness and just trashed my partition. Apparently it was definitely something in the registry, because I seemed to be a ok afterwards.

I wish I could sort of replicate the situation in order to figure out what happened.

The help and troubleshooting was very understandable while not cutting too short on details. Thanks for running things through with me.

[johnwill]

That's the extreme solution, but I guess it's a solution.

[pirateyoshi]

^^; I guess. I do feel a bit disappointed in myself about it. If it makes it any better, this has helped lean me towards a specific career path for IT. It seems Networking is a problem that can be found in any situation. It seems interesting and it has alot of things that can be branched into.

Can not wait to get my formal IT training going.

[johnwill]

Networking is certainly a wide-open field right now.