can not access internet on one of my computers

I connect to the internet thru my cable conection. I have
a 3com cable modem that feeds into a linksys etherfast
cable/dsl router (befsr41) which then connects to two
desktops and any one of four laptops depending on which of
my kids are home from school. The first desktop (the one
with the problem) is running windows 98. The second
desktop is running windows ME. Of the four laptops, one
runs windows 98 the the others run windows XP Professional.

I have had this network up and running for almost two
years with no problems. Each computer can see each other,
each computer can print to the one printer connected to
the system wunning windows ME, and each computer can
connect to the internet.... that is until about two months
ago. The desktop running windows 98 can no longer
connect. It can still see everything on the LAN and
print. AOL will not connect. Internet explorer keeps
getting 'page cannot be displayed'.

I have played with all of the settings that I know of;
add/delete tcp/ip, downloaded ie6 to disk and install, and
talked to linksys fo over an hour (he just said try
reloading IE)

The only other option I can think of is to start form
scratch and reinstall windows and if this is my only hope,
I would like to find some sort of check off list of things
to do before installing.

Any suggestions?

thanks Danny

www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Carey

"(E-Mail Removed)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I connect to the internet thru my cable conection. I have
> a 3com cable modem that feeds into a linksys etherfast
> cable/dsl router (befsr41) which then connects to two
> desktops and any one of four laptops depending on which of
> my kids are home from school. The first desktop (the one
> with the problem) is running windows 98. The second
> desktop is running windows ME. Of the four laptops, one
> runs windows 98 the the others run windows XP Professional.
>
> I have had this network up and running for almost two
> years with no problems. Each computer can see each other,
> each computer can print to the one printer connected to
> the system wunning windows ME, and each computer can
> connect to the internet.... that is until about two months
> ago. The desktop running windows 98 can no longer
> connect. It can still see everything on the LAN and
> print. AOL will not connect. Internet explorer keeps
> getting 'page cannot be displayed'.
>
> I have played with all of the settings that I know of;
> add/delete tcp/ip, downloaded ie6 to disk and install, and
> talked to linksys fo over an hour (he just said try
> reloading IE)
>
> The only other option I can think of is to start form
> scratch and reinstall windows and if this is my only hope,
> I would like to find some sort of check off list of things
> to do before installing.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> thanks Danny
>

thank you.

went to web page you gave and tip #18 worked.

Danny

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>
>Carey
>
>"(E-Mail Removed)" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message
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>> I connect to the internet thru my cable conection. I
have
>> a 3com cable modem that feeds into a linksys etherfast
>> cable/dsl router (befsr41) which then connects to two
>> desktops and any one of four laptops depending on which
of
>> my kids are home from school. The first desktop (the
one
>> with the problem) is running windows 98. The second
>> desktop is running windows ME. Of the four laptops, one
>> runs windows 98 the the others run windows XP
Professional.
>>
>> I have had this network up and running for almost two
>> years with no problems. Each computer can see each
other,
>> each computer can print to the one printer connected to
>> the system wunning windows ME, and each computer can
>> connect to the internet.... that is until about two
months
>> ago. The desktop running windows 98 can no longer
>> connect. It can still see everything on the LAN and
>> print. AOL will not connect. Internet explorer keeps
>> getting 'page cannot be displayed'.
>>
>> I have played with all of the settings that I know of;
>> add/delete tcp/ip, downloaded ie6 to disk and install,
and
>> talked to linksys fo over an hour (he just said try
>> reloading IE)
>>
>> The only other option I can think of is to start form
>> scratch and reinstall windows and if this is my only
hope,
>> I would like to find some sort of check off list of
things
>> to do before installing.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> thanks Danny
>>
>
>
>.
>

Great news! Thanks for letting me know.

Carey

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> thank you.
>
> went to web page you gave and tip #18 worked.
>
> Danny
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm
> >
> >Carey
> >
> >"(E-Mail Removed)" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote in message
> >news:001f01c3be80$b5667d30$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> I connect to the internet thru my cable conection. I
> have
> >> a 3com cable modem that feeds into a linksys etherfast
> >> cable/dsl router (befsr41) which then connects to two
> >> desktops and any one of four laptops depending on which
> of
> >> my kids are home from school. The first desktop (the
> one
> >> with the problem) is running windows 98. The second
> >> desktop is running windows ME. Of the four laptops, one
> >> runs windows 98 the the others run windows XP
> Professional.
> >>
> >> I have had this network up and running for almost two
> >> years with no problems. Each computer can see each
> other,
> >> each computer can print to the one printer connected to
> >> the system wunning windows ME, and each computer can
> >> connect to the internet.... that is until about two
> months
> >> ago. The desktop running windows 98 can no longer
> >> connect. It can still see everything on the LAN and
> >> print. AOL will not connect. Internet explorer keeps
> >> getting 'page cannot be displayed'.
> >>
> >> I have played with all of the settings that I know of;
> >> add/delete tcp/ip, downloaded ie6 to disk and install,
> and
> >> talked to linksys fo over an hour (he just said try
> >> reloading IE)
> >>
> >> The only other option I can think of is to start form
> >> scratch and reinstall windows and if this is my only
> hope,
> >> I would like to find some sort of check off list of
> things
> >> to do before installing.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> thanks Danny
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >