Cannot connect to ONE SINGLE Web site / IP address

Problem: I cannot connect to, or even PING, one single Web site -- my power
company! -- but can connect to everything else. And, the other computer on
my small home network connects with no problem to the same IP address.

Network: DSL connection, wired/wireless router, 2 computers running Windows
XP sp2. Wired computer can ping and connect with no problem; wireless
computer cannot. PING times out. I've checked all firewall and other
security-related settings and see no explanation.

Thanks for any suggestions!

-Doug

When you attempt to ping the address on the computer that can't is it trying
to ping the same numerical value as the computer that can?

C:\Users\DAH>ping dhl.com

Pinging dhl.com [199.41.238.47] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 199.41.238.47: bytes=32 time=85ms TTL=233
Reply from 199.41.238.47: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=233
Reply from 199.41.238.47: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=233
Reply from 199.41.238.47: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=233

Ping statistics for 199.41.238.47:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 83ms, Maximum = 85ms, Average = 84ms

So in my example above (if dhl.com was the problem site) are both computers
trying to ping 199.41.238.47?

--
David Hettel

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"Dougbert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Problem: I cannot connect to, or even PING, one single Web site -- my
> power company! -- but can connect to everything else. And, the other
> computer on my small home network connects with no problem to the same IP
> address.
>
> Network: DSL connection, wired/wireless router, 2 computers running
> Windows XP sp2. Wired computer can ping and connect with no problem;
> wireless computer cannot. PING times out. I've checked all firewall and
> other security-related settings and see no explanation.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!
>
> -Doug
>

Yes, both computers are pinging the same IP address. It works instantly on
one, but times out on the other. Strange. Thank you for your time and Happy
Thanksgiving,

-Doug



"David Hettel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> When you attempt to ping the address on the computer that can't is it
> trying to ping the same numerical value as the computer that can?
>
> C:\Users\DAH>ping dhl.com
>
> Pinging dhl.com [199.41.238.47] with 32 bytes of data:
>
> Reply from 199.41.238.47: bytes=32 time=85ms TTL=233
> Reply from 199.41.238.47: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=233
> Reply from 199.41.238.47: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=233
> Reply from 199.41.238.47: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=233
>
> Ping statistics for 199.41.238.47:
> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 83ms, Maximum = 85ms, Average = 84ms
>
> So in my example above (if dhl.com was the problem site) are both
> computers trying to ping 199.41.238.47?
>
> --
> David Hettel
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for
> everyone
> to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me
> in
> E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any kind,
> either expressed or implied, made in relation to the accuracy, reliability
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> indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of,
> or
> inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post and
> confers
> no rights.
>
>
>
> "Dougbert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Problem: I cannot connect to, or even PING, one single Web site -- my
>> power company! -- but can connect to everything else. And, the other
>> computer on my small home network connects with no problem to the same IP
>> address.
>>
>> Network: DSL connection, wired/wireless router, 2 computers running
>> Windows XP sp2. Wired computer can ping and connect with no problem;
>> wireless computer cannot. PING times out. I've checked all firewall and
>> other security-related settings and see no explanation.
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions!
>>
>> -Doug
>>
>

The most likely possibility is Internet security or proxy software. Also
some routers can block specific IPs on a per client basis. An unlikely but
possible cause would be a bad static route. On the problem machine open a
command prompt and: route print

See if you have a static route to the IP of the power company site or its
network.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"Dougbert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yes, both computers are pinging the same IP address. It works instantly on
> one, but times out on the other. Strange. Thank you for your time and
Happy
> Thanksgiving,
>
> -Doug
>
>
>
> "David Hettel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > When you attempt to ping the address on the computer that can't is it
> > trying to ping the same numerical value as the computer that can?
> >
> > C:\Users\DAH>ping dhl.com
> >
> > Pinging dhl.com [199.41.238.47] with 32 bytes of data:
> >
> > Reply from 199.41.238.47: bytes=32 time=85ms TTL=233
> > Reply from 199.41.238.47: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=233
> > Reply from 199.41.238.47: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=233
> > Reply from 199.41.238.47: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=233
> >
> > Ping statistics for 199.41.238.47:
> > Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> > Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> > Minimum = 83ms, Maximum = 85ms, Average = 84ms
> >
> > So in my example above (if dhl.com was the problem site) are both
> > computers trying to ping 199.41.238.47?
> >
> > --
> > David Hettel
> >
> > Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for
> > everyone
> > to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to
me
> > in
> > E-mail or news groups.
> >
> > Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> >
> > DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any
kind,
> > either expressed or implied, made in relation to the accuracy,
reliability
> > or content of this post. The author shall not be liable for any direct,
> > indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of,
> > or
> > inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post and
> > confers
> > no rights.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Dougbert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Problem: I cannot connect to, or even PING, one single Web site -- my
> >> power company! -- but can connect to everything else. And, the other
> >> computer on my small home network connects with no problem to the same
IP
> >> address.
> >>
> >> Network: DSL connection, wired/wireless router, 2 computers running
> >> Windows XP sp2. Wired computer can ping and connect with no problem;
> >> wireless computer cannot. PING times out. I've checked all firewall and
> >> other security-related settings and see no explanation.
> >>
> >> Thanks for any suggestions!
> >>
> >> -Doug
> >>
> >
>
>

Rolling back to the previous version of my Netgear WPN311 adapter software
(1.2 vs 1.3) resolved this unusual problem where I could not access a
handful of Web sites. Thanks,

-Doug