Lynksys wireless bridge only connects to search engine??????

Ive set up a wirelss system that are all linksys products. The problem
connection is with one of the games bridges 54G.

Unlike with a normal port, where you get to see your internet
connection in network connections, its not done this way. (Not sure
why!)

Anyway, the machine had been connecting fine without any drops or
hiccups. But in the past few days, it still connects to the internet
as proven by using google to find sites, but when any address is typed
or link in google clicked, I get page not found!

Now I could understand the problem if there was no connection and a
google search got "page not found" but this is baffleing the hell out
of me!

I should add, that as its on a small childs PC, I have installed
"iprotect" to guard against innapropriate material - but even with
that disabled, it makes no difference.


Any ideas how to get round this?



Cheers

On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 20:19:36 +0100, guv <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


>I should add, that as its on a small childs PC, I have installed
>"iprotect" to guard against innapropriate material - but even with
>that disabled, it makes no difference.

To clarify...... Just in case this was the cause, I have uninstalled
it. Unfortunately the problem persists....


Cheers

>>I should add, that as its on a small childs PC, I have installed
>>"iprotect" to guard against innapropriate material - but even with
>>that disabled, it makes no difference.
>
> To clarify...... Just in case this was the cause, I have uninstalled
> it. Unfortunately the problem persists....

The only obvious think I can think of is the DNS settings.

Aaron

On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 20:19:36 +0100, guv <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Anyway, the machine had been connecting fine without any drops or
>hiccups. But in the past few days, it still connects to the internet
>as proven by using google to find sites, but when any address is typed
>or link in google clicked, I get page not found!

I'll assume you have a WRT54G and are running Windoze XP.
In the future, kindly disclose what you're using for hardware and
operating system so that I don't have to wake the genie in my crystal
ball to devine your setup.

Look in the file:
c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\host
with an editor (i.e. Notepad) and see if you don't have a large
collection of lines that look like:
127.0.0.1 www.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 www.norton.com
127.0.0.1 www.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 www.antivirus.com
etc...
These will redirect these web sites to your own machine. DNS lookups
will fail. Delete all these except the line:
127.0.0.1 localhost
which needs to stay. Search for:
"browser hijack"
with Google for details.

You'll need to run run a virus scan and a spyware scan to make sure
you don't have any uninvited software running.


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On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 05:52:37 GMT, Jeff Liebermann
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 20:19:36 +0100, guv <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Anyway, the machine had been connecting fine without any drops or
>>hiccups. But in the past few days, it still connects to the internet
>>as proven by using google to find sites, but when any address is typed
>>or link in google clicked, I get page not found!
>
>I'll assume you have a WRT54G and are running Windoze XP.
>In the future, kindly disclose what you're using for hardware and
>operating system so that I don't have to wake the genie in my crystal
>ball to devine your setup.

He he. Yes point taken! Your assumption is correct regarding OS but as
mentioned the item is a bridge 54G game adapter which there is only
one - WGA54G

>Look in the file:
> c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\host
>with an editor (i.e. Notepad) and see if you don't have a large
>collection of lines that look like:
> 127.0.0.1 www.symantec.com
> 127.0.0.1 www.norton.com
> 127.0.0.1 www.mcafee.com
> 127.0.0.1 www.antivirus.com
> etc...
>These will redirect these web sites to your own machine. DNS lookups
>will fail. Delete all these except the line:
> 127.0.0.1 localhost

That was fine. Only localhost there.

However - have now discovered the problem!

A couple of nights back, the adaptor wasnt plugged in the mains - and
obviously didnt connect. I re-ran the network wizard, which
re-installed the connection. However - the firewall appears to be off
by default (That seems weird!) . Ive just noticed this - and turned
firewall on. Everything is now back to normal! ;-)

Thanks for your help

On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 09:53:47 +0100, guv <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>He he. Yes point taken! Your assumption is correct regarding OS but as
>mentioned the item is a bridge 54G game adapter which there is only
>one - WGA54G

So much for my crystal ball. I'll work on getting its guesswork
calibrated.

>A couple of nights back, the adaptor wasnt plugged in the mains - and
>obviously didnt connect. I re-ran the network wizard, which
>re-installed the connection. However - the firewall appears to be off
>by default (That seems weird!) . Ive just noticed this - and turned
>firewall on. Everything is now back to normal! ;-)

That is weird. In theory, the firewall, on or off, should not have
any affect on DNS lookups unless the DNS cache in the router is
affected. However, that should be cleared with just a power cycle.
You might wanna start over and reset the WGA54G to defaults with the
reset button (hold until the front panel lights flash), or the web
interface, in case some other settings have been hosed. I don't think
the setup wizard does a grand reset.


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On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 09:53:47 +0100, guv <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

<snip>

>However - have now discovered the problem!
>
>A couple of nights back, the adaptor wasnt plugged in the mains - and
>obviously didnt connect. I re-ran the network wizard, which
>re-installed the connection. However - the firewall appears to be off
>by default (That seems weird!) . Ive just noticed this - and turned
>firewall on. Everything is now back to normal! ;-)

Further to this....... any idea why a search engine request would get
shown with the firewall off - but not anything else?

All seems quite strange to me!

On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 19:30:35 +0100, guv <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 09:53:47 +0100, guv <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>>However - have now discovered the problem!
>>
>>A couple of nights back, the adaptor wasnt plugged in the mains - and
>>obviously didnt connect. I re-ran the network wizard, which
>>re-installed the connection. However - the firewall appears to be off
>>by default (That seems weird!) . Ive just noticed this - and turned
>>firewall on. Everything is now back to normal! ;-)

>Further to this....... any idea why a search engine request would get
>shown with the firewall off - but not anything else?
>
>All seems quite strange to me!

Yes. Just a guess(tm). The router has a DNS cacheing server. The
router does the DNS lookup and then delivers it to the client
computah. The client computah has it's DNS server settings set to the
IP address of the router. If the DNS cache in the router gets somehow
"stuck" with only the current IP's in the cache, it will only deliver
lookups for what it know (and is in the cache). If connectivity to
the internet fails, the router will still deliver DNS lookups for
what's in the cache, but nothing new can be added.


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