Argh, another internet problem.

[jasandjules]

Can anyone help please (putting a bullet through the PC is an option).

The PC "Connects" to the internet, but won't display any pages. It comes up with the DNS screen. It also only transmits about 200 bytes or so? So realistically it isn't actually connecting at all, though it happily tells me it has done so.

It isn't my broadband though as I am able to log on using a spare machine. Don't think it is the modem as it seems happy and has both lights solid when it is plugged in.

Any ideas?

[jasandjules]

Working PC gives me round trip times etc..

Non-working PC says Ping Request could not find host google.com.
I also did a quick IPConfig /all, and it simply replied Windows IP Configuration, with no information.

[jasandjules]

Hmm, if I knew how to do that I maybe could, but part of the problem is that I can only have one PC connected to the internet at any one time, so I can't ping one PC from the other.

Not only that, I assume my IP addy is static, I use Virgin Broadband. I did try and put in a random IP address but it just did the same thing, and I also tried to get it to automatically assign an IP addy and that also failed.

edited to say

It has obtain IP addy automatically, and I put in a DNS server number...

Edited by jasandjules on Tuesday 13th March 09:45

[jasandjules]

Anyone else got any ideas? I will try anything, I can't access my e-mails on this PC so I need the old one sharpish !!

[jasandjules]

Hi,

For some reason it has decided to work, I plugged the old PC back in with a view to trying to ping google again and it accessed the internet fine.

Really strange?!?! I just hope tomorrow when I switch it back on it still works!

But thank you for your help.

Jas

[jasandjules]

Ta, I have done an IPconfig all and will print the thing off.