🚀 go-pugleaf

I am in the same boat myself.  All patches applied.  I can surf to 6 or 7
sites and then all of a sudden I get DNS errors for any other sites I want
to visit.  Reboot fixes this most times until I surf another few sites.


"Sammy" <sam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> All updated have been applied.  Another thing I just noticed.  When I
> do a bandwidth speedtest ( http://www.bandwidthplace.com ).  The Win2k
> computer always measures at about twice the speed - seriously!
>
> WinXP - 700-900 kilobits per second
> Win2k - 1.9 megabits per second
>
> The Win2k computer is noticeably a lot faster on everything.
>
> What's going on?
>
> Sammy
>
>
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 11:08:39 GMT, "Jim Orfanakos"
> <jim@-nospam-orfanakos.com> wrote:
>
> >Have you downloaded all the patches / applied all the updates for XP?  My
> >ISP (http://powerlink.adelphia.net/) states that XP has some connectivity
> >problems that are fixed with the updates.
> >
> >"Sammy" <sam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:kfht1us8dm57c745jnbi2hbmq5mlicsqkr@4ax.com...
> >> I've got a Linksys 4 port router sharing my AT&T Broadband connection
> >> between 2 computers.  One computer is running Windows XP and the other
> >> Windows 2000.  I keep having this intermittent problem on the XP
> >> computer only.  I lose my connection to the internet, or rather the XP
> >> computer loses its ability to resolve DNS.
> >>
> >> When the connection drops and I try to ping an address I get the
> >> following:
> >>
> >> ***************
> >> C:\>ping www.yahoo.com
> >> Ping request could not find host www.yahoo.com. Please check the name
> >> and try again.
> >> ***************
> >>
> >> If I ping the address itself - no problem!
> >> ***************
> >> C:\>ping 64.58.76.178
> >>
> >> Pinging 64.58.76.178 with 32 bytes of data:
> >>
> >> Reply from 64.58.76.178: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=242
> >> Reply from 64.58.76.178: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=242
> >> Reply from 64.58.76.178: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=242
> >> Reply from 64.58.76.178: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=242
> >>
> >> Ping statistics for 64.58.76.178:
> >>     Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> >> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> >>     Minimum = 44ms, Maximum = 56ms, Average = 47ms
> >> ***************
> >>
> >> All the while, the Windows 2000 computer can surf without a problem, I
> >> can ping my router, my modem, and the other computer on the network.
> >> I can also ping both the IP and the computer name of the other
> >> computer. In order to correct the problem, any of the following works:
> >>
> >> 1)  Reboot
> >> 2)  Ipconfig /release  - followed by  -  ipconfig /renew
> >> 3)  Simply right clicking on the network connection and selecting
> >> "repair"
> >>
> >> Anybody else having this problem?  Anybody know how to resolve it? All
> >> info welcome!
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Sammy
> >>
> >
>