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pierrevr@webmail.co.za (Pierre van Rooyen) writes:

]I have the following problem.  Every time I try to access an secure
]website or a page with secure items the browser tries endlessly to
]connect to the page/item but with no avail.  No error message is ever
]returned.  This only happens when I try to access these sites as a
]client computer on a LAN with shared Internet connection.  I have no
]problem accessing the secure websites using the host computer.  I also
]changed the client computer to host and
]that enabled me to access secure sites.  I should also mention a
]secure site/item is always the cause for my browser's inability to
]connect to a site, that there are some secure sites that I can access
](althought it seems if it happens at a slower speed).

]I didn't have this problem when I used to connect to the Internet
]using a dail-up connection.  The problem started when I installed my
]broadband wireless connection.  As a novice I am not sure which
]protocol the wireless connection use but I have noticed settings for
]PAP, MPAP, CHAP and that type of stuff that is different from the
]dialup connection.

]I have tried a range of options to resolve the issue including:
]- Changing/disabling the firewall on client and host computer
]- Reinstalling Windows XP on both client and host computer
]- Trying different browsers
]- Toggling with SSL and encrypting settings
]- Toggling with the IPSec policies and even removing it with "net stop
]policyagent"

]Please feel free to forward this message to anyone/any newsgroup that
]you think might be better able to assist.

]Thanks in advance

I suspect this has absolutely nothing to do with ppp. It might be a
problem caused by NAT (Network Address Translation) going on either
with the firewall software in the host, or in the modem.