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Karen Rogers wrote:
> 
> hmmm, I found a hosts.ics file with a strange/ unknown ip address assigned
> to my computer.  It's not my modem address and it's not my NIC card address.
> What about it?  Should I delete that?  I also found two hosts files and two
> lmhosts files in my system folders, but I don't seem to be able to open
> them.
> (what type of "speed up" software might you be talking about.  I don't think
> I have anything like that.)
> Thanks,
> --
> <K ><l
> 
> "Hal Burgiss" <hal@burgiss.net> wrote in message
> news:slrnbhrsvb.1ft.hal@feenix.burgiss.net...
> > On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 22:09:42 -0400, Karen Rogers
> > <karennospamrog@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > > is doing this.  I have deleted cookies and temp internet files
> > > also...
> >
> > Do you have a "hosts" file? Or any software ever loaded to "speed up"
> > browsing?
> >
> > --
> > Hal Burgiss
> >

A bit of a far shot. But try increasing your time to live parameter 
for your packets.
When you try to ping the site what do you get?
When you try to tracert the site what do you get
Tell us what is reported in the TTL column when you ping a few of the
well
known sites that you can reach.

To everybody out there
When typin in ping commands I mistyped  accuwather.com instead of 
accuweather.com and was surprised to have it work :) Apparently
accuwather.com == 209.92.180.124  belongs to some outfit called
Accu-Find in wind gap PA. vs accuweather.com == 207.242.93.24