From: Jonathan Graham (grahamj_at_virtue.cx)
Date: Sat Jun 08 2002 - 13:19:00 EDT
Actually it isn't an ICMP only problem. If you can resolve domain names
you're using UDP not ICMP (actually so does tracert).
J.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vincent Poy" <vince_at_pele.WURLDLINK.NET>
To: "STeve Andre'" <andres_at_msu.edu>
Cc: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: XP, OE & TP's
> On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, STeve Andre' wrote:
>
> > Are you sure that only ping and traceroute only work, or that when you
> > try a normal tcp/udp protocol you are using a domain name, and your
> > DNS service/setup is broken?
>
> Yes, I'm sure it's only ping and traceroute works and it's not a
> DNS issue because remember it's pretty easy to test the DNS theory by just
> using like http://21.6235.52.2 as a direct IP to bypass the DNS portion.
>
> > So does ping domain.com work, and ftp domain.com always fail?
>
> ping domain.com and tracert domain.com always works... ftp
> and using IE as well as telnet would say that unable to resolve host.
>
> > If so, that would imply a truly smashed stack, with only ICMP packets
> > working. I have never seen that in Windows--that would be a new
> > one even for me.
>
> Yep, I know... It's like weird since I've tried everything and I
> don't know if putting the machine at WinXP would actually fix the issue
> at all either.
>
> Cheers,
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> > On Friday 07 June 2002 06:50 pm, Vincent Poy wrote:
> > > Speaking about Internet issues. Has anyone seen a problem like
> > > this one before... On one of my friends machine, he was using AOL 6.0
but
> > > then updated to AOL 7.0 on a Win98 machine. For some reason, while
the
> > > AOL service would connect. The TCP/IP stack seems to be severely
broken
> > > since they can ping and traceroute but anything else like browsers,
ftp,
> > > telnet seems to run into a blackhole as it will seem as if the
connection
> > > is down since none of the traffic is hitting the connection. Even
when
> > > using a non ISP, the TCP/IP seems to fail during the authentication
> > > process. I've helped him remove the tcp/ip stack by editing the
registry
> > > and removing the Dial Up Networking and even updating to Win98SE but
the
> > > problem still remains... I've tried using a ethernet connection but
the
> > > problem is still ping/traceroute but all other connections fails.
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Vince - vince_at_WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __
____
> > > Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | /
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> > > ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | /
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> > > /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1_at_IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet
IRC
> > > Network Server Admin
> > >
> > > On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Tom Franklin wrote:
> > > > This might fix your password problem when using DUN to log into the
> > > > Internet:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2628304,00.html
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Tom Kenyon" <tlk1_at_sympatico.ca>
> > > > To: "ThinkPad" <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> > > > Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 2:53 PM
> > > > Subject: XP, OE & TP's
> > > >
> > > > > I don't know that this is a TP problem but if anyone can help I
would
> > > > > be grateful.
> > > > > I have had to revert to dial up and have set up my dial up
connection
> > > > > to include user name & password. When I click to go inline the
user
> > > > > name is correct but the password is wrong. No matter how many
times I
> > > > > ask it to remember the password I enter or delete and start from
> > > > > scratch the
> > > >
> > > > password
> > > >
> > > > > always comes up wrong. Anyone out there that can help?
> > > > > Thanks, in advance.
> > > > > TK
> >
> >
>
>
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