Your dialup settings seem to be correct.
If I was troubleshooting this problem, I would immediately uninstall any
and all Norton products and try again. You could also disable Norton
Internet security temporarily. This may be overkill for a dialup
connection anyway.
The free equivalents have been discussed many times in this forum, and I
recommend AVG anti-virus.
Bob Weis wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hugh Vandervoort" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 1:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Norton Firewall Blocked attempt
>
>
> Actually, if you're connected to the internet, you're on a network.
> That 255 number is a network mask (Which I've never really understood),
> but I believe it should be 255.255.255.0
> From the run line, type cmd, click OK.
>
> From the command line, type ipconfig /all (This will give you your
> network settings) and post the results here.
>
>
> Windows 2000 IP Configuration
>
>
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : YOUR-B80B6C408A
> Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
>
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
>
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Cable Disconnected
>
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-07-E9-DE-14-56
>
>
> PPP adapter Earthlink:
>
>
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
>
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
>
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 165.247.168.32
>
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
>
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 165.247.168.32
>
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 207.217.126.81
> 207.217.77.82
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>
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