I found the xp firewall always seemed to stop what I didn't want it to and
didn't stop what I did want it to. That is strange, but I know my mother's
old computer once decided it didn't want to go to a site she plays games on
anymore, no reason for it, we formatted it and everything and to this day,
it won't go to that site where all the other computers in the house will. I
think we formatted it twice even with no luck.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: strange computer problem
> I'm running xp pro service pack 3. I've had that firewall turned off
> for years. Right or not, I depend on the router's firewall.
> 73
> Butch Bussen
> wa0vjr
> open Node 3148
> Las Vegas
>
>
> On Wed, 15
> Jul 2009, John Miller wrote:
>
>> what version of windows? if XP or vista, they have firewalls built in, XP
>> one is horrible, you're better off with out it and getting something
>> better,
>> not sure on the vista one, I seem to find that one a little better, not
>> what
>> I'd want for my only firewall, but with the one in the router and that
>> together I'm happy enough. That XP one was a complete waste.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 1:00 PM
>> Subject: Re: strange computer problem
>>
>>
>>> I don't know what a nslookup is nor do I know what a traceroute is. I
>>> don't have a firewall on this machine, do have spybot and windows
>>> defender and avast, but I think I've disabled these, but not sure I'm
>>> really getting them turned off. I can ping the address 72.46.157.51 and
>>> get a response on this machine, but don't get an answer from
>>> blindbargains.com. I got the address from pinging blindbargains on
>>> another machine. All are behind the same router, and so far, this is
>>> the only page that does't work. Oddly enough, if I go to google and do
>>> a search for blindbargains and try to go there from google, I can't get
>>> there either. I also replaced the hosts file on this machine with no
>>> difference. Any other ideas welcome. I'm kind of dumb when it comes to
>>> this sort of thing.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Butch Bussen
>>> wa0vjr
>>> open Node 3148
>>> Las Vegas
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Martin McCormick wrote:
>>>
>>>> Butch Bussen writes:
>>>>> Yep, tried that, I'll double check and try again. Oddly enough, it
>>>>> works on my other computers.
>>>>
>>>> That sure sounds firewallish to me. Do an nslookup on
>>>> the site and then a traceroute to that address from the computer
>>>> that has the problem and see if traceroute even gets to your
>>>> router.
>>>>
>>>> It could be that the firewall on that one computer got shut to
>>>> that address or that network. If there is no firewall, something
>>>> is sure acting like a firewall. Routers can do that but you said
>>>> that other computers on the same router worked.
>>>>
>>>> If you do have a firewall, temporarily turn it off and
>>>> see if the problem goes away. If it does, turn it back on and
>>>> then open the ports you need to that address.
>>>>
>>>> Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK
>>>> Systems Engineer
>>>> OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
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