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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