> Grand_Poobah wrote:
>
>> --->
>>> Grand_Poobah wrote:
>>>
>>>> --->
>>>>> Grand_Poobah wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> This has happened four times in the last week to my Vista Home Premium
>>>>>> SP1 (with all updates). I appear to be connected to the Internet. I
>>>>>> can surf about half the items in my Favorites (using Firefox 3) and
>>>>>> navigate their web sites BUT some of my Favorites will give me a
>>>>>> "timed
>>>>>> out" page. It is never the same ones when this starts. At the time
>>>>>> this happens, IE7 won't go to the same sites that time out on Firefox.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am still able to view all my other computers (and some web sites) so
>>>>>> it is, in fact, still connected to my LAN and the Internet. After I
>>>>>> clear all saved pages and whatnot, on the sites that still connect I
>>>>>> can navigate them fully.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This happens whether I am connected wireless or wired (after turning
>>>>>> off
>>>>>> the wireless transponder). Rebooting will always clear the problem,
>>>>>> but if any one knows WHY this is happing I'd appreciate some insight.
>>>>>> TCP/IPv4 and 6 are both implemented under 'Properties' of the
>>>>>> connection.
>>>>> Try disabling IPv6 and see if that makes a difference.
>>>>>
>>>>> MVP Barb Bowman
>>>>>
>
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com/ipv6-how-to-unbind-from-a-nic-in-windows-vista/>>>>> How to remove IPv6 and Tunnel completely on Vista -
>>>>> www.howtonetworking.com/vista/vistaipconfig.htm
>>>> I should have mentioned before that I briefly tried to disable IPv6, but
>>>> when I restarted the computer - wireless - the process hung so badly
>>>> that I had to kill it. There were no entires in the Event Log telling
>>>> me why but it definitely hung. When I turned it back on again and
>>>> restarted, connection began almost immediately. That scared me off
>>>> enough that I didn't try it with a wired connection.
>>>>
>>>> It seems as if something is telling my browser to use an invalid DNS
>>>> address at times even though I have always used my router's address as
>>>> the DNS server on all my other (XP) computers. The message I get on the
>>>> browser status bar is "Looking up [whatever].com".
>>> Yes, saying what you already tried in your first post is A Good Thing and
>>> Saves Time.
>>>
>>> The First Question Of Troubleshooting: If the problem is new, what
>>> changed between the time things worked and the time they didn't?
>>>
>>> The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus
>>> status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and
>>> versions) did you use to determine this?
>>>
>>> Be sure the computer is clean:
>>>
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware>>>
>>> Malke
>> Aha! Got it! Your "What changed?" question hit home.
>>
>> When I was visiting my daughter down South late last month, we had to
>> alter my IP connections slightly in order for me to connect to her LAN.
>> She runs DHCP and I don't so we did all the normal things to change
>> the connection method, but one thing I forgot to do when I got back was
>> to remove the "Alternate DNS Server". Her LAN gateway/router runs as
>> 192.168.0.1 and mine is 192.168.1.1. When I got back I just changed the
>> Primary and forgot to change the Secondary. So, when I started up the
>> computer, I think it got confused as to which one really was valid and
>> started messing up.
>>
>> That, in itself, may not have caused the problem, but further research
>> into just how DNS works led me to finding the improper entry.
>>
>> The two of us spent a while on the phone solving this one. My computer
>> has been online today for six hours and not a single glitch. I'll post
>> back tomorrow after leaving my email client on all night. It scans five
>> email accounts on three different servers.
>
> Well, there you go! I'm glad you got it sorted. Thanks very much for posting
> your solution.
>
> Malke