WTF??? I am stumped.

[Tazdrummer]

Comcast went out this morning. (Trust me... I get to the meat of the story now...)

I pinged 127.0.0.1 and it said "Request Timed Out". On the other computer, it worked. Comcast came back up, I can hit a webpage on the loopback failed one now.

Does this make any sense? OS is Win2k. I was considering redoing the hard drive on it anyways.

[Matridom]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Tazdrummer:
<strong>Comcast went out this morning. (Trust me... I get to the meat of the story now...)

I pinged 127.0.0.1 and it said "Request Timed Out". On the other computer, it worked. Comcast came back up, I can hit a webpage on the loopback failed one now.

Does this make any sense? OS is Win2k. I was considering redoing the hard drive on it anyways.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Before toasting your OS, try reinstalling the nic drivers and flush your TCP/IP stack (remove, reboot, reinstall) see if that helps.

[CJK]

Do you have a software firewall loaded on the computer?

[Tazdrummer]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Matridom:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Tazdrummer:
<strong>Comcast went out this morning. (Trust me... I get to the meat of the story now...)

I pinged 127.0.0.1 and it said "Request Timed Out". On the other computer, it worked. Comcast came back up, I can hit a webpage on the loopback failed one now.

Does this make any sense? OS is Win2k. I was considering redoing the hard drive on it anyways.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Before toasting your OS, try reinstalling the nic drivers and flush your TCP/IP stack (remove, reboot, reinstall) see if that helps.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I flush the OS every so often. Taint no biggy to me. Once I do it, I am gonna make a clean image.

[Matridom]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Tazdrummer:
<strong>I flush the OS every so often. Taint no biggy to me. Once I do it, I am gonna make a clean image.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Force of habit, at work (phone support) we are not allowed to touch regestry, needless to say, reinstalling the OS is a nono.. not even allowed to recommmend it. My favorite line lately has been "For that Issue, you'll need to speak with a PC technician."