Do they have DNS entries entered manually into their connection info? If those machines changed, then it would wank reaching beyond AOL.
Just a guess -- my last happy interaction with AOL was in 1997. --Ben Ray Champagne wrote: > So, my neighbor just asked me to take a look at his computer and see if > I could get it to connect to the net. I went over there, and he's > running AOL - and dial up. Sheesh, talk about the stone age. Anyways, > when you click "connect" within AOL, it takes a couple of tries, then > will connect. They can get their email, but when they try to get to any > web page using the browser, nothing. I pinged a known IP. That worked > fine. So, it seems that they are connected, but not able to browse. > Doesn't this seem like a really strange problem? > > What would be a good way to troubleshoot this? Any ideas? Please don't > say "don't use AOL" or "don't use dial-up". Their son uses AOL all the > time for school, chat, etc, and they aren't going to change that. They > also are on dial-up because they can't afford cable or DSL, at least > that what he says. > > Any help would be appreciated. He's a good guy and I really would like > to help him out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:188597 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
