you could also download and run wget on your usb stick. That would be about as close to a raw connection as possible.
It almost sounds like there's some kind of connection speed up software, or malware installed on the machine that's proxying port 80. My wifes laptop recently had this happen. On Jan 19, 2008 2:39 PM, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In FF, Tools->Options->Advanced->Network->Settings > > What is checked there? > > > On Jan 19, 2008 2:33 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > even installed ff using my usb stick and no dice. > > > > wtf > > > > arggghhhh > > > > On Jan 19, 2008 3:32 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > done did all of the above :( > > > > > > tw > > > > > > > > > On Jan 19, 2008 3:08 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > also check for firewalls, net nanny, wireless router firewall.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 19, 2008 2:06 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > cleared the temporary internet files? I think this was still a > > problem in 6.0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 19, 2008 1:48 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > hi there. > > > > > > > > > > > > i can: > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. connect to my wireless network > > > > > > 2. ping any NAME or IP address. > > > > > > 3. tracert any NAME or IP address > > > > > > > > > > > > i cannot: > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. use ie to browse anything > > > > > > > > > > > > immediately the browser goes to "the page cannot be displayed" > > > > > > > > > > > > i have: > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. used winsockfix.exe > > > > > > 2. checked hosts, lmhosts files, nothing out of ordinary > > > > > > 3. checked route print to see if there was anything out of > > ordinary... nothin > > > > > > > > > > > > ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > i think ive run into this before, but i cannot remember what the > > > > > > heeeck i did to fix'it. > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > tw > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > 'Never have anything in your life that you can't walk out on in > > thirty > > > > > > seconds flat, if you spot the heat coming around the corner' > > > > > > > > > > > > robert deniro - heat (1995) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:251388 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
