This is going back really far, but.... are they on, at least, Windows 95? In Windows 3.1 you needed a special winsock driver to be on AOL and use a browser outside it.
At 08:03 AM 12/17/2005, you wrote: >Subject: helping out a friend >From: Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:32:47 -0500 >Thread: >http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages&threadid=19797&forumid=5#188596 > >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. >-- >Ray -- Jeffry Houser, Software Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> My Recording Studio: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> Connecticut Macromedia User Group: <http://www.ctmug.com> Now Blogging at <http://www.jeffryhouser.com> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase RoboHelp from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=59 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:188628 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
