On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 17:45 -0700, Dr. Scott S. Jones wrote: > If I can run WinSCP on a box running XP Pro, and with it access both Windows > and Linux on other machines on the LAN, and yet, from that same XP Pro box, > I am unable to access the net, is that possible? Should it be possible?
Yes > I have one application on this XP Pro box which is able to go out and > transmit over my cable connection, data to a claims clearing house, and yet, > if I open Firefox, or IE neither of those will browse the net...no > connection out. > > Similarly, ping out doesn't work. I can ssh from this box to others, in a > cmd prompt, but if I 'ping microsoft.com' it shows MS's IP, but says Request > Timed Out. So DNS probably isn't the issue > I guess the fact that WinSCP seems to work, is what throws me, but perhaps > that is just cause it works locally, but not out on the greater 'Net. > Is this a home network or work? Static IP or dhcp? What kind of firewall/router is between you and the Internet? Can you browse from the other machines on the LAN? What are your DNS servers on the XP box? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
