The gist is I can visit some sites, and some I can't (newegg most notably).
Running Vista Home Premium SP1, McAfee Security Center, scanned with Trend Micro came clean, Spybot yielded a trojan that has since been cleaned and no effect to internet.
Some sites load, some load slowly, some don't load at all.
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=99021
My H/A thread going through everything I've tried.
Been through my ISPs tech support and they concluded that it wasn't anything on their end.
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2) I see from the H&A thread that someone had you do a traceroute -- can you post the entire output to a site that isn't working?
3) what ISP are you using?
4) From a command prompt, try doing: telnet www.newegg.com 80 -- do you get a successful connection?
2)
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 7 ms 6 ms 7 ms 10.97.240.1
2 5 ms 6 ms 4 ms static.unknown.charter.com [96.34.120.86]
3 206 ms 214 ms 215 ms static.unknown.charter.com [96.34.120.34]
4 28 ms 32 ms 27 ms static.unknown.charter.com [96.34.120.20]
5 309 ms 307 ms 307 ms 96.34.2.0
6 50 ms 38 ms 48 ms svl-edge-20.inet.qwest.net [65.123.13.141]
7 40 ms 42 ms 53 ms sjp-brdr-03.inet.qwest.net [67.14.34.10]
8 40 ms 42 ms 40 ms 63.146.26.42
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * * * Request timed out.
24 * * * Request timed out.
25 * * * Request timed out.
26 * * * Request timed out.
27 * * * Request timed out.
28 * * * Request timed out.
29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out.
3) I'm using Charter 5mb cable
4) after about 10 seconds of trying to connect, I get a black screen. Thats it.
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If you have a USB thumbdrive or a CDR/RW/DVDR/DVDRW lying about, throw any Linux livecd on it and boot up. See if you can access the Internet from it, and see whether the problem recurs. If it does not, then the problem is limited to your Windows install. Tell us and we can work from there.
If it recurs, then the problem is possibly your hardware, your router, or your connection. Troubleshooting any of these is best done if you have spare hardware or routers; could you borrow anything from a friend or colleague for an evening?
Also, I really have nobody around that I could borrow hardware from. Sucky.
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e: it looks like UNetbootin automates the process of installing to disc.
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Knoppix I could get to, and started dling, puppy is looking like its in the unreachable category.
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In response to 2 -- just for the hell of it try going to http://204.14.213.185 and http://216.52.208.185 and see if either takes you to newegg.
For number 4 -- you mean the text goes away and the DOS prompt becomes a completely black screen? If so, that means you have network connectivity to newegg on the HTTP port (i.e. it's not an ISP issue). I'd say at that point that the blame is with some application you've got -- either some kind of malware or some kind of firewall business that's mucking things up. The bootable Linux suggestion should prove that out one way or another.
I'm thinking of just saying fuck it and restoring this thing back to day 4 out of the box.
And no, no newegg via the ips.
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Managed to finally get to puppy, so I'm downloading that too.
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This must be horrible.
The worst part is, once I get my financial aid money, I can't order my parts until I get this fixed cuz I can't get to newegg!
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What. The. Fuck.
Also, I did a system restore last night for the hell of it, and yea, still.
STILL!
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Boot into Crunchbang or whatever that gives you internet access. If it runs Firefox or Midori or another easy-to-configure browser, a plus. Then start trying proxies based on lists like these or these or these.
Try see whether you can find a proxy server that gives you access to a site you know you can access (like, say, penny-arcade.com). Then try a site you can't access (like newegg.com). Does it work?
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A while back my sister bought a cheap Acer from Best Buy for her kid. It had a similar problem where it would randomly lose connectivity. It turned out to be a BIOS problem with the ethernet port. Downloaded and flashed an update and it started working properly.
edit: I see that it is an Acer after reading more of your H/A thread. Post the model number so we can check their troubleshooting and BIOS page.
Although, that seems to be a moot point since both Vista and Crunchbang have the same damn problem, and a broken windows drivers wouldn't effect Crunchbang.
Also, this isn't an issue of no connectivity, its selective connectivity. Connections to PA, Google, similar sites A-Ok. Connection to newegg.com, and other random sites, not so good!
Also, using 210.60.90.25:80 as a proxy I CAN reach newegg.
Success! But now, what the fuck is the problem?
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If there's a reset to factory button on your modem, hit it. Then insert all your Charter settings again.
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Good thing you have access to PA
DNS failure maybe? Try an alternate DNS
Also, try pinging some servers and see if any packets are lost.
Watch the blinking lights on your modem to see if its rebooting itself often.
this makes 0 sense given that you were able to telnet to it successfully.
you could try posting here: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/charter -- that main portion would be fellow end-users, but there's also a "Charter Direct" forum where Charter employees look at the posts. the guys that end up on dslreports seem to be (generally) more helpful than the random help desk monkey you get on the phone -- so it's worth a shot.
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Argh.
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No idea is mine is a model with ping. Mine is a Linksys circa 2006, the one I have from charter right now is a Scientific Atlanta (which I was suprised to see is a Cisco company also. When did that happen?)
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Yeah, okay, it's their problem now.
Which then translates to your problem nonetheless, but then the solution is "find another ISP". :P
I've been looking, but the only cable in my area besides Charter is Comcast... blah.
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I'm still unsure weather or not my cable modem is a dud or not, or if the entire issue with my modem was the TX/RX deal.
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