not able to access internet

[klh5978]

I recently did a disk cleanup on my personal computer which is 5 years old. Now I am not able to access the internet. But if I type in a particular IP address, it will load that page. How can I change the settings/networking to get it back to just "working normal" again?

 

[breezer]

its only a guess, but i think you are NOT connected to the net, the ip address you get is one that has been cached on your pc.

wht do you get if you tap in //www.diynot.com/forums/posting.php?mode=reply&t=16335

you should see this page, but i dont think you will, are you sure its actually connecting to the net?

 

[Igorian]

its only a guess, but i think you are NOT connected to the net, the ip address you get is one that has been cached on your pc.

He must be connected, he posted a query

When you say you type an ip address, do you mean that, or are you typing the URL? (80.87.131.172 is an ip address, //www.diynot.com/ is a URL).

Are you using an analogue dial up connection or broadband. What operating system.

 

[pipme]

Hi, is that Kirsten ? How is the weather in Texas these days !!

http://members.msn.com/?mpp=4263~5A...AAAAA6AAGkruE!gxaorhgMNzOUvxUTBoyB*eD9IKzeRc$

Please continue ............

 

[bodger67]

If you can access an internet page by typing in its IP address but not its URL then you have a name resolution issue. Check your DNS settings to make sure its set for the address of your ISP's DNS server. You can do this by opening a command window and typing:

ipconfig /all

Don't post the output, but check that there is at least one valid entry against "DNS Servers".

I don't know how a disk cleanup could have hurt this, but check anyway. What version of Windows are you running??

 

[breezer]

bodger67, do not bother, klh5978 only made 2 posts, that was the last one, Americans often post and go