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by brianaaa12

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I have the damndest problem. Running Win98 SE with all critical updates. IE6 with all updates as well. I have an Intel Pro/100 NIC on a LAN with a DSL router.

My problem is that after a period of time IE simply loses connectivity to the internet. It NEVER returns an error. It just keeps "looking" then returns "This Page Cannot Be Displayed". However, if I go to a command prompt I can ping outside locations by IP or domain name. I can do a trace route, nslookup etc without issue.

I reboot and Im good for awhile. Usually < 15 minutes.

I have tried the following:
Removed then reinstalled IE6 and applicable updates.
Removed and reloaded all network items (Protocols, NICS, clients).
Did a "repair" of Win98 by reinstalling into the same directory.
Ran full virus scan with NAV 2003
Ran scan with Ad-Aware, The Cleaner, Spy Hunter and Spybot S&D.
Defrag/Scandisk.

This one has be stumped.

Brian

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by sgt_shultz

can you try another dsl router? or look to see if you router has an update? what does your isp say about this?

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