My Internet is acting odd.

[Arcades]

I cannot connect to some pages I alwase conect to.. and others that I almost never connect to. The big one is Google. Iv reset my ISP, turned off my anti-everything. I DO have a wireless router and was wondering if that might be it.

Im outa answers here. Any Ideas anyone? I know its not my computer. My roomate who uses the router is having the same problems.

[Star]

Here's what the phone support will tell you to do; give it a try if you haven't.

- Shut everything down by completely removing the power. Pull the cords out of the backs of the devices if you have to.
- Power everything back up, in this order: broadboand router (DSL modem, cable modem - give them plenty of time to sync up), then your LAN hub/router, then your computers.

HTH, HAND. ;)

[Arcades]

Thanks il give it a try.

[SheepDog]

Have you considered this?

http://wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,67223,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1

[not paranoid, really]

[indie]

OMG, I'm having the exact same problem. . . logged on to here to ask for help.

I cannot log into my gmail accounts and everything is being like molasses (sorry to all on IRC last night)

I also have a wireless router and network card, but on my other computer (that's not wireless), it's doing the same thing. I thought maybe it was mozilla, so I logged into MSN, and the same thing happens. I considered the possibility that maybe someone dug up a cable or something . . . anyway it's so damn frustrating.

(TY for the info, deepsky. I'll try that).

[YardGnome]

Check your host files. DNS looks there for address resolution before consulting your specified (or assigned) dns server.

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\host

Sometimes spyware can change entries in that file for phishing scams etc... That could be a potential source of the problem. Rebooting and unplugging will not fix it if this is the problem...

[Sir Isaac Lime]

It's not your internet, it's MINE

[indie]

Oh, I guess I forgot to mention that I've already run all three of my spyware-type programs . . . that was the first thing I did when it started being slow.

Well, TY deepsky. . . I can finally log into gmail, but the net is still slow. . . mainly the google-type sites, but oh well. Moving my laptop upstairs to be closer to the wireless router helps a little bit, but not much.

And speaking of wireless routers, I have a Q: How does one use WEP Encryption to secure a wireless area? For some reason, every time I try to put a password on my connection, it disconnects me from the net. I really need to read up on this stuff, but I've only had it a week. It's frustrating . ..

[YardGnome]

spyware scans do not pick up host file alterations