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7.6

Wireless Router isn't going to web, but does see other PCs

Asked by mythology8 in Miscellaneous Networking, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Consumer Firewalls

Tags: wireless, router, linksys

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I have the following set-up:
(2) Dell Desktops (downstairs - 1 w/old drives for storage & 1 I use for business) hard-wired to 4-Port Linksys Router
(1) Linksys WAP serving home hardwired to same router mentioned above and located about 20' from Router to be better located in center of home)
(1) Dell Desktop (upstairs - children's PC) which is using a Linksys PCI Wireless NIC card (type with antenna coming out of the back of the PC)
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My Home network is set-up as follows:
Workgroup is called: PWPNET
IP's are in uniform order: 192.168.1.11 / 192.168.1.12 / 192.168.1.13 etc.
My subnets and workgroup is uniform throughout network
I have all the same USERS/PASSWORDS on all PCs
All work fine less one mentioned below
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The problem is this:
I found my children's PC to be extremely slow after having been working fine for almost (1) year. It saw connection and saw other PCs on network but IE took forever to load smallest of sites (tried several - www.yahoo.com, www.msnbc.com etc.). I scanned for viruses (none), spyware (none - if you can believe that LOL) and connectivity (baloon in systray) showed VERY GOOD or EXCELLENT.
I could ping other PCs in my home but would 'time-out' on WWW sites (www.yahoo.com, www.msnbc.com etc.) if I pinged them.
What sites I could get to load w/IE would take forever, if at all.
I decided to reformat; assuming some unknown malware was the culprit.
Upon reformatting with all same settings mentioned above, I can once again see other PCs and WWW but the same issue exists - the 'net takes forever to load, but I can ping and see other PCs on network. It can go wireless from itself to other PCs on network, but won't go out of house w/out doing so at a crawl.
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I have never used Windows Firewall, instead using the following:
* Norton System Works w/Anti-Virus (but not their Firewall)
* ZoneAlarm Pro (Note: Have not had this running for last few days - for seperate reasons - so I assume this means it is not an issue?)
* Webroot SpySweeper
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I can appreciate the vastness of this question; but if anyone could tell me where to start looking in order to get this thing connecting to web I'd be very appreciative.
Thanks,
Jim
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