Re: "connection timed out" problem

Skywise wrote:

> I just uninstalled the firewall and risked going online without it.

Why should that be a risk?

Better said: If your security depends on that packet filter, your
concept has a bring problem that cannot be solved by that packet filter.
Host security is important as well.

> No change. So at least in my case, the PFW is not the problem.

Did you check whether the driver was actually uninstalled? I've seen
these uninstallers fail too often.

> Next idea?

At least you can exclude this common source of error now.

Next checks:
- flushing the dnscache (ipconfig /flushdns)
- net stop DnsCache & net start DnsCache
- did you change some of the values in
HKLM\SYSTEM\CCS\Services\TcpIp\Parameters by a tuning tool or alike?
- does netstat or TcpView omit something about how long Windows is
waiting for the DNS reply?
Received on Mon May 1 01:04:04 2006