Internet connectivity issues

[Phalanx108]

Alright, here's the situation.

I have a solid connection to my router, of that I am certain because i can access the web based GUI for it, however I cannot load a single webpage most of the time. All browser based activites short of the router GUI will not load, at all.

It's only webpages, but not only that browser. I have tried Firefox, IE, Safari and Chrome, none of which load. But when i say that it's only webpages, I can play online and use Teamspeak with 0 performance loss.

I have tried many things in troubleshooting, including the simple "turn it off and on again", switching ethernet ports on both the router and my PC, checking i have solid DSL and that it's not my ISP's end, factory resetting my router/modem, you name it, i've tried it.

 

Side note: This is the only computer on the network that has the issue. From this one i can ping to localhost and other computers in the network just fine, however attempting to ping this computer from others will not work. This led me to think it was a firewall issue, yet even after disabling both antivirus firewall and restarting it still hasnt changed anything.

I have performed full virus/malware scans too, clean.

Also, I get a connection for about 10-20 minutes if i restart the router, however it always returns to its current state. This makes it seem like a router issue, but it was working just fine up until recently, plus it's fairly new.

 

Any ideas?

[ousnius]

Strange... the only thing I can think of right now would be a corrupt Windows install or something software-related. :psyduck:

 

So you only have those problems in browsers?

 

EDIT: Did you try using CCleaner for cache and registry?

Edited August 26, 2012 by ousnius

[Vagrant0]

Try using a different DNS protocal.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System

http://www.opendns.com/

 

Sometimes it can be either your ISP not being able to resolve the connection, or blocking it outright due to their policies (becoming a common form of censorship being used). Or it can simply be their own sucky DNS service.

 

If it is a firewall issue, it's probably the one that is a hardware component in your router... Which you might need to fix by going through your router's console.

 

 

Beyond that, it can be something installed on your PC which is hogging all the bandwidth (some are made to evade common AV software or piggyback on other programs), a bad connection to the router, a line which is being stressed by a neighbor or another computer on the same network, or net throttling by your ISP. In some cases it can even be computers on a network fighting for dominance over bandwidth and the other computer(s) always getting higher priority.

 

 

If nothing else, I would suggest switching to an open and anonymous DNS service no matter what. It provides some level of safety against redirection attacks and keeps big brother from deciding what sites you should be allowed to see.

[Phalanx108]

Turns out it was a router issue, had to get a new one and all is good now.