Ouch! There is no way I am "fixing" a problem in Vista by
disabling state inspection on my firewall. That has got to be a
joke right? MS doesn't actually expect us to do that, do they?
Painful.
--
-callahan
"Sam" <sam@nowhere.sss> wrote in message
news:82D89413-2A9B-4777-8926-2183C89C4347@microsoft.com...
> Actually, just right now I figured out the problem.
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=10
>
> It's apparently a feature called SPI on the routers that
doesn't sit well
> with the Vista TCP/IP stack. I hope some enlightened techie can
guide us
> through to disabling it or getting around it.
>
> Sam
>
> "Charlie" <Charlie@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:OS58VwL5GHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > Has anyone had a problem connecting to the Internet using a
Linksys
> > WRT54GS router? I am running Vista Home Premium RC1 and IE7.
When
> > connecting through the router (cat5 not wireless) I can only
get to
> > certain web sites. For example I can get to www.yahoo.com but
not to any
> > of the Microsoft Web Sites listed in the Favorites Center on
IE7. When I
> > bypass the router and attach directly to the cable modem
everything works
> > fine. This did not occur when running Vista Beta 2. I have
also upgraded
> > the firmware on the router to the newest version. Any
suggestions would be
> > greatly appreciated.
>