I can ping a real world address but I cannot ping localhost. The hosts file
is ok. I cannot ping yahoo. When I set the IP to obtain, it won't obtain an
address. If I give it an address and put in the gateway and dns, I can ping
the internet address, but not a friendly name. It sounds like a tcp/ip or
winsock problem. When I remove Winsock and remove the network adapter and
reboot, that should rebuild both, but the result is the same.
Any help?

Please post back with the result of nslookup command.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:34A2E7F1-B57D-405E-B746-A82ED825D064@microsoft.com...
I can ping a real world address but I cannot ping localhost. The hosts file
is ok. I cannot ping yahoo. When I set the IP to obtain, it won't obtain an
address. If I give it an address and put in the gateway and dns, I can ping
the internet address, but not a friendly name. It sounds like a tcp/ip or
winsock problem. When I remove Winsock and remove the network adapter and
reboot, that should rebuild both, but the result is the same.
Any help?

I will in the AM when I am in front of the computer.
Thank you for the reply

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Please post back with the result of nslookup command.
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:34A2E7F1-B57D-405E-B746-A82ED825D064@microsoft.com...
> I can ping a real world address but I cannot ping localhost. The hosts file
> is ok. I cannot ping yahoo. When I set the IP to obtain, it won't obtain an
> address. If I give it an address and put in the gateway and dns, I can ping
> the internet address, but not a friendly name. It sounds like a tcp/ip or
> winsock problem. When I remove Winsock and remove the network adapter and
> reboot, that should rebuild both, but the result is the same.
> Any help?
>

Well it appears that Winsock didn't repair. No Winsock entry in the registry.
When I netsh winsock reset, it get a file not found.

"To Old To . . ." wrote:

> I will in the AM when I am in front of the computer.
> Thank you for the reply
>
> "Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:
>
> > Please post back with the result of nslookup command.
> >
> > Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> > Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> > How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> > "To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:34A2E7F1-B57D-405E-B746-A82ED825D064@microsoft.com...
> > I can ping a real world address but I cannot ping localhost. The hosts file
> > is ok. I cannot ping yahoo. When I set the IP to obtain, it won't obtain an
> > address. If I give it an address and put in the gateway and dns, I can ping
> > the internet address, but not a friendly name. It sounds like a tcp/ip or
> > winsock problem. When I remove Winsock and remove the network adapter and
> > reboot, that should rebuild both, but the result is the same.
> > Any help?
> >

netsh.exe winsock show catalog is empty

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Please post back with the result of nslookup command.
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:34A2E7F1-B57D-405E-B746-A82ED825D064@microsoft.com...
> I can ping a real world address but I cannot ping localhost. The hosts file
> is ok. I cannot ping yahoo. When I set the IP to obtain, it won't obtain an
> address. If I give it an address and put in the gateway and dns, I can ping
> the internet address, but not a friendly name. It sounds like a tcp/ip or
> winsock problem. When I remove Winsock and remove the network adapter and
> reboot, that should rebuild both, but the result is the same.
> Any help?
>

nslookup
Can't find server

I was able to rebuild winsock, I replaced tcp/ip, the hosts file is correct.

I still cannot ping localhost or the computer name. I compared all the
services on another machine and they look the same. DNS is running. So what
is next. I have never seen this on any computer before.


"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Please post back with the result of nslookup command.
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:34A2E7F1-B57D-405E-B746-A82ED825D064@microsoft.com...
> I can ping a real world address but I cannot ping localhost. The hosts file
> is ok. I cannot ping yahoo. When I set the IP to obtain, it won't obtain an
> address. If I give it an address and put in the gateway and dns, I can ping
> the internet address, but not a friendly name. It sounds like a tcp/ip or
> winsock problem. When I remove Winsock and remove the network adapter and
> reboot, that should rebuild both, but the result is the same.
> Any help?
>

Posting the results of ipconfig /all and nslookup may help.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9A7FFCA3-C70E-4010-84FC-F68A9FFEC9C8@microsoft.com...
nslookup
Can't find server

I was able to rebuild winsock, I replaced tcp/ip, the hosts file is correct.

I still cannot ping localhost or the computer name. I compared all the
services on another machine and they look the same. DNS is running. So what
is next. I have never seen this on any computer before.


"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Please post back with the result of nslookup command.
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:34A2E7F1-B57D-405E-B746-A82ED825D064@microsoft.com...
> I can ping a real world address but I cannot ping localhost. The hosts file
> is ok. I cannot ping yahoo. When I set the IP to obtain, it won't obtain an
> address. If I give it an address and put in the gateway and dns, I can ping
> the internet address, but not a friendly name. It sounds like a tcp/ip or
> winsock problem. When I remove Winsock and remove the network adapter and
> reboot, that should rebuild both, but the result is the same.
> Any help?
>

Ipconfig /all is the same on this machine and the other machine I have that
runs OK.

Nslookup localhost
Server not found
192.169.0.23:53

Nslookup 127.0.0.1
Server not found
127.0.0.1

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Posting the results of ipconfig /all and nslookup may help.
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9A7FFCA3-C70E-4010-84FC-F68A9FFEC9C8@microsoft.com...
> nslookup
> Can't find server
>
> I was able to rebuild winsock, I replaced tcp/ip, the hosts file is correct.
>
> I still cannot ping localhost or the computer name. I compared all the
> services on another machine and they look the same. DNS is running. So what
> is next. I have never seen this on any computer before.
>
>
> "Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:
>
> > Please post back with the result of nslookup command.
> >
> > Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> > Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> > How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> > "To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:34A2E7F1-B57D-405E-B746-A82ED825D064@microsoft.com...
> > I can ping a real world address but I cannot ping localhost. The hosts file
> > is ok. I cannot ping yahoo. When I set the IP to obtain, it won't obtain an
> > address. If I give it an address and put in the gateway and dns, I can ping
> > the internet address, but not a friendly name. It sounds like a tcp/ip or
> > winsock problem. When I remove Winsock and remove the network adapter and
> > reboot, that should rebuild both, but the result is the same.
> > Any help?
> >

I would double check the DNS settings. This search result may help,

NslookupTroubleshooting Nslookup.exe. 1. *** Can't find server name for address w.x.y.z : Timed out. Cause: 1. the DNS server cannot be reached. ....
http://www.chicagotech.net/nslookup.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5006F9EA-0A99-4BFA-A38F-3D61F113D245@microsoft.com...
Ipconfig /all is the same on this machine and the other machine I have that
runs OK.

Nslookup localhost
Server not found
192.169.0.23:53

Nslookup 127.0.0.1
Server not found
127.0.0.1

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Posting the results of ipconfig /all and nslookup may help.
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9A7FFCA3-C70E-4010-84FC-F68A9FFEC9C8@microsoft.com...
> nslookup
> Can't find server
>
> I was able to rebuild winsock, I replaced tcp/ip, the hosts file is correct.
>
> I still cannot ping localhost or the computer name. I compared all the
> services on another machine and they look the same. DNS is running. So what
> is next. I have never seen this on any computer before.
>
>
> "Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:
>
> > Please post back with the result of nslookup command.
> >
> > Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> > Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> > How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> > "To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:34A2E7F1-B57D-405E-B746-A82ED825D064@microsoft.com...
> > I can ping a real world address but I cannot ping localhost. The hosts file
> > is ok. I cannot ping yahoo. When I set the IP to obtain, it won't obtain an
> > address. If I give it an address and put in the gateway and dns, I can ping
> > the internet address, but not a friendly name. It sounds like a tcp/ip or
> > winsock problem. When I remove Winsock and remove the network adapter and
> > reboot, that should rebuild both, but the result is the same.
> > Any help?
> >

nslookup

Default Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.168.0.1:53

I know this is the problem, I just don't know how to correct it.

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> I would double check the DNS settings. This search result may help,
>
> NslookupTroubleshooting Nslookup.exe. 1. *** Can't find server name for address w.x.y.z : Timed out. Cause: 1. the DNS server cannot be reached. ....
> http://www.chicagotech.net/nslookup.htm
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5006F9EA-0A99-4BFA-A38F-3D61F113D245@microsoft.com...
> Ipconfig /all is the same on this machine and the other machine I have that
> runs OK.
>
> Nslookup localhost
> Server not found
> 192.169.0.23:53
>
> Nslookup 127.0.0.1
> Server not found
> 127.0.0.1
>
> "Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:
>
> > Posting the results of ipconfig /all and nslookup may help.
> >
> > Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> > Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> > How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> > "To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9A7FFCA3-C70E-4010-84FC-F68A9FFEC9C8@microsoft.com...
> > nslookup
> > Can't find server
> >
> > I was able to rebuild winsock, I replaced tcp/ip, the hosts file is correct.
> >
> > I still cannot ping localhost or the computer name. I compared all the
> > services on another machine and they look the same. DNS is running. So what
> > is next. I have never seen this on any computer before.
> >
> >
> > "Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:
> >
> > > Please post back with the result of nslookup command.
> > >
> > > Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> > > Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> > > How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> > > "To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:34A2E7F1-B57D-405E-B746-A82ED825D064@microsoft.com...
> > > I can ping a real world address but I cannot ping localhost. The hosts file
> > > is ok. I cannot ping yahoo. When I set the IP to obtain, it won't obtain an
> > > address. If I give it an address and put in the gateway and dns, I can ping
> > > the internet address, but not a friendly name. It sounds like a tcp/ip or
> > > winsock problem. When I remove Winsock and remove the network adapter and
> > > reboot, that should rebuild both, but the result is the same.
> > > Any help?
> > >