Allrighty guys, I'm stumped.
I'm running a run-of-the-mill Dell Dimension desktop at work (mid-range from about 3-4 years ago) that seems to, all of a sudden, not want to send most information upstream.
-Part of my job requires that I post information to a site via MovableType, which I can't do.
-I also can't log into a number of work-related (though not work-run) websites that require just a basic user/pass.
-I can't search on some webpages (newspaper websites, Anandtech forum), but Google and the like work fine.
-I can log into my Gmail via the web utility (no software clients) and receive e-mail, but cannot send.
-I can log on and post to/update Facebook, but I cannot log on to nor post to, say, LiveJournal.
Basically, my computer is useless for my job, and our IT guy doesn't know any more than I do (we're a real small company with Mickey-Mouse management) and this only started yesterday. Our network is, essentially, a glorified home network (DSL running through a new Linksys routers and switches, maybe an old Netgear hub in one part) that uses K9 Web Protection for both in-house network management (keeping "the kids" off Facebook, porn, etc) and, I believe that also serves as our primary firewall setup (but I may be wrong).
Furthermore, this problem only appears to be affecting MY computer, as everyone else's (including the one I am currently writing from) seems to be fine.
I'm stumped. What do you guys think?
I'm running a run-of-the-mill Dell Dimension desktop at work (mid-range from about 3-4 years ago) that seems to, all of a sudden, not want to send most information upstream.
-Part of my job requires that I post information to a site via MovableType, which I can't do.
-I also can't log into a number of work-related (though not work-run) websites that require just a basic user/pass.
-I can't search on some webpages (newspaper websites, Anandtech forum), but Google and the like work fine.
-I can log into my Gmail via the web utility (no software clients) and receive e-mail, but cannot send.
-I can log on and post to/update Facebook, but I cannot log on to nor post to, say, LiveJournal.
Basically, my computer is useless for my job, and our IT guy doesn't know any more than I do (we're a real small company with Mickey-Mouse management) and this only started yesterday. Our network is, essentially, a glorified home network (DSL running through a new Linksys routers and switches, maybe an old Netgear hub in one part) that uses K9 Web Protection for both in-house network management (keeping "the kids" off Facebook, porn, etc) and, I believe that also serves as our primary firewall setup (but I may be wrong).
Furthermore, this problem only appears to be affecting MY computer, as everyone else's (including the one I am currently writing from) seems to be fine.
I'm stumped. What do you guys think?
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