hello,
i've noticed a strange problem with my internet connection...i am connected to a college LAN and noticed that connecting to sites within the school's domain is instantaneous, but connecting to any site outside of the school's domain (such as www.espn.com) is extremely (<0.5kb/s) slow. this problem arose spontaneously and not as a result of hardware or software i recently installed. i've reinstalled windows several times. i've ruled out spyware and viruses by cleaning up the system with norton AV, spysweeper, and hijackthis, and by manually looking for unusual processes in the registry. i've worked with our IT person and tried flushing the dns cache and connecting via a static IP address, but that didn't help.
a different computer connected to my port doesn't have the problem. my computer connected to a different port still has the problem. so, i think the problem is localized to my computer.
the problem exists with any protocol that i use (TCP, FTP, IMAP, etc)-- ANY site within the school domain is quite fast but ALL other sites are quite slow.
computer specs:
Pentium 3 2.8Ghz
Windows 2000 Pro SP4 all critical updates installed.
mobo: SY-P4I865PE Plus DRAGON 2
network card: onboard Davicom DM9102 10/100 Ethernet adaptor, though i have switched network cards and that didn't help either.
any suggestions? thanks
ron
i've noticed a strange problem with my internet connection...i am connected to a college LAN and noticed that connecting to sites within the school's domain is instantaneous, but connecting to any site outside of the school's domain (such as www.espn.com) is extremely (<0.5kb/s) slow. this problem arose spontaneously and not as a result of hardware or software i recently installed. i've reinstalled windows several times. i've ruled out spyware and viruses by cleaning up the system with norton AV, spysweeper, and hijackthis, and by manually looking for unusual processes in the registry. i've worked with our IT person and tried flushing the dns cache and connecting via a static IP address, but that didn't help.
a different computer connected to my port doesn't have the problem. my computer connected to a different port still has the problem. so, i think the problem is localized to my computer.
the problem exists with any protocol that i use (TCP, FTP, IMAP, etc)-- ANY site within the school domain is quite fast but ALL other sites are quite slow.
computer specs:
Pentium 3 2.8Ghz
Windows 2000 Pro SP4 all critical updates installed.
mobo: SY-P4I865PE Plus DRAGON 2
network card: onboard Davicom DM9102 10/100 Ethernet adaptor, though i have switched network cards and that didn't help either.
any suggestions? thanks
ron
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