Why would my internet connection only connect to AIM but not anything else?

[Syringer]

Did a reset of my cable modem (not using a router), used the repair function under network properties..but my web or MSN messenger wouldn't work, only AIM would. What could cause this?

 

[Fardringle]

Could be a DNS problem. AIM connects using an IP address, not a server name. MSN and Internet Explorer use DNS to resolve server names to IP addresses.

To test this, do the following:

Click on the Start button.
Click on Run.
Type CMD in the "Open:" box and press Enter.
In the Command Prompt window, type ping www.google.com and press Enter.
Report the results here.
In the Command Prompt window, type ping 64.233.161.99 and press Enter.
Report the results here.

If you get replies on the IP address but not on the name, then you have a DNS problem.
To find out whether you have bad DNS server info, or no DNS server info at all, type ipconfig /all in the Command Prompt and press Enter and post the results of that here as well.

edit: Fixed a typo in the instructions.

 

[Syringer]

Ah, that's interesting, didn't think of it that way.

It seems to work now though, thanks for the help!

 

[Kibbo86]

Aww, Fardringle didn't even get to pull out his Winsock fix.