RichH
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I had two unrelated issues pop up on the same day. My domain name expired, and Windows Update screwed up my Windows (Vista) firewall which is weakened from sirefef infection last year. But everything was working OK before those two things.
The only firewall symptom I had after the update was Sonos PC Controller couldn't connect to Sonos players. The fix was was not really a fix, but a end run that I discovered last time this happened... Disable Firewall Service, reboot, Connect Sonos controller, restart firewall service. I have tried running the firewall fix widgets from Microsoft and ESET, no help. But it seems OK now, until the next windows update trips me up again.
The domain name stuff is fixed, the world can see my website, and my emails work.
The problem is that I can't browse to my own external website, and I can't browse to my own gateway/router in my home network at 192.168.100.1. I can browse to any other website, even ones I have never been to before. I have emptied cache on Chrome and IE, cookies, history, etc, all deleted.
I have done ipconfig /flushdns, /registerdns no change.
The weird thing is that a different Windows8 PC on my network also cannot browse to my website nor can it hit my router. But it can browse anywhere else outside. The router is the DHCP server, all PCs are dynamic IP. I can't remember what DNS servers I put in DHCP server, but it's probably my host ATT.net's nameservers. Of course I rebooted the router, and there have been no changes made to router setup for a year. Both PCs got cold boots today.
When resetting my Nameservers after the expiration, the rollout lag may have caused failure to find the hosts nameserver. But the Windows8 PC didn't try to hit my website until after I knew it was visible outside my LAN. I can see it on my wife's phone.
Any ideas what to try?
Thanks!!
Rich
The only firewall symptom I had after the update was Sonos PC Controller couldn't connect to Sonos players. The fix was was not really a fix, but a end run that I discovered last time this happened... Disable Firewall Service, reboot, Connect Sonos controller, restart firewall service. I have tried running the firewall fix widgets from Microsoft and ESET, no help. But it seems OK now, until the next windows update trips me up again.
The domain name stuff is fixed, the world can see my website, and my emails work.
The problem is that I can't browse to my own external website, and I can't browse to my own gateway/router in my home network at 192.168.100.1. I can browse to any other website, even ones I have never been to before. I have emptied cache on Chrome and IE, cookies, history, etc, all deleted.
I have done ipconfig /flushdns, /registerdns no change.
The weird thing is that a different Windows8 PC on my network also cannot browse to my website nor can it hit my router. But it can browse anywhere else outside. The router is the DHCP server, all PCs are dynamic IP. I can't remember what DNS servers I put in DHCP server, but it's probably my host ATT.net's nameservers. Of course I rebooted the router, and there have been no changes made to router setup for a year. Both PCs got cold boots today.
When resetting my Nameservers after the expiration, the rollout lag may have caused failure to find the hosts nameserver. But the Windows8 PC didn't try to hit my website until after I knew it was visible outside my LAN. I can see it on my wife's phone.
Any ideas what to try?
Thanks!!
Rich
