Can only access google.com

mitch04

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Hi, my laptop has internet connection from a wifi which works fine. It then shares Internet connection via eathernet to my desktop. Problem is my desktop can only access small websites such as google. I have been told its a packet problem. Anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks
 
Problem is my desktop can only access small websites such as google. I have been told its a packet problem.
hmm; how did you determine this - - someone tell you so?

Sovling website access is usually a
  1. DNS lookup failure,
  2. an entry in your etc\hosts file or
  3. some hack into your TCP stack.
let's start with
#1; get a command prompt and enter these two values
ping 8.8.8.8
nslookup google-public-dns-a.google.com
the first must not timeout; the second should return the ip address 8.8.8.8
If both work, the TCP is basically sane.

Test a few well known websites:
nslookup www.yahoo.com ==>
Addresses: 2001:4998:f011:1fe::3000
98.138.252.30
206.190.36.45
206.190.36.105
98.138.253.109​

nslookup www.google.com ==>
Addresses: 2404:6800:4005:804::1013
173.194.127.113
173.194.127.112
173.194.127.114
173.194.127.115
173.194.127.116​

nslookup www.techspot.com ==>
Address: 50.22.252.218​

If you can get these names to return ip addresses, you're well on your way.

#2 an entry in your etc\hosts file
SO, some sites fail?? try NSLOOKUP site_url
It should return their ip address.

If fail on the site url, then suspect the etc\hosts file and try this
(assuming you cant get to wedownloadmanager.com)
find /I "wedownloadmanager.com" \windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts​
I get back:
---------- \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS
127.0.0.1 wedownloadmanager.com
127.0.0.1 www.wedownloadmanager.com
because I choose to block access to that site
 
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