Ping those two IP addresses timeout an local access only may not be related.
Can you access the Internet? Post the result of ipconfig /all may help.
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"jimb11" <> wrote in message
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> I used to get local access only about once a day but after I installed
> avast 5 it happens all the time. I have tried alot of different fixes
> that people have suggested on different forums but nothing works. I have
> tried to ping these two addresses: 207.46.131.206 and 131.107.255.255
> that have to do with the Network Connectivity Status Indicator but both
> of them time out. Can someone try to ping these two addresses and see if
> they time out for you? Could this maybe the problem causing the local
> access only? The only other thing I can think of maybe causing this is
> my at&t motorola 2210-02 dsl modem. Can anyone help me out here?
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> jimb11