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the wharf rat
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      05-26-2009
In article <1d2532b4-ff8d-49a9-ad9f->,
Cacadril <> wrote:
>I can reach the Internet using Firefox, but not using Google Chrome.
>[...]
>Stranger still: using PuTTY, the ssh client, I connect to another
>computer on the local network. Using psftp, which comes in the same
>bundle as putty, the network is dead. I get the error "Network Error:
>Connection timed out" even as I run commands in the PuTTY window at


You have a firewall problem. Since it doesn't seem to be port
related (chrome and firefox are both using port 80) it's probably
an application firewall running on your windows box.

It's not impossible that you have some kind of malware infection.
They're known to cause similar problems. You can't diagnose this sniffing
from the effected host. You need to put a hub or tap in front of that host
and examine traffic as it arrives at its interface:


HUB
| \
| \
| \
host sniffer

You're getting misleading results because something's causing it
to discard packets before they get to wireshark. But a thorough software
audit would be a better place to start IMHO.

You might try putting a hair dryer on it... (ha ha)


 
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