home networking problem

[muzikool]

Update and new issue

The cable ended up being the right kind, but we replaced it because it turns out that it was faulty. We got a good connection between the router and PC, including a good IP, gateway, etc.

Unfortunately there is still a problem. Internet Explorer hangs on "Website Found. Waiting for Reply..." regardless of what site we visit, and the site never loads. I can ping any site 100% from the command prompt, so I figured it was a DNS issue. If I take a site's IP and put it in the IE address bar, the same problem still occurs. I tried tons of things, including:
- checking IE's proxy settings
- manually setting the IP, gateway, and DNS settings for the network connection
- going through the router's admin pages and checking the settings... the router recognizes the assigned IP and name of the PC
- rebooting the PC and disabling/re-enabling the network connection
- trying just about every TCP/IP setting I could think of
Anyhow, I've still had no luck. I set everything back to default and am waiting for some new ideas to pop in my head, or come from you guys. From what I recall, these are the current settings:
IP - 192.168.0.3
Subnet - 255.255.255.0
Gateway - 192.168.0.1 (router)
DHCP - 192.168.0.1
DNS - 192.168.0.1

Thanks for the help guys. This is ridiculous and I've never had so much trouble setting up a simple network.

 

[gonaads]

Have you tried another browser (Mozilla/Firefox/Opera) to see if it's not an isolated IE prob.?

 

[muzikool]

Ah yes, the one thing I probably left out...

My buddy's laptop is a Mac and is good on the wireless side. I downloaded the executable for Firefox 0.8 and put it on a USB key to transfer to the PC (since the PC has no internet). After several attempts, I kept being told that the file was corrupt... so I couldn't install Firefox. I even found a zipped version of Firebird 0.7 to try, but it was corrupt too! There shouldn't be a problem with downloading a Windows file to a Mac and then transferring it, should there?

Anyhow, I never did get to try another browser. I'm going to get a copy of Firefox from home and take it over on Sunday. I just can't win, can I?