[Valerie]

No losses this am on pinging anywhere. I've put 143.166.224.202 and dell.co.uk in my hosts file and can now ping and tracert (see below) but still cannot open webpage.

Router (ethernet wired) Netgear RP614

thanks for help - this makes no sense to me!

C:\Documents and Settings\Challis>ping dell.co.uk
Pinging dell.co.uk [143.166.224.202] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 143.166.224.202: bytes=32 time=147ms TTL=235
Reply from 143.166.224.202: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=235
Reply from 143.166.224.202: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=235
Reply from 143.166.224.202: bytes=32 time=127ms TTL=235
Ping statistics for 143.166.224.202:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 126ms, Maximum = 147ms, Average = 131ms
C:\Documents and Settings\Challis>tracert dell.co.uk
Tracing route to dell.co.uk [143.166.224.202]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.2.1
2 10 ms 6 ms 7 ms 10.252.172.1
3 9 ms 8 ms 7 ms oxfd-t2cam1-b-ge95.inet.ntl.com [213.106.246.141
]
4 8 ms 7 ms 8 ms oxfd-t2core-b-ge-wan61.inet.ntl.com [195.182.174
.5]
5 11 ms 11 ms 11 ms bre-bb-b-so-033-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.187.13]
6 13 ms 12 ms 11 ms 195.50.91.129
7 20 ms 16 ms 17 ms ae-31-51.ebr1.london2.level3.net [4.68.117.30]
8 17 ms 16 ms 17 ms ae-1-100.ebr2.london2.level3.net [4.69.132.122]
9 16 ms 12 ms 17 ms ae-2.ebr1.london1.level3.net [4.69.132.146]
10 20 ms 17 ms 14 ms ae-1-100.ebr2.london1.level3.net [4.69.132.118]
11 * 86 ms * ae-4.ebr1.newyork1.level3.net [4.69.132.109]
12 84 ms 83 ms 98 ms ae-12-55.car2.newyork1.level3.net [4.68.97.149]
13 85 ms 82 ms 83 ms te-7-4.wch010.nycmny2.level3.net [4.68.110.22]
14 83 ms 84 ms 83 ms 64.200.249.149
15 87 ms 89 ms 88 ms hrndva1wcx2-pos1-0-oc192.wcg.net [64.200.210.178
]
16 87 ms 87 ms 87 ms hrndva1wcx3-pos4-0-oc192.wcg.net [64.200.89.122]
17 120 ms 120 ms 120 ms drvlga1wcx2-pos2-0-oc192.wcg.net [64.200.210.237
]
18 120 ms * 119 ms hstntx1wcx2-pos11-0.wcg.net [64.200.240.77]
19 122 ms 117 ms 119 ms hstntx1wcx3-pos11-0.wcg.net [64.200.186.78]
20 122 ms 124 ms 122 ms austtx1wce010-pos3-0.wcg.net [64.200.184.22]
21 142 ms 153 ms 135 ms 64.200.185.2
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * 208 ms * 10.180.82.89
24 130 ms 130 ms 129 ms 143.166.72.147
25 126 ms 126 ms 126 ms dell.co.uk [143.166.224.202]
Trace complete.

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : *******
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter LAN to router:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR FA311 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : **-**-**-**-**-**
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.168.8.100
194.168.4.100
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 29 September 2006 07:49:39
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 19 January 2038 04:14:07