This is not a Windows or Internet Explorer problem.

Did you 'power cycle' your cable modem (and your router, if you have one)?

Post your question in the Comcast Support Forums. Go to comcast.net,
sign in, go to Help and follow the link to the Help and Support Forum.
It's the best place to get knowledgeable help about your HSI.

By the way: The server that sends you e-mail is not the same one that
connects you to the web.

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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Ritter 197 wrote:
> I DID JUST THAT AND 30 TIMES IT "TIMED OUT".
>
>
> "Ricky" <rsjoiner@NO_SPAMbellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:yk60k.84699$%15.40168@bignews7.bellsouth.net. ..
>> Go to start..run..cmd and enter "tracert comcast.net" wothout the
>> quotes. You can do the same command with an IP address or name such as
>> comcast.net.
>>
>> "Ritter 197" <Ritter197@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:1F7760A9-5F59-4B68-9177-D12F7192C133@microsoft.com...
>>> I want to do a tracert on comcast.net (my ISP) and it always times
>>> out, yet
>>> I can get e-mail and see newsgroups.
>>>
>>> What does it mean then and what to do to do a tracert?
>>>
>>>
>>> "Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>> message news:25582E95-1456-4AA4-8689-A65D679A2D57@microsoft.com...
>>>> I would open a Command Prompt, and type:
>>>> TraceRT <address of server>
>>>> See if some part of your path to those sites is failing.
>>>> --
>>>> click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface.
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm see ''rate
>>>> a post''
>>>> Mark L. Ferguson
>>>>
>>>> "Ritter 197" <Ritter197@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:F640EFBC-9967-4D53-A434-F88EB65F288D@microsoft.com...
>>>>> I lately ( for a few weeks) get this message when I click on some
>>>>> hyperlinks (but by far not all hyperlinks, but many)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Connection Interrupted
>>>>>
>>>>> The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading
>>>>>
>>>>> The network link was interrupted while negotiating a connection.
>>>>> Please retry"
>>>>>
>>>>> I am using Windows XP, Mozilla Firefox most recent version, a HP
>>>>> 4200+Ghz CPU, and 3 GB RAM. The server is Comcast.net in the MD. area.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>
>>