Internet Connect & NIS Message

Hello. I've had a problem for several days of not being able to log on to some but not all websites. DSL line quality appears to be fine and unchanged from usual. After trying several fixes I thought it might be a NIS firewall problem but at the suggestion of Norton tech support after several fix attempts we un-installed NIS2011 from the computer and the problem still persists so inclined to exclude NIS 2011 as the culprit. In searching for a fix I noticed the following 2 messages in my NIS History with the IP address xxx.xxx.x.xx being (as I understand it) my modem/router network address between the modem and Realtek network adapter. I frequently receive notices of an excluded attack from my own computer by name @ the above Ip address xxx.xxx.x.xx.
Curious if anyone can tell me the significance of the following messages and if the "IP address has disappeared from adapter Realtek..." in the second message could be at the root of my connectivity problem with about 30% of the websites I try to visit or login to while others are just fine and how I might fix the somewhat minor problem of NIS 2011 seeing my own computer as a threat?


Category: Firewall - Network and Connections
Date & Time,Risk,Activity,Status,Recommended Action,Category
2/5/2011 9:13 PM,Info,"Protecting your connection to a newly detected network on adapter \"Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport\" (IP address: xxx.xxx.x.xx).",Detected,No Action Required,Firewall - Network and Connections

Category: Firewall - Network and Connections
Date & Time,Risk,Activity,Status,Recommended Action,Category
2/6/2011 10:59 AM,Info,"IP address has disappeared from adapter Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport and is no longer being protected (IP address: xxx.xxx.x.xx).",Detected,No Action Required,Firewall - Network and Connections

Thanks in Advance,

Rob

turfspec-

 

try flushing your dns and see if it helps.

 

go open a command prompt and type this:

 

ipconfig /flushdns

 

after that do a repair of your internet connection by right clicking on the icon for the network adapter on the bottom right and selecting repair (or troubleshoot).

 

 

Whip - Thanks for your reply. Tried your suggestion but no joy. Still able to access internet and stay connected with no problem at my normal speed but unable to connect to or login to about 30 - 40% of websites I visit including some I linked  to via Google while researching this problem. Can't connect to Microsoft.com for instance but can sometimes connect to some of their sites but completely unable to access my Hotmail account. Driving me crazy - can't find a common thread to these failures and physical network connections all report and act as if functioning properly.

 

Rob

If you are using a router, try rebooting it by unplugging it for 30 seconds or so.

Thanks. First thing I tried.