I am trying to set up a dial-up connection (dont laugh) for a person to just gather web-based email.
I have subscribed to a local dialup provider and all that is rewuired to enter in the username password and phone number, no problem.
The issue I have is a lack of connection to most but not all web pages. I can connect to Google, NZ Herald loads but it never finishes loading, most other sites, including the ISP site, do not load, I just get the "Waiting for Reply" message.
The strange thing for me is I can ping the ISP both by their site name and number but no web page will load.
I am using an external modem and I have tried with two different computers, one running XP and the other on Vista. I have turned off all anti-v and firewall programs. I have tried IE, Firefox and Chrome, all with the same result.
Appreciate any suggestions.