> I have no problems with my internet > connection and the site I want to reach is definitely up. When you're looking at problems like this, make sure you're using fairly simple tools. Don't use browsers, for one thing; something like telnet the.destination.system.com 80 to talk straight to the right port on the destination system is a better choice than a browser since you know telnet won't play games with things like proxies and caches. > Regarding Eric Hodel's question, I'm not sure if I am behind a proxy > (or firewall for that matter). How can I find out? This is the bit that makes me suspicious; if you don't know how to find out whether or not you're behind a proxy of some sort, what did you do to figure out that the site you want to reach is "definitely up?" If you're just testing that you can connect to the remote site by hitting refresh on a browser, there are possible things between you and the target that could give you misleading symptoms. - James Moore