If only http protocol is getting through, it may be a firewall...
so i can connect and use internet explorer but cannot use programs such as steam, war3, aim, yahoo, msn messager, and such. i just switched partitions and this might have been an ongoing problem, i dont remember but thats the main trouble.
thanks

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