My Windows ME system can no longer find the Internet with Windows applications. Using the DOS prompt, I can ping out to the Net, but apps like Internet Explorer return error messages.

If the internet seems to be slow when playing a game or downloading a file even at high speed, then there can be an issue with the ping. Ping Spikes often cause sudden lag and route congestion through ...

Life is not perfect, and sometimes your Internet speeds are going to be a lot slower than what you expect. But it’s not always a matter of your download and upload speeds. Sometimes ping can help ...

I'm still having unresolved issues with my DSL (details here), and going through this has made me wonder: what's a reasonable ping time to the ISP's gateway? PING l0-rb1.nwc.acsalaska.net ...