Hello mark,   
      
   > On 2018 Nov 20 16:33:02, you wrote to me:   
      
   > wow, you have been through everything... one of the things i was getting at   
   > when asking about the nic drivers was if they were all using the same version   
   >of the source code for that driver... apparently, though, the problem is highe   
   >in the tree... you can get to the firewall but can't get out... IPv4 or IPv6 o   
   >both? i ask because i can do IPv6 internally to a point... i do not, though...   
   > IPv6 is stopped at my firewall because it doesn't support IPv6 (yet) and have   
   >all the mods i require... IPv4 just works... i've had a few machines that i ha   
   > to specifically disable IPv6 on so they would use only IPv4... until my   
   > firewall supports IPv6, i'm not even worrying about it other then some light   
   > reading here and there about it...   
      
   The router here supports both IPv6 as well as IPv4 and I currently have a   
   block of static IP's that I use. I have the DNS servers setup for both IPv6   
   and IPv4 use. I currently have the router's firewall's for IPv6 and IPv4   
   disabled. As I wanted to eliminate them as a possible cause. I had setup the   
   PC to use both IPv4 and IPv6 as the primary and the other as a fallback to   
   use. Neither arrangement made a difference to the connection problem. As I   
   think I mentioned I have replaced/upgraded the router to a newer one and it   
   made no difference to the connection issue of being able to make outbound   
   connections. I was able to connect and ping the router. Oddly I was also able   
   to ping the Google's DNS servers ok. But was unable to connect or ping Google   
   itself OR anywhere else.   
      
      
   Jeff   
      
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