SocketException "network is down" Windows 98

Hi,

I have recently acquired a consistent problem accessing the internet through Java applications. Access through IE and Outlook is fine.

Applications run on a stand-alone Windows 98 PC.

Nothing I am aware of has changed recently.

I suspect there is something wrong with my Windows configuration, but don't know where to look.

Would appreciate all suggestions.

Regards,

David Wilson

Further details:

java version "1.4.1_01"

Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1_01-b01)

Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1_01-b01, mixed mode)

The following debugging program yields this exception with no bytes

exchanged over the net:

Network is down: connect

java.net.SocketException: Network is down: connect

at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)

at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:305)

at

java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:171)

at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:158)

at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:426)

at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:376)

at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:291)

at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:119)

at WebProbe.<init>(WebProbe.java:23)

at WebProbe.main(WebProbe.java:12)

Code:

import java.net.*;

import java.io.*;

class WebProbe {

Socketsock;

DataInputStream dis;

DataOutputStream dos;

public static void main(String args[]) throws IllegalArgumentException {

new WebProbe(args);

}

public WebProbe(String args[]) throws IllegalArgumentException {

if (args.length != 2) {

System.out.println("Usage: ...");

throw new IllegalArgumentException();

}

try {

sock = new Socket(args[0], new Integer(args[1]).intValue());

dis = new DataInputStream(sock.getInputStream());

dos = new DataOutputStream(sock.getOutputStream());

System.out.println("connected okay");

}

catch(Exception e) {

System.out.println(e.getMessage());

e.printStackTrace();

}

}

}

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