Must re-boot to use IE

I have two PC's sharing a broadband connection (Linkysis wireless router) Each can connect to web (one runs IE 6.0 and the other 5.5) after a fresh re-boot. But after closing IE down and re-launching both will hang up and give me an error message. (Can not load page, can not find page, etc) The PC has to be rebooted before I can successfully re-launch IE, but then both work great.

I am not using a proxy server, I have a dedicated IP and a subnet IP listed. I have installed the Internet Connection Sharing setup. I have tried to repair IE in the add/remove programs folder. In the IE connections folder I have LAN selected and have nothing in that folder checked. Under Dialup VPN I have it set to never dial.

Both Browsers came from PC manufacture (HP and Toshiba) with a bunch of Yahoo toolbars and other **** on them. Maybe its a 3rd party extension problem???

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jason Fanselau
jason@fanselau.com

 

Why would you need a sharing application if you already have a router?

 

Running the Internet Connection Sharing was one of the solutions suggested on the MS IE support site. So I tried that to see if if would solve the problem. It didn't.

Jason