Re: The page cannot be displayed

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Date: 02/13/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 18:13:25 -0000

Thanks again,

1. You get this because in my previous post I said the router it not
providing DNS information to the workstation that is having the problem.

You mean my router provides DNS info to one PC but does not to the other?.
I wapped the slots in the router and this changes nothing. This means that
the problem is not in the router, but in the computer.

2. You either need to enable it in the router or you need to point the
workstation's primary DNS somewhere else.

Again I cannot compehend the logic of this. Two coomputers run the same OS
and are plugged symmetrically onto the router.
If one is working, the common sense tells me that the router and the
computer setting are OK, and instead of changing settings on one computers,
I should try to figure out what the faulty PC has set differently from the
right one.
I have the IP settings the same. But there are so many others IP and
network related settings wich just do not show up.
For example, I floated here a message about IP-routing. I have it enabled on
one PC and disabled on the other. But this shows up only on ipconfig /all
and nobody seems to know how to control this settings.

3. If it doesn't have a problem, then it doesn't need fixing.

I am confused. In the previos para I suggest I should change it, now you are
saying I should not.

4. You should only modify the workstation that has the issue. Do NOT modify
the workstation that is working.

This will result in two identcal w2k symmetrically connected to the router,
but configured differently - this makes me feel uncomfortable, unlese an
explanation is provided why.

5. However, only you can provide the information as to how the GOOD
workstation is configured.
All the settings in TCP/IP settings are identical.

6. > Yes. It told me something I already knew. The router is not providing
DNS information so you shouldn't point to it.

But how does the other workstation manage to cope with it?

"Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> wrote in message
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> <aa> wrote:
> : Thanks, Ronald.
>
> Roland but I'll answer to almost anything!
>
> : 1. It gets harder and then easier. It's hard trying to figure it out
and
> : when you do, you say, "That was an easy fix."
> :
> : Is it? You are not a Microsoft salesman, are you?
>
> Well, I'm a Microsoft Partner, so yes, but I'm not wearing that hat right
> now.
>
> : I have been suffering in this NG with the same question for two months
now
> : and still oneone could offer a fix, even a not an easy one. You probably
> : noticed that thought I floated several questions, they are about the
same
> : problem.
> :
> : 2. nslookup -q=ns bt.net returns:
> :
> : Server: my.router
> : Address: 192.168.1.1
> : DNS request timed out
> : timeout was 2 seconds
> : DNS request timed out
> : timeout was 2 seconds
> : *** Request to my.router timed out
>
> You get this because in my previous post I said the router it not
providing
> DNS information to the workstation that is having the problem. You either
> need to enable it in the router or you need to point the workstation's
> primary DNS somewhere else. Those are your only choices.
>
> : Please note that I have the same on the other computer which has no "The
> : page cannot be displayed " problem. Therefore it might not be relevant
to
> my
> : problem. But in any case it should work as you predicted - what needs
> : fixing?
>
> If it doesn't have a problem, then it doesn't need fixing.
>
> : 3. I got a non-authoritative answer because I do not have a bt.net zone
in
> : my DNS.
> : How do I find out is I have a bt.net zone in my DNS?
>
> That was informational. You SHOULD NOT HAVE one. You are not the
> authoritative server for bt.net and if you try to be, they'll not be very
> happy. That's called DNS hijacking but we'll save that for the security
NG.
>
> : 4. I would check the network settings of the router that is not working
> and
> : compare it with one that does
> :
> : I have just one router. All the "network" is two PCs and a router
between
> : them. Well, there is a third PC there, but not to complicate things I
> : willnot discuss its problems for the moment.
>
> That was a typo. router should be computer.
>
> :
> : 4. Regarding setting DNS on the other computer - I looks like shooting
in
> : the dark hoping to heat something. Why should I change these setting if
> they
> : had been working fine for the previous three months, and still work on
> : another computer?
>
> You should only modify the workstation that has the issue. Do NOT modify
> the workstation that is working. However, only you can provide the
> information as to how the GOOD workstation is configured. You have to go
> INTO the network settings to see. Ipconfig will not tell you how it got
the
> information for the DNS server. If it is static, meaning if it has a
value
> in there, you need to modify the BAD computer to be the same. If it is
> dynamic, meaning it obtains the DNS information automatically, then you
need
> to modify the BAD computer to be the same.
>
> : As you said at the beginning "It's hard trying to figure it out and when
> you
> : do, you say, "That was an easy fix."
> : To be able to say that one needs to understand causes - so far simple
> logic
> : tells me that no pint to chane settings on one w2k if the work on
another
> : w2k unless there is a clearly understood reason why.
>
> answered above - don't change what works.
>
> : Probably the result of nslookop mentioned in 2 give you a hint?
>
> Yes. It told me something I already knew. The router is not providing
DNS
> information so you shouldn't point to it.
>
> --
> Roland Hall
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