Re: Can't resolve domain names

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From: Paul Kent (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/05/04 

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 07:39:01 -0800

Here's the results of the solo Win2K Ping

I can ping the router (192.168.1.1) and itself
(192.168.1.3), but nothing beyond the router (yahoo.com or
4.2.2.2).

>-----Original Message-----
>Here's the IPConfig /all for the XP machine.
>
>Windows IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : pkent
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Peer-Peer
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : attbi.com
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR FA312
>Fast Ethernet Adapter
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-F4-41-
6D-
>83
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday,
>March 04, 2004 10:26:45 PM
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, March
>07, 2004 10:26:45 PM
>---
>
>I'm not sure what info from the router setup is
pertainant.
>
>On the LAN page I've got the following info:
>
>DHCP Setup
>DHCP Server checked
>Pool Starting Address 192.168.1.1
>Count 32
>Primary DNS Server 0.0.0.0
>Secondary DNS Server 0.0.0.0
>
>LAN TCP/IP
>IP Address 192.168.1.1
>RIP Direction Both
>IP Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
>RIP Version RIP-1
>Multicast None
>
>Finally, when the XP is connected by itself, it surfs and
>pings everything fine. When the Win2k machine is
>connected "with" the XP machine. It pings the router and
>the XP machine. I'll have to check what pinging the
Win2k
>machine can do when it is connected by itself. I know it
>can't surf, but I haven't checked what it can ping.
>
>I'll loose connectivity for a bit to try this. I'll post
>back with those results. I've got an appointment this
>morning, so I'll have that next post just after 10:00.
>
>Thanks for stickin with me on this.
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>ok, try getting the full ipconfig/all from the xp
>machine, what you put in
>>before didn't have the dns info for that machine which
>could be important.
>>also check the router setup, it should show you what it
>is using for dns and
>>an ip address from comcast.
>>
>>you say you can't surf or ping when 'both' are
>connected... what happens
>>when each one is connected by itself?
>>
>>"Paul Kent" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>in message
>>news:741701c4026e$e122d130$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>>> I don't know whether my router is set up as a DNS
proxy.
>>> It's not something we discussed last night.
>>>
>>> As for the blocking aspect, I checked with Comcast
>>> yesterday and they said all I needed to do was make
sure
>>> the router was assigning separate IPs to each machine.
>>>
>>> As for surfing instead of pinging. I can't surf or
ping
>>> from either machine when they are both connected.
>>> >-----Original Message-----
>>> >do you have your router set up as a dns proxy? does
>the
>>> xp machine use the
>>> >router for dns??
>>> >
>>> >one thing to check on, you say you can't ping beyond
>your
>>> router... some
>>> >isp's have blocked icmp traffic because of the volume
>of
>>> it that was caused
>>> >by the blaster and welchia viruses so that may not be
a
>>> valid test beyond
>>> >your router any more. surfing, telnet, or ftp would
>be a
>>> better test which
>>> >they would not block.
>>> >
>>> >"Paul Kent" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote
>>> in message
>>> >news:70be01c4023a$a13e4d30$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>> >>
>>> >> Here's what I get from the Win XP machine:
>>> >>
>>> >> Windows IP Configuration
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>>> >>
>>> >> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
attbi.com
>>> >> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
>192.168.1.2
>>> >> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . :
>>> 255.255.255.0
>>> >> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>192.168.1.1
>>> >>
>>> >> Here's what I get from the WIN 2000 machine:
>>> >>
>>> >> Windows 2000 IP Configuration
>>> >>
>>> >> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : oemcomputer
>>> >> Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
>>> >> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
>>> >> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>> >> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>> >> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : attbi.com
>>> >>
>>> >> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>>> >>
>>> >> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : attbi.com
>>> >> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR
>>> >> FA311/FA312 PCI Adapter
>>> >> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-09-5B-62-3B-
>>> >> 3F
>>> >> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>>> >> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>>> >> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
>>> >> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>>> >> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>>> >> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>>> >> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>>> >> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday,
>>> >> March 04, 2004 2:36:56 PM
>>> >> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, March
>>> >> 07, 2004 2:36:56 PM
>>> >>
>>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>>> >> >it might help if you did ipconfig/all on both
>machines
>>> >> and posted the
>>> >> >results. that may give us more of an idea of what
>you
>>> >> are missing. a stock
>>> >> >win2k installation should not need any upgrade to
>>> access
>>> >> the interenet via a
>>> >> >router as long as the network card is installed
and
>you
>>> >> can ping the two
>>> >> >machines from each other and the router from both
of
>>> them.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >"Paul Kent" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
>wrote
>>> >> in message
>>> >> >news:70ec01c4022f$32fd0e20$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>> >> >> I can't get my Win 2k machine to connect to the
>net.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I just installed a NetGear ethernet card and
>>> connected
>>> >> it
>>> >> >> to a Netgear router. The router has been my
>means of
>>> >> >> connecting my WinXP machine to the net for 6
>months
>>> or
>>> >> so.
>>> >> >> Now I'm trying to add the Win 2k machine.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I worked through this with Netgear tech support
>last
>>> >> night
>>> >> >> and we confirmed that the card and LAN are
working
>>> fine.
>>> >> >> I can ping the router and I can ping my XP
>machine,
>>> and
>>> >> my
>>> >> >> XP machine can ping the Win2k machine. But when
I
>>> try
>>> >> to
>>> >> >> ping past the router (yahoo.com, 4.2.2.2, or
>>> 4.2.2.1) I
>>> >> >> get nothing. Also, when the Win2k is connected
to
>>> the
>>> >> >> LAN, the WinXP machine can't connect to the net.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> The Netgear tech suggested that I need to
install
>an
>>> >> >> upgrade or patch to the Win2k machine, but since
>it's
>>> >> not
>>> >> >> able to connect to the net, I can't figure out
how
>>> to do
>>> >> >> that. Although this machine (WinXP) does
>connect, I
>>> >> don't
>>> >> >> know how to download any upgrades for a Win2k
>machine
>>> >> from
>>> >> >> this XP machine.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Since the Win2k software is OEM, MS won't give
me
>any
>>> >> info
>>> >> >> about how to proceed. Does anyone have any
>answers
>>> out
>>> >> >> there?
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Thanx.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >.
>>> >> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >.
>>> >
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

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