Re: Computer will not find DNS automatically...

"DD" <tobytoby50@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Kerry Brown wrote:
>> "DD" <tobytoby50@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>
>>>Thanks once more! The host file only has the one IP address you mention
>>>in it. I was looking for evidence that it was doing its job, how would I
>>>know?
>>>
>>>DD
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>>
>> A normal host file only has the one entry. It doesn't grow and isn't
>> normally used to resolve names. It is a leftover from the very early days
>> of ARPANET before the Internet. See the following link for it's origins.
>>
>> http://www.livinginternet.com/i/iw_dns_history.htm
>>
>> Sometimes malware hijacks the host file to point to sites they want you
>> to go to. From everything you have described so far it is not the cause
>> of your problem. When you have the connection set for automatic DNS does
>> ipconfig /all give you the same DNS server as the one your ISP told you
>> to enter manually? Is it the same as ipconfig /all on the computer that
>> is working?
>>
>> Kerry
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> The DNS shown when the computer is set for automatic DNS retrieval is not
> the same, only one DNS address is shown and it is the same as the Default
> Gateway and DHCP Server addresses. What does that mean?
>

What are the results of ipconfig /all on the computer that works properly?
It should be the same. The DNS, Gateway, and DHCP should all be the address
of your router. normally 192.168.xxx.xxx but it may be a different range.
The range is not important at this point. Any differences between the
computers is.

Kerry


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