Re: XP Home - LAN OK but unable to access internet

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In article <1123955551.911235.62950@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
says...
> Who is hosting the Internet, Your ISP via a router, or Your Linux Box?
> You need to be recieving a valid IP, and legitimate DNS addresses in
> order to connect to the internet.
>
> If using a router, Check that File and Print Sharing is turnned off in
> the properties of your NIC on your XP machine(for security reasons),
> and DHCP is enabled with automatically assigned DNS.
>
> If using your Linux Box, Make sure you do not have a limit set for the
> DHCP IP assigments.
>
> Furthermore, you could try "Create a New Connection" under Network
> Connections.
> 1.Connect to the Internet.
> 2.Setup Manually.
> 3.(If using a router, or your Linux Box)"Connect using a broadband
> connection that is always on".
>


Thanks for all this - of course it turned out to be something stupid -
incorrectly-typed default gateway IP address - which I thought I had
double-checked.


--

jeremy
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