Re: SP2 causes problems with my network connection

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From: Hans-Georg Michna (hans-georgNoEmailPlease_at_michna.com)
Date: 08/16/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:47:23 +0200

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:01:02 -0700, "Torsten"
<Torsten@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>after installing SP2 I observe problems with my network connection. My PC is
>connected to a ZyXEL ZyAIR B2000 v2 router. All works fine before SP2. Now it
>seems that Windows doesn't get a nameserver address from the router. There
>are two DNS addresses if I look at the connection details but they come
>definitely not from the router. They must be some kind of "fallback"
>addresses.
>
>When I disable the connection and enable it again then Windows gets the
>correct DNS address.
>
>I've ZonealArm installed and the Windows Firewall disabled. The problem
>occurs also on a machine without ZoneAlarm and the Windows Firewall enabled.
>
>Did anybody else discover this problem?

Torsten,

no such problems here and haven't heard of them either. Perhaps
it is a specific incompatibility between your router and SP2?
Check the router's settings anyway, to be sure it isn't just set
up wrongly.

Hans-Georg 

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