Re: Can only connect to Google on second computer

Thanks for the suggestions. Please bear with me. I’m not that confident
working under the hood and not that familiar with some terminology.

The Linksys router PPPoE setup page lists DHCP as enabled.

The DHCP address range is based on my routers default I believe as you noted.

The values below that for DNS1, 2, 3, and WINS were all 0.

I changed the DNS1, and 2 settings to the Bellsouth DNS primary and
secondary (preferred and alternate) values from the Bellsouth support site
for “configure your DNS settings in windows 2000/xp” for my particular state.
Is this correct? I also changed the settings to my TCP/IP network settings
from “obtain auto” to “use following dns servers” to the same Bellsouth
values as for the router. Is this correct?

Even after these changes I have the same result. Can get to Google but
nothing else.

When I ipconfig release/renew I get values for IP address, subnet mask, and
gateway. I get no value for “connection specific DNS suffix.”

Any further suggestions or did I misinterpret the previous? Thanks.

Lloyd

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

In news:DA0C738E-E504-4732-9CEA-02E82A7EDD45@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Lloyd <Lloyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
I have two home computers connected to the Internet. Both are wired.
I am connecting through Bellsouth DSL (PPPoE connection) using a
Westell modem and Lynksis router. The router and modem are connected
to the phone/DSL line in my basement. The two computers are in other
rooms.

Both computers are running Windows XP. My primary computer is running
XP Media Center edition. I have sharing setup as well and can
transfer files between computers.

On my primary computer I have no problems accessing the web.

On my second computer I cannot access web pages. I have worked
through tech support with both Bellsouth DSL and Linksys. I have run
through settings with both reps and have done the typical ping tests
from the command line. Everything checks out and supposedly I am
connected and should be able to access the Internet.

On the second computer I have tried to connect to the Internet
through both IE and Netscape but same result, no luck. One odd
symptom is that I can access the main google page and first tier
google links (i.e. google news, etc.-- and these are not old cached
items. You see current news items for that day}. However, when you
try to click on any link to go to a news sources for instance, the
browser cannot connect and eventually times out. All other addresses
I have tried in the address bar have same result (bellsouth.com,
cnn.com, yahoo.com, etc., etc.). They all time out and don't connect.

I don't know if maybe I'm missing some simple Internet setting, a
previous setting I may have made, or if there is some other
configuration problem. I am not running any virus software or
firewall on the second computer. The second computer originally ran
Windows 98 and I connected through dialup. I purchased/upgraded to
Windows XP Home on this computer a year ago, but kept the computer
offline. I have added it to my home network this week.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

Lloyd

I'm presuming you've got DHCP enabled on your Linksys router, right?
What DNS servers is it setup to dish out? I think by default, a lot of
consumer-grade appliances such as this will specify their own LAN IP address
for DNS - but I don't recommend that. Change the DHCP settings so your ISP's
DNS servers will be used. Then try an ipconfig /release, ipconfig /renew, on
each PC and test again.




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