Re: Can only connect to Google on second computer

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I moved the second computer today and connected it to the working computer's
connection and I still have the same problem. I guess it must be an issue
with settings or software conflict on the second computer and not a hardware
or wiring problem.

-L

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

In news:B6CD3A74-8D53-4287-8AD3-41AD2F9767DA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Lloyd <Lloyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
I did a ping on whatever.com and got "request timed out" four times,
then ping statistics with an IP address - 4 packets sent, 0 received,
lost 4 (100% loss).

I'm hoping you didn't really think I meant whatever.com literally ;-)

All I wanted to see was whether this was a DNS issue. If you pinged
www.nytimes.com and saw it return the IP address, that indicates you don't
have a DNS problem - "unknown host" messages *would* indicate this.

I'm wondering if you're having a linksys issue. What happens if you
disconnect the currently working computer & plug this one in using that
patch cable?




Tried the winsock fix and rebooted. Still no luck.

Lloyd

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

In news:2C10B2F8-F65B-4B0B-B630-AAF73020C363@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Lloyd <Lloyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
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.

OK.

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?

Yes, unless you want to use someone else's DNS server. I like
4.2.2.1. It's easy to remember.

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?

No, not if you changed the DHCP scope to give out the IP addresses
you wanted.


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

Ignore the browser - can you ping www.whatever.com and get an IP
address returned, even if it doesn't reply?


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

That shouldn't matter -


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

I think you're on the right track. But, you might also try
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4372.html ?


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