problem with lan connection

[p2ii]

all of the sudden this morning my comp. can't access my dsl through the linksys router. my laptop has no problem accessing it so know it's working. I'm pretty sure it's my comp. 'cause as soon as I bring up IE i get the error screen almost as if it isn't trying. Uninstalled and reinstalled nic drivers still no good. The OS is win2k.


Thanks,
P2ii

[YeOldeStonecat]

Getting the right IP info from the router still? If so, can you ping the router? If so, can you ping outside the router?

[objohn]

you've probably lost your ip address,
go to a command prompt and type ipconfig /renew

OJ

[p2ii]

sorry it took so long to respond

dhcp is disabled in my router i'm using static ip's on my lan.
I can ping my router but every attempt to ping outside comes up with unknown host.

[RoundEye]

Sounds like a DNS problem.

Try to ping www.google.com

and

216.239.39.101

If you can ping an IP and not a www, you aren't getting any DNS resolution.

You can also type in ipconfig/all at a command prompt to see if you have any DNS servers listed.

[rpeAMP]

As long as you haven't changed the IP of the router, go to http://192.168.1.1/ and make sure you have an WAN IP (look under 'Status...' tab.

BTW- If it asks for a password and you don't know it, try 'admin' (no user name needed).

[YeOldeStonecat]

Yeah that sounds like DNS.

You can ping the router, 192.168.1.1?

But cannot ping something like www.google.com?

Yet can you ping Googles IP....216.239.35.101?

Tis best to leave DHCP service enabled on the router, and assign static IP's outside of the DHCP range....as a safety net. Meaning, your router itself is 192.168.1.1, and it's DHCP hands out IP's in the range of 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.253. That leaves you 192.168.1.2 up to 192.168.1.99

So use that .2 to .99 range for static workstations.
Same subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
The router is the gateway for all...192.168.1.1
Leave WINS disabled
For DNS, you can enter the router itself, 192.168.1.1 as the router will simply DNS forward to whatever it obtains on the WAN side. Or...my preferred method for better performance (why bog down the router anymore)....I enter the 2x DNS servers that your ISP hands out. You can easily find out what those are by logging onto your routers web admin page, looking on the status tab. Or calling your ISP's support. Or your ISP's webpage support section (from another computer obviously), or any documentation that your ISP sent you.

[p2ii]

i think my tcp/ip is corrupted. if I set it to dhcp it works fine but any attempt to use a static IP and it won't work,but my laptop does.

[RoundEye]

Set it to a static ip, do an ipconfig/all at the command prompt, and post the results here. I might be able to tell you what you are missing.

[p2ii]

what's funny is,I set it back to static IP this a.m and it's working again.Same exact settings.......lol! Anyways here it is.


C:\>ipconfig/all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : p2ii
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR FA310TX Fast Ethernet Adapte
r (NGRPCI)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-A0-CC-5E-F2-84
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.11
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 151.202.0.85
151.203.0.85

[YeOldeStonecat]

Looks good then...leave it there.

Sometimes Win9X gets a bit hosed....and cannot pull from DHCP. I've seen this a couple of times. The registry can get a bit hosed. Look (search) in the network or software forum...a couple of months ago I came across it on a computer....someone posted a link or step by steps on what to remove from the registry...and it worked.

[p2ii]

thanks for your help :)