As with almost any "DOS" command, if your window is too small to hold the
output, you can redirect it, either to page a screenful at a time
("ipconfig /all | more") or to put its output in a text file
("ipconfig /all >ipconfig.txt").

  Your addressing all looks fine, and as you say, the ping success indicates
you can reach the Internet *if your machine is told what address to connect
to*.  It just has trouble finding the addresses that go with Internet host
names, and I think if we can see the actual DNS parameters in use, we'll
know why.

Dave Gillett


On 23 Jul 2004 at 17:56, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> In a message dated 7/22/2004 12:43:32 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> More  likely, all three machines claim to be set to get the addresses of
> DNS  servers to use by way of DHCP.  It could be interesting to fire up  the
> "Command Prompt" and run "ipconfig /all" to see what server  addresses
> they're actually using for DNS....  Maybe the one with the  problem is
> getting set differently somehow.
>
>
> The way the network was originally set up was like this:  dsl modem  -->
> router  -->comp1, comp2, comp3, comp4.  The router was set  to use the subnet mask
> with ip's 192.168.0.1 thru 192.168.0.6.  The XP comp  IP is .2 and the
> non-internet connecting comp is 192.168.0.4.  The  non-internet connecting comp is
> seen and shares files over the network.  It  just won't connect to internet via
> IE but I can ping yahoo.com.
>
> Now if I can ping yahoo I assume that computer is getting out to the
> internet so there won't be any probs with the router, right?  I did command  prompt
> ipconfig /all but lost most of the info at top of screen.  I did an  ipconfig
> and it came up with:
>
> 0 Ethernet Adapter
>     IP Address..................:0.0.0.0
>     Subnet Mask...............:0.0.0.0
>     Default Gateway...........:
>
> 1 Ethernet Adapter
>     IP Address.................: 0.0.0.0
>     Subnet Mask..............: 0.0.0.0
>     Default Gateway..........: 0.0.0.0
>
> 2 Ethernet Adapter
>     IP Address...................: 192.168.0.4
>     Subnet Mask................: 255.255.255.0
>     Default Gateway............: 192.168.0.1
>
> Keep in mind there is only one NIC in the computer.  However when I do  the
> ipconfig on the XP comp here is what I get:
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>     Connection-specific DNS Suffix......: blank
>     IP Address...................................:  192.168.0.2
>     Subnet Mask................................:  255.255.255.0
>     Default Gateway............................:  192.168.0.1
>
> Ethernet adapter Network Bridge:
>     Connection-specific DNS Suffix......: blank
>     Autoconfiguration IP Address.........:  169.254.91.29
>     Subnet Mask................................:  255.255.0.0
>     Default Gateway............................:  blank
>
> PPP adapter {bunch of numbers}:
>     Connection-specific DNS Suffix........: blank
>     IP Address......................................:  172.153.22.174
>     Subnet Mask...................................:  255.255.255.255
>     Default Gateway...............................:  blank
>
> Back to the ability to ping.  If I can ping to the internet then I  must have
> internet access on the comp with IP .4.  So now I'm thinking  something is
> amiss in internet explorer and aol.  As I can't access  internet with IE, AOL or
> any IM programs.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Kevin Nowicki
>
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