On 19 Feb 99, at 5:45, John Gartee wrote:
> Check your TCP/IP setting under protocol (right click Network Neighborhood
> and select properties). Your ISP should provide you with a DNS (Domain
> Name System) address which your system uses to look up the name you type
> in (ie-www.yahoo.com) and return the IP address (204.71.200.69), which is
> what your system *really* uses to communicate during an online session
> under TCP/IP (or PPP) protocols. John Gartee [log in to unmask]
While it is true that an incorrect/missing DNS setting would interfere
with browsing, odds are good that it would ALSO interfere with sending
mail (which the original message said was "functioning properly"). The
follow-up -- which the above was responding to -- was reporting that
the ISP uses a proxy server, and that the problem has been fixed by
configuring the browser to reflect that. [This scenario is
characterized by the ability to reach servers internal to the ISP,
including by name, but not external addresses.]
David G
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alan Priol [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 1998 11:37 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Dial-up networking
> >
> >
> > Original message:-
> >
> > After setting up dial-up networking on a friends computer, a problem has
> >
> > come up.
> > Logging on to the ISP works fine, also sending mail is functioning
> > properly, however when trying to use Internet Explorer we are unable to
> > connect to any URL,s. We are using IE 3.02, so then Netscape 4.04 was
> > installed, but with the same result. Where am I going wrong?. Every
> > thing works fine on my system, but refuses to work on his, which is a
> > new 200Mhz computer. Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Alan P.
> >
> > Just to give my thanks to the responders to the above and inform that
> > the problem was solved with a late posting from the ISP to set up the
> > connection through a proxy server. It helps to have all the required
> > information at the start. Now they are surfing like a pro.
> >
> > AlanP.
David G
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