Network and Internet Problems

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I have a simple home workgroup, 3 XP machines, using
static IP addresses. I'm not using Internet Connection
Sharing - we just plug in the phone cord into the PC we
want to go online with. When the network is enabled, I
can connect to my dial-up ISP, but there is a DNS
problem. I can ping various websites using their TCP/IP
addresses, but not by name. It appears that it's looking
for DNS resolution on my PC. We've got to disable the
network to go on the internet.
I tried putting in my ISP's DNS server's IP address and
tried to put in independent DNS servers that was suggested
in one KB article I found. They still don't work.
How can I set up my system to have the Internet connection
work properly while the network is enabled?

jp
 
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Can ping public IPs but not web sites

Symptoms: 1. You can ping any public IPs but not web sites. 2. The routing
table and ipconfig look OK but you can't browse any web sites.

Resolutions: 1. Check the DNS, for example using nslookup to
troubleshooting.
2. To test, disable any firewall. If it works after disabling firewall,
re-configure the firewall and make sure the firewall doesn't black port 43..
3. Check the status of winsock.dll, wsock32.dll or download winsockfix to
fix the problem
4. Also try to disable DNS client service if you don't have domain network
or use ipconfig /flushdns to purge the DNS resolver cache.
5. Apply SP.
6. Try to logon another user.
7. Check Event Viewer for any errors
8. Remove and re-install NIC with latest drive.
9. Assign static IP, Gateway and DNS manually.
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