XP pro DNS issue

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Hello World

Has anyone seen this issue before?

ISSUE
Two Systems system (A) is XP pro system (B) Win2 K
One is able to perform DNS resolution (B) one is not (A)
I have swapped cards and purchased 2 new NIC trying to
resolve this issue..

Environment:

(A) Windows XP PRO with a Dlink 10/100 à Dlink DSL
wireless router< DSL using PPPoA log in functions fine>.
This system fails to obtain DHCP info moved to hard coding
the address.. Manually configured IP to exist within the
subnet configured in the DCHP service of the router..

Ping function fine.. including a ping to the DNS server
but when I attempt DNS resolution of a "domain name" like
yahoo or bird.com I receive unknown host.

I attempt a NSLOOKUP and I an unable to resolve the domain
name of the DNS server and receive the standard server
unknown ...


(B) Windows 2000sp2 àDlink wireless PCI card ..
Function normally with Static IP or DHCP client..


Notable fact .

Ping DNS though router function fine from both system..
Card swapping had no effect on the problem
Wired or wireless NIC had no effect on issue..
XP pro has Firewall disabled..

System functioned fine .. During a 30GB backup of one
system to the other (2K à XP) the backup completed with in
a day network service ceased to function on the XP
station.

Any input would be welcomed..
 
we have seen a lot similar issues recently. this may help quoted from
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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Hello World

Has anyone seen this issue before?

ISSUE
Two Systems system (A) is XP pro system (B) Win2 K
One is able to perform DNS resolution (B) one is not (A)
I have swapped cards and purchased 2 new NIC trying to
resolve this issue..

Environment:

(A) Windows XP PRO with a Dlink 10/100 à Dlink DSL
wireless router< DSL using PPPoA log in functions fine>.
This system fails to obtain DHCP info moved to hard coding
the address.. Manually configured IP to exist within the
subnet configured in the DCHP service of the router..

Ping function fine.. including a ping to the DNS server
but when I attempt DNS resolution of a "domain name" like
yahoo or bird.com I receive unknown host.

I attempt a NSLOOKUP and I an unable to resolve the domain
name of the DNS server and receive the standard server
unknown ...


(B) Windows 2000sp2 àDlink wireless PCI card ..
Function normally with Static IP or DHCP client..


Notable fact .

Ping DNS though router function fine from both system..
Card swapping had no effect on the problem
Wired or wireless NIC had no effect on issue..
XP pro has Firewall disabled..

System functioned fine .. During a 30GB backup of one
system to the other (2K à XP) the backup completed with in
a day network service ceased to function on the XP
station.

Any input would be welcomed..
 
I'm having the same problem, only with XP Home. I can ping anything
by IP, but not by domainname. nslookup fails to find server even if I
try other external DNS servers, even though I can ping them fine.
Other machines on the network function fine, router is not blocking
dns. MacAfee firewall is disabled and service stopped.

What I have noticed is that in the registry on the broken machine,
HKLM\System\CurretnControlSet\Services\TCPIP\Parameters\DNSRegisteredAdapters
is blank, whereas on the functional machines, this key is populated.
I've tried ipconfig /registerdns, ipconfig /flushdns, all to no avail.
No entries in eventvwr related tot his issue. I AM logged in as an
admin of the XP Home PC. I've restarted the DNS Client service
numerous times. All adapters I've tried to install are doing this.
User states that it began after installing Linksys USB wireless
adapter drivers. I've uninstalled this, but I think it "took out"
some system files.

What's up? I haven't seen this before. Any ideas anyone?

Any suggestions are appreciated, about to re-install OS....
Jeff
 
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