XP Will Not use Domain Names!

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I have a home LAN with an XP Home and a W2K computer, a Linksys router and a cable modem.

Both computers have their TCP/IP settings alike, including specific DNS servers.

The W2K computer can access any Internet host using its domain name.

The XP can access an Internet host ONLYif I specify the IP address.

Is there some XP configuration that blocks DNS calls?

Or what could the problem (and the solution) be??

The LAN is fine -- each PC can see the other's drives and printers, and they both can
see the router and the modem.

Thanks,
Pete
 
Can you ping from a command prompt by hostname (try www.yahoo.com)?
If not, try stopping the DNS Client service and see if you can ping by name.
Do you have IPv6 installed by any chance? If so, check out this KB article:
815768 Application Cannot Resolve Some Domain Names
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=815768. The workaround for the issue is
stopping the DNS Client Service.
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I have a WinXP and a Win98SE connected to a linksys wireless router. They
can both surf the internet but they can't see each other. When I built the
network, I was able to print of the second computer but, for some reason, I
can't anymore.

What happened?

jrs
 
On a whim, I changed the TCP/IP setting from a specific pair of DNS servers
to "Obtain DNS server automatically" and now it works!

Can you explain that?

Thanks.
 
"J R-S" said:
I have a WinXP and a Win98SE connected to a linksys wireless router. They
can both surf the internet but they can't see each other. When I built the
network, I was able to print of the second computer but, for some reason, I
can't anymore.

What happened?
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These tips should help you get everything working:

1. Permanently disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on
local area network connections -- it's for use only on a direct modem
connection to the Internet. Disable and un-install all other
firewalls while troubleshooting. Details here:

Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/ic_firewall.htm

2. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the network
needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from all
but one of them. Details here:

Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_protocols.htm

3. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers.
Details here:

Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/netbt.htm
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Hello
All those instructions seem to be for the XP computer. I have no problem
with the XP or ME computers. Is the 98SE that is giving me trouble. First
it was connecting to the internet but not to the network, I could not print
on the network printer. Now, it can see the network but can't see the
internet. Even when I try to connect to the router, it won't connect but it
shows in the utility software as available.

Do I have to uninstall al the protocols and installing them again?

Why a wireless nic can see the router but can't use the router to connect to
the internet. Better yet, why can it see the router on the hardware utility
program but can't open the router using http://192.168.1.1?

I will appreciate any help you can provide. I just finished talking to
Linksys but after an hour, they just told me to go to a website to learn how
to uninstall the TCP/IP protocol because he thought that there was a
conflict in between protocols.

I am going crazy on this issue. What I thought was going to be easier is
becoming more complicated every day, wireless networking.

jrs
 
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