Windows XP Home Edition and DNS

[Heikki Kurkela]

Hi,

I have a problem with dns in my Windows XP Home Edition.
I'll try to connect WEP with Internet Explorer or Netscape
but can't browse any pages. I'll get a DNS error. ping
works fine with IP addresses but not any names.

Does anybody know how to resolve this kind of problems ?

Many thanks,

Heikki

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

Hi,

Where is the client pointing for DNS? Can other clients resolve names when
usingthe same DNS server? Have you tried pointing to a different DNS server?

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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Heikki Kurkela" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with dns in my Windows XP Home Edition.
> I'll try to connect WEP with Internet Explorer or Netscape
> but can't browse any pages. I'll get a DNS error. ping
> works fine with IP addresses but not any names.
>
> Does anybody know how to resolve this kind of problems ?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Heikki

[Heikki Kurkela]

Hi,

What you mean 'where is the client?'. I'll use a global
internet provider in Finland. Other clients as well my old
Windows 98 machine can obtain names and works fine. I'll
use 'obtain DNS server addresses automatically' feature.
So I haven't any choice to change or point to a different
DNS server. I think this error due to my WinXP
configuration but don't really know what's wrong or how-to
resolve this. What things should I check or do ?

BR, Heikki
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Where is the client pointing for DNS? Can other clients
resolve names when
>usingthe same DNS server? Have you tried pointing to a
different DNS server?
>
>--
>
>Thanks,
>Marc Reynolds
>Microsoft Technical Support
>
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>
>"Heikki Kurkela" > wrote in
message
...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a problem with dns in my Windows XP Home Edition.
>> I'll try to connect WEP with Internet Explorer or
Netscape
>> but can't browse any pages. I'll get a DNS error. ping
>> works fine with IP addresses but not any names.
>>
>> Does anybody know how to resolve this kind of problems ?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Heikki
>
>
>.
>

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

On the XP client go to Start/Run type "cmd" then in the command windows type
"ipconfig /all" and you will see the IP address of the DNS servers the
client is using. Try to ping these IP addresses.

Also are the XP clients using any Hosts files? Check your system
directory\system32\drivers\etc directory.

Try flushing the DNS client cache - ipconfig /flushdns

--

Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Heikki Kurkela" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> What you mean 'where is the client?'. I'll use a global
> internet provider in Finland. Other clients as well my old
> Windows 98 machine can obtain names and works fine. I'll
> use 'obtain DNS server addresses automatically' feature.
> So I haven't any choice to change or point to a different
> DNS server. I think this error due to my WinXP
> configuration but don't really know what's wrong or how-to
> resolve this. What things should I check or do ?
>
> BR, Heikki
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi,
> >
> >Where is the client pointing for DNS? Can other clients
> resolve names when
> >usingthe same DNS server? Have you tried pointing to a
> different DNS server?
> >
> >--
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Marc Reynolds
> >Microsoft Technical Support
> >
> >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> >
> >
> >"Heikki Kurkela" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have a problem with dns in my Windows XP Home Edition.
> >> I'll try to connect WEP with Internet Explorer or
> Netscape
> >> but can't browse any pages. I'll get a DNS error. ping
> >> works fine with IP addresses but not any names.
> >>
> >> Does anybody know how to resolve this kind of problems ?
> >>
> >> Many thanks,
> >>
> >> Heikki
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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