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Cannot find server+DNS
Hey,
I'm having a bit of an issue with Internet Explorer(IE6) when trying to dial-up to my ISP. It keeps coming back with the error 'cannot find server'. However I can browse to an IP address no bother. I can also ping the dns servers so i'm connected on their network. I have no probelm connecting to the internet through my proxy in work on the LAN on the same PC. Before I upgraded my PC from 2000 to XP i never had this problem. One thing i did notice was that when i dial-up to the ISP and check my settings the DNS connection suffix is blank??? I am using Service Pack 1 also. Any help on this is greatly appreciated. Tks Paul |
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Cannot find server+DNS
Hi, John -
You didn't say whether your machine was running XP Home or XP Professional, but if it's an XP Professional machine try opening a command prompt window and typing 'ipconfig /flushdns' (no quotes) and hit the enter key. If this solves your problem, stop and then disable the DNS Client service in Control Panel -- Computer Management -- Services I think your issue is that you're getting slow response from DNS servers so Windows XP thinks your DNS server is unavailable - and is removing them from the list of available DNS servers. If all your DNS servers are slow, they all get removed from the list and then you can't resolve hostnames at all ;-) The DNS conneciton suffix will be blank unless you're connecting to a Win2k or Win2k3 domain - it's nothing to worry about. good luck - "John Smith" wrote: Hey, I'm having a bit of an issue with Internet Explorer(IE6) when trying to dial-up to my ISP. It keeps coming back with the error 'cannot find server'. However I can browse to an IP address no bother. I can also ping the dns servers so i'm connected on their network. I have no probelm connecting to the internet through my proxy in work on the LAN on the same PC. Before I upgraded my PC from 2000 to XP i never had this problem. One thing i did notice was that when i dial-up to the ISP and check my settings the DNS connection suffix is blank??? I am using Service Pack 1 also. Any help on this is greatly appreciated. Tks Paul |
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Cannot find server+DNS
On 17 Nov 2004 05:56:51 -0800, John Smith wrote:
Hey, I'm having a bit of an issue with Internet Explorer(IE6) when trying to dial-up to my ISP. It keeps coming back with the error 'cannot find server'. However I can browse to an IP address no bother. An ISP dialup connection should not try to "Log onto network" (which is different from authenticating to your ISP). Do you have some sort of proxy setting in IE? What 'server' is it looking for? I can also ping the dns servers so i'm connected on their network. I have no probelm connecting to the internet through my proxy in work on the LAN on the same PC. Before I upgraded my PC from 2000 to XP i never had this problem. One thing i did notice was that when i dial-up to the ISP and check my settings the DNS connection suffix is blank??? You do not need a DNS suffix unless you want DNS for hostnames without a domain to search a specific domain for that hostname. Maybe it is looking for your work proxy and cannot find that at home. Try unchecking your proxy settings at home. |
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