Networking Problem - Please Help!

[sswingle]

Hi. I have a notebook computer with a USB network adapter. It connects to the network ok, and I can see shares on other computers. The problem is with Internet Explorer. It keeps saying the page can't be found. Oddly enough, after I ping 192.168.1.1 (my router), Internet Explorer starts working just fine.
I'm thinking this might be a DNS problem? I read in another post a while back about deleting the DNS lists in windows, but I can't find it again. Could this be the problem?

Any help is appreciated!

Scott

 

[RemyCanad]

What DNS Server are you currently using?

 

[sswingle]

I'm just using what Road Runner assigns me. It works great for all the other computers in the house.

 

[RemyCanad]

Are the DNS numbers in the same order on all the machines?

Can you get to the site with the IP everytime?

 

[JackMDS]

The Router should take care of your External IP, and DNS (Road Runner).

How your Internal IPs are assigned?

Also, make sure that the Laptop IE is set to LAN.

 

[sswingle]

The only IPs I can connect to at first are only internal. After I connect to something internal, it decides to work externally (usually).
Internal IP's are assigned through the routers DHCP.
I have gone through IE's setup several times telling it to connect through a LAN.