Problem connecting to internet with Windows 2000

[lgtran2]

I need help. Any suggestion is appreciated. Any ways, I have a broadband connection and my ethernet card is configured to obtain ip address automatically using DHCP. The ip addresses were all obtained correctly when I do a "ipconfig /all" in the command prompt. But then IE or any windows app that use internet doesn't work at all. I've tried all possible configs in IE but to no avail. It seems like there might be some service that causes the conflict. Any hows, thanks ahead of time for your help.

 

[RC5Bri]

I just wanted to make sure that you have gone to the Control Panel -> Internet Options->Connections -> LAN Settings. Make sure that it is set to automatically detect settings.

 

[lgtran2]

All that is configured w/o problem, that's why I got the ip addresses correctly.

 

[Ladi]

Are you able to ping domain names from the command prompt? IP addresses? Are your DNS server settings configured properly (obtain automatically or specified directly)? Are you getting any specific error messages from your windows applications?

~Ladi

 

[stingbandel]

Can you open the other computer with your comp right now? It's weird that you should be able to get the internet connection without any problem except that you are using modem to connect to the Internet then you should configure the ip address. In this case you just need to plug the cable and everyting should be set. Try to ping it first and see if you can see the other computer.

Darno

 

[lgtran2]

I can ping the ip addresses without any problem. Just that IE doesn't work, the error message from IE is the usual "Cannot find server" when you put in an invalid address like "www.adfssdds.com" in IE. But in my case, I put a valid address "www.yahoo.com" and I've got the error.

 

[lgtran2]

I am using another computer to connect to the internet. And yes, I do see all the computers in my nework neighborhood without any problem.

 

[randal]

your DNS is toasty ... being able to ping external ip addresses [try this one: 209.12.9.30] and not being able to hit domain names smacks of having a dns misconfiguration.

on my win2k ICS setup here, my laptop's ip is 192.168.0.33, with route set to 192.168.0.1 and dns set to 192.168.0.1. Make sure that your DNS is set to either be automagic or that it's pointing to the routing computer [as it handles the dns requests].

$.02
randal

 

[lgtran2]

Actually, all the dns and ip are all good through dhcp. I pinged www.yahoo.com and there's a reply, so I don't think there's any problem with the dns.