Could not locate remote server

[Guest]

My flatmate is having difficulty connecting to the internet through my computer using web browsers. We have a 2 computer network setup and his connects through my computer (which is working fine) both on XP. At one point he could use browser

Every other web-based application on his computer seems to be working for example kazaa and msn messanger, but when you open internet explorer, it comes up with the age-old message "The page cannot be displayed".

I have reset the internet connection settings, uninstalled iexplorer to the previous version, run ad-aware and virus software, run an LSP-fix program. Finally I installed another web browser called opera. When you open this program it comes up with a more informative error message saying "Could not locate remote server."

Can anybody help??

 

[Fred Marshall]

Except for the apps that do work, it has all the appearance of a DNS
problem.
What DNS servers are being made available to the 2nd computer?
Run command line: ipconfig /all to see
Can the 2nd computer ping the outside world? (Not all servers will return
a ping, so try various ones. Check it on the 1st computer first to see that
you're pinging a site that responds).

There should be DNS IP addresses. And the 2nd computer should be able to
ping to the outside.

Fred

My flatmate is having difficulty connecting to the internet through my

computer using web browsers. We have a 2 computer network setup and his
connects through my computer (which is working fine) both on XP. At one
point he could use browser

Every other web-based application on his computer seems to be working for

example kazaa and msn messanger, but when you open internet explorer, it
comes up with the age-old message "The page cannot be displayed".

I have reset the internet connection settings, uninstalled iexplorer to

the previous version, run ad-aware and virus software, run an LSP-fix
program. Finally I installed another web browser called opera. When you open
this program it comes up with a more informative error message saying "Could
not locate remote server."

 

[Guest]

Hi Fred thanks for your help.

The ping on my computer works, but on my flatmate's it says the following:
"Ping request could not find host bbc.co.uk. Please check the name and try again later"

Details for DNS servers are as follows:

On my computer:

C:\Documents and Settings\Sheridan>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : sheridan
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethe
rnet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-2B-2D-E8-BB
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter Alcatel Speedtouch Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 80.176.146.145
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 80.176.146.145
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 158.152.1.43
158.152.1.58

On my flatmates, I just copied a couple of details:

I.p address 192.168.0.2
DHCP Server 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers 192.168.0.1

Hope this is useful.