DNS address

[Mal]

I have three computers networked thru a (Netgear) router. Two are on XP
Home and one is on Win 98SE. I decided to bite the bullet and install SP
2 on one XP at a time in case I encountered difficulties. I did and I
did. After installing SP2 I lost network and internet connection on that
computer. I got the message that the connection was broken. I tried to
follow trouble shooting to get my IC back. When I opened up TCP/IP
Properties, both the IP and DNS areas were filled with some unknown
numbers. I put in the "Obtain automatically" buttons and got no change.I
then went back and manually filled in the IP address. I wanted to fill
in the DNS address but didn`t know what that was so I tried without any.
That setup gave me back the internet connection (it says it`s connected)
but I can`t open any websites. I checked my other XP computer to see if
I could see the DNS connections. I can`t. They`re obtained automatically
and the boxes are grayed out. I may have other problems but will have to
work on them when and if they arise. So -- dumb question No. 1. How do I
know or find my DNS address?? TIA

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

Use the internal IP address of the router - for most NetGear routers the
default is 192.168.0.1. This should also be entered as your default gateway
on the maually configured machine.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

 

[Mal]

Use the internal IP address of the router - for most NetGear routers the
default is 192.168.0.1. This should also be entered as your default gateway
on the maually configured machine.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

I have the IP address entered (the one you gave). What I need is to
fill in the DNS.

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

If your router is configured to allow your computers to share an Internet
connection, then the Router is acting as a DNS proxy server. On your
manually configured computer, enter the router's internal IP address
(probably 192.168.0.1) as your Primary DNS server. Do not assign this
address to your computer computer - give it something like 192.168.0.200.
Instead you could use your ISP's DNS server IP address for primary DNS, but
you would have to get this from the router's settings, or connect your
computer directly to cable/dsl and run ipconfig /all, or you could ask your
ISP.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP