Please help me: can't ping

[Guest]

I'm a newbie using broadband. Under the conectivity test, it shown DNS error
for ping test. I have ran the ipconfig/all test, it came out like this:

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Vel

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : lan

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Compatable Fast Ethernet
Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-45-0D-C6-7A

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 Maart 2005 12:43:06

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 05 Maart 2005 12:43:06 nm

But I really don't know what is it about. Could anyone help to spot the
error?? Thanks in advance. Besides, I already have all my firewall disable.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I'm a newbie using broadband. Under the conectivity test, it shown
DNS error for ping test. I have ran the ipconfig/all test, it came
out like this:

What connectivity test?
What are you trying to ping?
What isn't working?

ipconfig /all isn't really a test - it just shows you your computer's IP
config. Useful but not a test of anything.

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Vel

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : lan

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Compatable Fast
Ethernet Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-45-0D-C6-7A

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 Maart 2005 12:43:06

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 05 Maart 2005 12:43:06 nm

But I really don't know what is it about. Could anyone help to spot
the error?? Thanks in advance. Besides, I already have all my
firewall disable.

Enable your firewall ASAP. Never connect to the Internet without a firewall.
Your NAT device (broadband router/gateway?) is helpful in preventing
unwanted visitors, but it's not enough.

Also - if this is a device you have admin access to, I'd change the DNS
server IP from the unit itself to your ISP's DNS server IPs so that DHCP
issues them out to clients. If you can't do that, in your own computer's
TCP/IP properties for this connection, change the DNS settings from
'automatically configure' to the ISP's DNS server IP addresses. I've seen
some DNS problems crop up otherwise.