What DNS addres to use on internal network?

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Hi there,

I'm having a problem with DNS on my home network. My setup is as
follows

Desktop
Incoming pipex adsl connection using modem - gets ip details
automaticall from ISP. This is set as shared.
Wireless network card
ip:192.168.8.2
subnet255.255.255.0
gateway: 192.168.8.2

DNS ip: 192.168.8.2

Laptop
Using wireless to connect to desktop PC using the following details:
ip:192.168.8.3
subnet255.255.255.0
gateway: 192.168.8.2

DNS ip: 192.168.8.2

I can connect the two machines together and see each machine across the
network. I can ping each machine from each one.

I am having a problem getting the internet to work properly on the
laptop. I am unable to ping www.bbc.co.uk from the laptop. When i
ping www.bbc.co.uk from the PC directly connected to the net i get an
IP address. I can then goto the latop and type this IP address into
the browser and get the BBC site.

I think this is down to a problem with the DNS setting on the wireless
card on the desktop. Can anyone help? What DNS address should i be
using for the DNS server on the desktop computer?

Thanks for the help, much appreciated.
 
In most cases, the home network uses the router as DNS. If that doesn't work, you can try ISP DNS. What do you receive if using nslookup command?

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Hi there,

I'm having a problem with DNS on my home network. My setup is as
follows

Desktop
Incoming pipex adsl connection using modem - gets ip details
automaticall from ISP. This is set as shared.
Wireless network card
ip:192.168.8.2
subnet255.255.255.0
gateway: 192.168.8.2

DNS ip: 192.168.8.2

Laptop
Using wireless to connect to desktop PC using the following details:
ip:192.168.8.3
subnet255.255.255.0
gateway: 192.168.8.2

DNS ip: 192.168.8.2

I can connect the two machines together and see each machine across the
network. I can ping each machine from each one.

I am having a problem getting the internet to work properly on the
laptop. I am unable to ping www.bbc.co.uk from the laptop. When i
ping www.bbc.co.uk from the PC directly connected to the net i get an
IP address. I can then goto the latop and type this IP address into
the browser and get the BBC site.

I think this is down to a problem with the DNS setting on the wireless
card on the desktop. Can anyone help? What DNS address should i be
using for the DNS server on the desktop computer?

Thanks for the help, much appreciated.
 
Just added the dns details from my pipex connection into the wireless
card on the laptop. All working now.

Thanks for the help
 
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