Workstation doesn't take DNS from server

[harg7769]

I am experiencing some problems with one PC on our network. All other
PCs have been setup in such a way that DNS points to the windows 2000
server. However if I try and do the same thing on this PC, I then lose
internet connection.

When I release and renew the IPCONFIG, it gives it a 169.x.x.x.
address, until I reset everything.

Our ISP pre-configured router handles DHCP, so the IP address comes
from there for everything on the network including the Server.

DNS on the server is setup to forward to the ISP DNS servers.

So, where am i going wrong?

I would understand if all the workstations were experiencing the same
problems but it is just this PC that won't work. At the moment it has
internet access and can map drives etc when DNS server address is
obtained automatically., but if I tell it which DNS server to use,
then the internety connection disappears.


regards

Andrew Hargreaves

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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I am experiencing some problems with one PC on our network. All other
PCs have been setup in such a way that DNS points to the windows 2000
server. However if I try and do the same thing on this PC, I then lose
internet connection.

When I release and renew the IPCONFIG, it gives it a 169.x.x.x.
address, until I reset everything.

Our ISP pre-configured router handles DHCP, so the IP address comes
from there for everything on the network including the Server.

DNS on the server is setup to forward to the ISP DNS servers.

So, where am i going wrong?

I would understand if all the workstations were experiencing the same
problems but it is just this PC that won't work. At the moment it has
internet access and can map drives etc when DNS server address is
obtained automatically., but if I tell it which DNS server to use,
then the internety connection disappears.


regards

Andrew Hargreaves

Check the PC's wiring and jacks, sometimes if it's just one machine with
this problem and the others seem fine, then I would look closer at that
machine. Also check if there's anything in the event viewer as well.

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[Brandon McHenry]

Replace the network card. The 169.x.x.x addressing is a standard
manufacturer setting that is preset when you get the card. If the card
will not keep an address and you have to reset the ip config every OS
load then replace the card and see if that fixes your problem.

Brandon McHenry

 

[Andrew Hargreaves]

Replace the network card. The 169.x.x.x addressing is a standard
manufacturer setting that is preset when you get the card. If the card
will not keep an address and you have to reset the ip config every OS
load then replace the card and see if that fixes your problem.

Brandon McHenry

Interesting. Thanks guys, I'll give that a go tomorrow.

Andrew H

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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Replace the network card. The 169.x.x.x addressing is a standard
manufacturer setting that is preset when you get the card. If the card
will not keep an address and you have to reset the ip config every OS
load then replace the card and see if that fixes your problem.

Brandon McHenry

Actually I wouldn't say it's a "standard manufacturing setting", but rather
the 169.254.x.x/16 address is actually called the APIPA (Automatic IP
Private Address) that Windows gives your machine if the DHCP server is not
available and you have the NIC set to obtain an IP address configuration
automatically (from DHCP).

I would replace the card as well, but I probably would check the wiring, and
the drivers first, event logs, or even changing what slot the card is in,
that sort of thing before changing the card.



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Regards,
Ace

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Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory