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| Thread ID: 39129 | 2003-10-28 09:42:00 | WinXP Pro & DHCP | keyman (4790) | Press F1 |
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| 187280 | 2003-10-28 09:42:00 | I am administering 2 Lans using Jet stream and Routers and either a Nokia 1122 or SpeedTouch Pro ADSL set to DHCP. I am also using some Win2Kpro & WinXPpro PCs. The problem is all WIN XP Pro PCs need to be restarted every few hours to keep them with access to the internet. I am unable to tell if this is because of going into standby, IP change by Telecom ect or some other? When this happens I can get a web page to load if i know the IP address of the page. But if I try and type the www address i.e. www.stuff.co.nz it will not load. A restart fixes this for awhile untill it goes off again. The Network settings in each of the PCs are to auto config & Lan The funny thing is the Win2K PCs are fine and never need to be rebooted. I've tried Microsoft's help forum but they do not provide help to DHCP problems. I have also tried ipconfig /release and then ipconfig /renew to reset with the DHCP router but it does not work. Ideas would be apprecated |
keyman (4790) | ||
| 187281 | 2003-10-28 10:30:00 | While the DHCP may help you get an IP address, you will still need to have the DNS server address configured, this would explain why you can access a page by typing the IP address but not the www name as it is the DNS server that translates the WWW name into an IP address. I am fairly sure that adsl Routers don't contain a DNS server (but I might be wrong) Just enter your ISP's DNS server address in the DNS setting for your network adapter, you can leave it on DHCP for the IP address. | Odin (227) | ||
| 187282 | 2003-10-29 09:07:00 | Yes I think you are on to something here. I thought I would just leave the settings to auto obtain DNS but I have since put in the primary & secondary DNS and it appears to have fixed the problem. I'll have to try it on the other 6 machines over the weekend. The intresting thing about this problem is it only happens with XP Pro machines. Win2K machines never miss a beat. They are also set to auto obtain. I am using different ISPs at 2 different locations, 2 different ADSL routers, Many different Generic PCs with different Motherboards & Intel/AMD CPUs ect but the only thing the problem PC's have in common is XP Pro. (service pack 1 & all Updates) Intresting!! Thanks for your Pointer. |
keyman (4790) | ||
| 187283 | 2003-10-30 01:23:00 | I think the reason it only does it with the XP machines is that they have a built in DNS server into the OS, but in order for it to work you need to add the Domain names into the configuration file manually (don't ask me where it is though) I'm not 100% sure about this, I just seem to remember reading somewhere about it, but I can't remember all the facts maybe someone else can shed some light. | Odin (227) | ||
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