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| Thread ID: 66481 | 2006-02-24 20:44:00 | Network DNS value? | allanl (1957) | Press F1 |
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| 433444 | 2006-02-24 20:44:00 | I have a 2 pc network set up as: Computer (XP SP2) Laptop (XP SP2) | Hub | DSL-500 ADSL Router (192.168.0.1) | Internet Both machines are set to obtain IP and DNS addresses automatically. When I boot either of the machines and get to the XP desktop, it takes ages for them to resolve the network address (the taskbar icon says resolving network address and it takes like 5 minutes). I'd like to enter the values manually but I'm confused about what the gateway and DNS values should be. What would I use for the DNS? and would using the router address as the gateway be correct? eg the laptop would be: IP 192.168.0.20 subnet 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.1 ??? TIA |
allanl (1957) | ||
| 433445 | 2006-02-24 21:06:00 | Enter the ips in manually. Putting them on obtain an ip automatically, they'll change if u reboot. The gateway wld be 192.168.0.1,well depending on what the ip is for the router. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 433446 | 2006-02-24 21:13:00 | That addresses the gateway, now all I need is help with the DNS. Forgot to mention, XP Pro SP2 runs on both machines. |
allanl (1957) | ||
| 433447 | 2006-02-24 21:16:00 | If u mean the preferred and alternate DNS ips leave them blank. Or if you know what the primary and secondary ip addresses are, of your ISP enter them in here. All a network is worried about, is the ip, subnet and default gateway. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 433448 | 2006-02-26 04:17:00 | The gateway value is your router's IP, which I see is solved. The DNS values maybe able to be set in your Router, which helps if the router is in DHCP mode that assigns the IP's of your network card. You can also manually set your DNS, the value is whatever your ISP's DNS is, in which you must go to your ISP's website and find their configuration settings for it. Remember to save these addresses, since you're always bound to need to them along the lines. Also note you do not have to use your ISP's DNS addresses, you can use the DNS of other ISPs if you like, I usually find I have to switch to another DNS address if the DNS server of my ISP goes down, so it's always handy to have a list. I've created quite a complete list of NZ ISP DNS addresses over the past, but have saved it for a website I'm developing at the moment. There's so many other DNS addresses around that aren't from ISPs, that I only limited my collection to ISP ones. Cheers, KK |
Kame (312) | ||
| 433449 | 2006-02-26 04:22:00 | Thanks all for your help, everything now works fine. | allanl (1957) | ||
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