TCP/IP

[SLF 999]

Recently I have been having problems connecting to the net, well thats not strictly true, connect ok but cant access anything.. .. .What happens is I get connected and then when I try to open a page get page not found or unable to detect settings and no web page.. .This has happened twice in the last 3 days. .. .I have discovered that I can ping addresses by their full IP address in a DOS prompt but not by their URL at the same prompt.. .. .The workaround is to delete the TCP/IP in network and then re-add it, but this takes 2 reboots to do !!!.. .. .Anyone any idea why this is happening and how I can sort it completely ? . .. .Using ME on a 900Hz AMD Compaq persario with BT openworld broadband connection

[Polar_stereographic]

I get exactly the same.. .. .Broadband via Eclipse (over BT naturaly). .. .Dials OK, then nothing. Solution is to disconnect and redial. Works 95% of the time. The other 5%, I leave it for an hour and retry. Gets in eventualy.. .. .Pain in the ar$e.. .. .PS

[SLF 999]

As you say 95% of the time a disconnect works, but recently I have been losing the DNS settings in TCP/IP as well which is worrying me, and just putting them back in isnt working, thus the remove and add of TCP/IP

[Evo7]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">. .I have discovered that I can ping addresses by their full IP address in a DOS prompt but not by their URL at the same prompt.. .</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">This sounds like a DNS problem. DNS is the tool used to convert the name in a url - e.g. pprune.org - to the IP address 209.25.243.164. .. .If you can ping then the TCP/IP connection is up but you cannot access DNS to do the translation. . .. .(Edited after I actually read the question <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="rolleyes.gif" /> ). .. .Are you using "obtain DNS address automatically" or specifying it in the TCP/IP properties?. .. .If it fixes itself after a while then it is almost certainly a problem at the ISP end.. . . . <small>[ 19 March 2002, 09:06: Message edited by: Evo7 ]</small>

[Polar_stereographic]

Sorry,. .. .If you are loosing other setting, I'm afraid I'm out of my depth knowledge wise.. .. .Good luck. .. .PS

[FL310]

About a year back this has happened to one of my customers as well. Long talks with BT helpline, fiddling around, changing all settings...nothing. We re-installed Win2000 and everything is fine ever since...

[somewhatconcerned]

Have you tried to reset your default internet settings.. .Sorry if I am stating the obvious but a similar thing happened to me and that worked.

[SLF 999]

Thanks for the suggestions, I have a feeling that I may have to reinstall the OS, time for a clean up anyway, if it persists after that Ill get onto BT