[KaraBeth]

when i turned on m computer today i discovered its not working, ran a diagnostic on the windows network and got:

cannot communicate with primary DNS server 85.255.112.193
network pinged the remote host but did not receive a response.

all other laptops in my house are working and can connect to the internet, i ave a dell inspiron 1525 with vista, please help!

[pedroguy]

Let's do two things:
To obtain dns and ip address automatically

Select Start > Settings > Network Connections.
• Double-click the Connection icon of the connection you wish to modify to open the Local Area Connection Status window.
• Click the Properties button to open the Local Area Connection Properties window.
• Click to highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
• Click the Properties button to open the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window.
• TCP/IP Properties window, IP Address tab
• Select Obtain an IP address automatically.
• Select Obtain DNS server address automatically.
• Click OK to return to the Local Area Connection Properties window.
• Click OK to return to the Network Connections window.

And then,let' see:
An ipconfig /all

From a Johnwill post on the Networking Forum

Try these simple tests.

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD (COMMAND for W98/WME) to open a command prompt:

In the command prompt window that opens, type the following commands one at a time, followed by the Enter key:

IPCONFIG /ALL
ping dns server address.
Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter to copy the contents to the clipboard.
Paste the results in a message here.


<dns_servers> - The IP address of the first (or only) address for DNS Servers, obtained from the IPCONFIG command above.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.
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[KaraBeth]

Thank you very much!
changing to find ip/DNS address automatically solved my problem, thank you!

[pedroguy]

Great.Glad I could help.
You can mark your thread solved,using button in upper left.

Happy networking ..