[CreatureOfLegend]

Hi all!

I used to have internet access on my Vista laptop. Then I set up an Ubuntu linux desktop and decided to set up a home network. The home network got set up ok, I can now access the files on my linux machine from my laptop, however, the vista laptop can no longer connect to the internet (the linux machine can). The connection seems to be "local only" from the Vista machine. When I try to repair it I get "There may be a problem with your domain name server (dns) configuration" error.

The only place I can go w/ my browser is to the router config page (192.168.1.1)

ipconfig /all gives:

C:\Users\Creature>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : CreaturesPC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-37-DF-2C-1A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 4321AG 802.11a/b/g/draft-n Wi-Fi
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-00-0D-E6-79
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::291c:748f:e11:e0f0%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, October 31, 2009 1:45:28 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, November 01, 2009 1:52:34 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 268443904
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-0F-58-60-F7-00-1E-68-3F-AF-B8

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
192.168.1.100
192.168.1.103
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-68-3F-AF-B8
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{BF3CCE04-C316-4CA3-806C-AEC413C52
C27}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{665BACDD-D14C-4AFB-953E-41E93AE62
933}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 19:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 13:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{7E722DFA-CE8E-477C-8641-DC2703FCD
264}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes




The router settings when I go to 192.168.1.1 are:

Router name: WRT54G
Host name: [blank]
Domain name: [blank]
MTU: auto
Size: [blank]

Local IP address: 192.168.1.1
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

DHCP server: enabled
Starting IP address: 192.168.1.100
max num. of DHCP users: 50
client lease time: 0

Static DNS1: 192.168.1.101
Static DNS2: 192.168.1.100
Static DNS3: 192.168.1.103
WINS: 0.0.0.0

Time zone: central



When I was messing w/ it I temporarily set the router to Static IP, but have since then re-set it to "Automatic configration DHCP"

The static dns stuff is what I typed in, but I don't remember what the defaults were, so I'm not sure how to change it back

I also changed the timezone, but I don't think that should have messed that up.

As far as Windows settings, I enabled Network Discovery, but can't seem to turn it back off.


Can you guys tell me what I need to change to get internet access back on my Vista machine (hopefully w/o disabling the now working home network)?

I've been googling stuff and messing w/ the settings for hours now. I'm afraid to change any more by myself least I loose Internet access on the Ubuntu machine too.

[etaf]

the DNS are incorrect - you should set to automatic and then these will be supplied by the ISP (and often just shown as the same address as gateway)

if you put 69.147.114.224 into IE - does it open yahoo.com

you could use public DNS servers
4.2.2.1
throught to
4.2.2.6

see here for a list
http://theos.in/windows-xp/free-fast...s-server-list/

[JohnWill]

Well, the fact that WINS shows up there is also a potential issue.

[CreatureOfLegend]

thank you! It works once I put in the prefered dns server addresses. But how come I can't use the Obtain DNS server address automatically anymore? Is it because I changed the static dns entries in my router setup? (just curious)

[etaf]

not sure - you should have obtain automatically in the router.
I hav efixed DNS address in my router only to fix a disconnection problem with dlink - known issue

[CreatureOfLegend]

Ok. Thanks!