Re: win95 dns problem

Ron Parker (rparker@gator1.brazosport.cc.tx.us)
Thu, 10 Apr 1997 16:52:10 -0500 (CDT)

Run winipcfg from the command prompt in Windows 95 and see what it says.
Then I would verify his TCP/IP setup step by step. If he can't do a ping
from the command prompt and resolve the host name then he has a DNS
configuration problem somewhere.

--
Ron Parker, Brazosport College


On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Herbert, Maurice A. 301-594-4550x139 fax 594-4585 wrote:


> This isn't really a portmaster issue, but maybe someone else Out There 
> has seen the same thing:  we have a user running Win95 who can 
> successfully negotiate a ppp connection with our portmasters, but who 
> can only reach machines with his browser if he specifies the dotted 
> quad address.  Other users who negotiate a session on this same 
> portmaster _can_ specify links to machine names.  This points to 
> something in the first user's setup, but he insists he has the dns 
> addresses set in dial up networking.  Ideas?
> 
> Maurice Herbert, SysProg           | SMTP : mah@cdrh.fda.gov
> CDRH/FDA (HFZ-40); 2098 Gaither Rd | FAX  : 301/594-4585
> Rockville, MD  20850  USA          | Phone: 301/594-4550x139
>