On Mon, 22 May 2006 21:48:29 +0100, James Egan
wrote:

On Mon, 22 May 2006 14:17:53 -0400, Frank wrote:

How can I set the IP od a local machine yet still get the DNS server
addresses from from my Linksys router? I can enter the desired IP
(198.161.1.101) and gateway (198.161.1.1), but have no DNS listed by
winipcfg, and no net access.

There's a dns tab in the tcp/ip properties. You need to select "enable
dns" on it and there is space at the bottom for entering the
nameserver(s) which can be your router or isp's nameserver(s).


Jim.

Thanks, that seems to work. When I first tried to enter an IP there,
it demanded I assign a domain and host name, as I would expect if this
was configuring a DNS *server*. I don't see how "enable DNS" could
mean "get the DNS IP from the DHCP server", but I forgot the state of
Microsoft's Internet expertise in 1998.

Note -- I made up totally ficticious host and domain names for this
dialog and things seem to be OK.
Frank