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Help, please!! Windows 98 DNS problems with Verizon DSL
Downloaded the latest critical Windows patches this morning, and now
can't connect to anything. I'm guessing maybe the patch blew away the networking settings, and I have no idea what they're supposed to be. Setup is: Windows 98 PC connected to wireless router/firewall, connected to Verizon DSL. Other PCs connected to same router are working fine, one XP Home, one XP professional. I first tried IPCONFIG RELEASE/RENEW, but there seems to be some problem releasing. I've also been messing around with the network card settings: WINS was disabled after the patches were installed, so I tried switching that to DHCP or some such, since that's what my XP machine is set to -- no luck. Help!! |
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Help, please!! Windows 98 DNS problems with Verizon DSL
In article .com,
wrote: Downloaded the latest critical Windows patches this morning, and now can't connect to anything. I'm guessing maybe the patch blew away the networking settings, and I have no idea what they're supposed to be. Setup is: Windows 98 PC connected to wireless router/firewall, connected to Verizon DSL. Other PCs connected to same router are working fine, one XP Home, one XP professional. I first tried IPCONFIG RELEASE/RENEW, but there seems to be some problem releasing. I've also been messing around with the network card settings: WINS was disabled after the patches were installed, so I tried switching that to DHCP or some such, since that's what my XP machine is set to -- no luck. Help!! Windows 98's default WINS setting is "Use DHCP for WINS Resolution". However, a typical home network doesn't have a WINS server and doesn't use WINS for anything, so that setting doesn't matter. What is the problem with releasing? What exactly happens when you try it? If there's an error message, what does it say? What IP address is the network card getting? If it's 169.254.x.x, it means that the computer can't communicate with the router's DHCP server to get an IP address. These tips might help. They apply to Windows 98 and to XP: Windows XP Network Troubleshooting - Problems with Network Cards http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...etworkcard.htm -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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