From: "Geo." 

from the command prompt type

nslookup

and hit enter, do this from a machine that can browse the internet as well
and post the two responses.

Geo.

"Thees Peereboom"  wrote in message
news:opscth8cii2hvhrx{at}news.barkto.com...
> Geo,
>
> Yes, I tried this. The OS is W2K, latest service pack. The error I get is
> 'unknown server or DNS error'.
>
> It started after I switched the machine back on after holidays (always a
> problem rebooting machines after several weeks of being switched off...).
>
> TIA,
>
> - Thees Peereboom
>
> On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 11:04:30 -0400, Geo.  wrote:
>
> > this may sound silly, but did you try rebooting or at least stopping the
> > "dns
> > client service"?
> >
> > Need some more information
> >
> > what OS and service pack level?
> >
> > if you enter www.nthelp.com   in your browser what error do you get?
> >
> > When did it start?
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> >
> > "Thees Peereboom"  wrote in message
> > news:opscrybqsx2hvhrx{at}news.barkto.com...
> >> All,
> >>
> >> In my home office I run a network based on a private IPrange. One
> >> machine
> >> in that network functions as a proxyserver, running Winproxy 4.0.
> >> Winproxy
> >> also functions as the DNS-server for the network.
> >>
> >> One of the machines, W2000, suddenly stopped having access to the
> >> internet. Settings are exactly the same as on the other W2000 machines,
> >> no
> >> DHCP but all fixed IP. This machine has access to the network allright,
> >> can see other machines, other machines can see that machine, pinging
> >> also
> >> no problem, both to as from. VNC, however, doesn't work, claiming a
> >> socket-error ('cannot create socket'). When trying to browse I get a
> >> DNSerror. So looking at those symptoms, it seems clear that there's
> >> something wrong with TCP/IP and probably somewhere around the workings
> >> of
> >> DNS.
> >>
> >> All machines use the same DNS-address, the same gateway and just one
> >> lost
> >> access tot he itnernet. I've checked and rechecked everything, but seem
> >> unable to resolve this and would truly appreciate some guidance.
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >>
> >> - Thees Peereboom
> >
> >
>

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