From: "Thees Peereboom" 

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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