From: "Geo." 

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
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> 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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