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echo: nthelp
to: Randall Parker
from: Geo.
date: 2004-01-12 06:07:32
subject: Re: Empty Primary WINS Address?

From: "Geo." 

can you ping any internet IP addresses? 216.144.8.1 for example?

Geo.

"Randall Parker"
 wrote in
message news:4001e090$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> So any idea on why that machine can't see the internet?
>
> Geo. wrote:
>
> > "Randall Parker"

wrote
> > in message news:4001c782$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >
> >
> >>"At least one of the adapter cards has an empty primary
WINS address. Do
> >
> > you want to
> >
> >>continue?"
> >>
> >>What does that mean?
> >
> >
> > It means the machine has no WINS server set, if you aren't on a windows
> > network with a wins server then you can safely ignore the warning, its
not
> > needed for a home machine that's browsing the internet.
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> >
>

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