"a FEMA disaster recovery contract"  ?   What are you doing?

(BTW nice to see you again!)

> From: "{at}{at}attglobal.net"

> Thanks George, I'll give that DNS a try. The issue seems to involve the hotel
> system
> where I'm staying, since I'm online with wi-fi OK right now at the meeting
> site.
>Of course the desk folks are clueless. At least I get to move on in a couple o
> days
> (probably to some small town in NW New Jersey where there is no wireless (I'm
> on a
> FEMA disaster recovery contract).
> Geo. wrote:
>> Set a static dns server instead of using dhcp to get a dns server, if you
> like you
>> can use 216.144.8.10 and 216.144.4.10 or just pick any dns server you know
> works.
>> 
>> Geo.
>> 
>> "{at}{at}attglobal.net"
 wrote in message
>> news:416896a4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> 
>>> Been lurking here again for a bit, got a problem that is hard
to research
>> 
>> with
>> 
>>> extremely slow dialup...
>>> 
>>> Traveling with a laptop with wi-fi, at a hotel with open
wireless access,
> can
>> 
>> connect
>> 
>>> well, but no browsing. There is a DNS server assigned
automatically, and I
>> 
>> can ping
>> 
>>> it, but it does nothing. I can browse to sites using IP addresses.
>>> 
>>> This same satup worked fine 2 days ago at home on my home network (also
> DHCP)
>> 
>> and has
>> 
>>> worked elsewhere before. Dialup works fine finding an
automatic DNS server
>> 
>> (but is
>> 
>>> very slow).
>>> 
>>> Tried installing a second wireless PC card that uses a different driver,
> same
>> 
>> result.
>> 
>>> I hunted around a bit looking for help and found a suggestion
to try using:
>>> 
>>> netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt
>>> 
>>> which supposedly reinstalls TCP/IP. No change.
>>> 
>>> I'd rather not mess around with any suggested registry editing
that "might"
>> 
>> work.
>> 
>>> I loaded a few IP addresses into the HOSTS file (including
this news server
>> 
>> at the
>> 
>>> moment) and they can now be browsed, but nothing else.
>>> 
>>> Ideas?
>>> 
>>> -- Bill
>> 
>> 
>> 

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