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XP PC not resolving IP addresses

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by wadamaq

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hi all,
i have a windows XP PC working on a wireless home network which occasionally doesnt seem to be able to connect to any websites. i have tried using IE7, Firefox and Opera and the problem occurs on all browsers.
also when i try to ping a website it comes up host not found, but i am able to ping the IP address successfully and if i put the address into a browser i am able to access the website ok, so it would seem that the problem is that the pc is unable to resolve the domain name to an IP address. the problem is that i am unsure how to solve this problem. i have tried restarting the DNS and DHCP services but this hasnt resolved the issue, so any pointers would be much appreciated.
if you need any further information please let me know and i will help best i can.
thanks

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by mackycopiozo

It seems thats your tcp/ip protocol may be corrupt. have you tried running the winsock fix by any chance? Try it and see if that works.

by wadamaq

it seems that the DNS server was set as the router which in theory should work ok but all other computers on that network used an alternate DNS server. so i have changed it to use the same DNS server as the other computers and the problem hasn't occured since.
thanks for your thoughts

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