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by jsladkey

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I've got a problem with an NT 4.0 server. My client currently has 4 workstations running Windows 95 & logging into an NT domain. They access the Internet through a USR 56K Lan Modem which also acts as the DNS server. All the computers login and access the Internet just fine except for the newest one which is running Windows 98. If I log into the network I am able to ping IP addresses but not domain names. It appears as if the NT server is trying to act as a DNS server instead of the Lan Modem. I have tried configuring the Lan modem and the computer for DNS access but it still does not work. However if I do not login to the network I am able to access the Internet through the Lan Modem and everything works fine. I've compared IP settings on all computers and they all match up. Any suggestions?

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by rgrowcock

Quick question, are you running WINS? With WINS running, you can ping domain names instead of IP addresses. That might be a quick fix to this problem. To set up WINS, install that service on the Server and let the server act as the WINS Server. After setting it up, the WINS Server will pole all of the computers and store the IP address along with the name of the computer. Hope this helps. Roger

by acosgrove

If the PC is set up to obtain IP address automatically, then the server is giving it the DNS that it wants to. Run WINIPCFG and click on the More Info tab. This will tell you the DNS that the computer is currently using. If it is different then the other computers, try release all and renew all. This may get you the correct Server. Another thing you can try is if the Server is running MS DNS Server, go into DNS manager and add the DNS that the other computers are using to the DNS list. This will make is so that if the PC having problems is using the NT server as a DNS then at least the server will have a place to look to resolve the addresses.
You can also try enabling DNS. Host Name can be whatever you want and you can leave Domain blank. Just add the DNS that the other computers have listed in WINIPCFG to the DNS list and reboot. This should help.
Good Luck

by william jay

.client(s),protocol(s), service(s), binding(s), ... :>,

? Where is the modem?
? Have you joined the new box to a workgroup, \\domain, dns.domain, localgroup?
? By what means is the modem providing DNS?
? Which services, especially network related, are running on the NTServer?
? Which network clients are running on the the five win9x boxes?
? Are there local or domain policies for user or group inclusion or exclusion to resources?

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