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by mroussell

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I have a IBM Aptiva, running win98, I'm connecting to the internet by dial up adapter. Im able to connect to the Bell South (service provider)but not to the outside world. I trying to open Internet Explorer. The messeage is the page cannot be displayed cannot find DNS server!

Why can't I connect?

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by nikki96

If you didn't install their (ISP) software, you'll need to enter the information yourself. You need to contact them and find out the address of their DNS server and configure it in tools->options->connections tab. They should be able to walk you through it if you call support.

nikki

by luckygirl

You can connect to Bell South, your service provioder, which means you can connect to their servers. The internet itself will not reach because of the dns-error.
You can try 3 things:
1)put in their dns in the dailup connection tab Servertype button TCP/IP settings
2)in the dail up connection tabblad servertype button TCP/IP settings make sure that the dot is assigned to By server asigned Nameseradresses
3)delete the dailupconnection, restart pc and make a new one

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