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by mike (from canada)

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How can I tell the all of the ip numbers my internet provider assigns me. In windows, it automatically configures this for me so that I dont have to worry. I have an MS-DOS internet browser called Arachne and It wont allow me internet access withoutme providing the phone number, user name, ip, password, and 2 nameservers. where the second one is optional. and the only thing I need is the name server. please help.

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by stillatit

I think what you are asking is how to get the IP number, mask, DNS numbers, etc., when you dial up.

There is a mechanism called DHCP, which allows a caller to ask a server to provide all the needed information. In a Windows-based program, there is usually a check box for "Obtain IP automatically" or some such. In DOS- or unix- based systems, this choice is usually signalled by using 0.0.0.0 as the IP address.

If you need to find DNS numbers only, if you have logged into this service with a windows-based dialup, click the Start button, click run, type "winipcfg /all" in the box, then click OK. In the display which pops up, look for the addresses of the DNS servers. You can plug these numbers into the DOS version.

By the way, ANY nameserver IP will work, since nameservers are publically-accessable of necessity. Convention dictates you use your own ISP's server, but to get you running, any server will work.

Once you get up and running, your ISP's support page will probably give you a full list of their various servers.

Good luck.

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