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internet connectivity problems w/ WinXP

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by billssupport

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Has anyone encountered a connectivity problem on the WinXP Pro platform where all computers in a work group can operate fine but one (or more) can't connect to a shared network printer or connect to the internet? In my case this is a home network, all computers are running XP SP-1, the printer is an HP all-in-one connected to an HP jetdirect 300x. On the machine that can't see the printer or connect to the internet i can ping all devices that I can't connect to as well as ping the yahoo.com IP address, but if you try to ping the name yahoo.com you can't get there, also I can ping the printer address I just can't connect. Any and all assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you all for your time and assiatance

Sincerely

William Weinstein
1weinstein1@comcast.net

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by mike jones

If you can ping the address but not the host name, then you have a ip problem, most likely down to the DNS.

Check that you can ping the DNS server.

by lmayeda

What if any, changes have you made to the PC that can't connect?. Has it ever connected? I have a similar problem where the problem PC can see everyone on the lan and everyone on the lan can connect to the internet except this PC (can't ping outside the lan). The user had installed Win2K over Win98. Haven't figured it out yet. Good luck with your problem.

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