Problems using wireless router, DNS error
So I just bought a new laptop tonight. My previous one had bit the dust a while back, and I had no use for my wireless adapter. My desktop does not have a wireless card, so I just left it plugged into the modem, and didn't use the wireless router. Tonight, I go to get everything re-set up for my wireless for my new laptop, and after I plugged everything, my desktop cannot connect to the internet. I made sure that all the wires were plugged into the correct places, but it keeps giving me a dns error. Help?
March 11th, 2009 10:44pm

Hi, Thank you for posting. Based on my research, I would like to suggest the following: 1. Please upgrade your wireless NIC driver. 2. Please check the following network settings: Please go to Control Panel Network Connections, right click on your connection and choose Properties. (if you have multiple connections, please check the one you use and disable the unnecessary ones. ) 1) On the Network Tab of your Connection properties, please choose Internet Protocol Version 4 and click Properties. And then check if both of the IP Address and DNS are set to be delivered automatically. 2) If setting to obtain the IP Address and DNS automatically, please try to manually assign IP address, subnet mask, default gateway and the DNS settings referring to your routers settings to see if this works. 3. The issue may be also related to the wireless router. Please check its settings with the help of the users guide and your ISP. It is recommended that you also check the wireless router manufacturers website and check if there is any upgrade version of firmware. 4. If you have another computer, please connect it to the router and see if it can work. You can also connect the problematic computer to the Internet directly (bypass the router) and check how it works. If the issue persists, please run ipconfig /all and post the report to the thread for our further research. Hope this helps. Thanks.Nicholas Li - MSFT
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March 16th, 2009 2:15am

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002] Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig/all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ECV-PC Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-D3-FF-56-83 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.4(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, April 10, 2011 11:50:32 AM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, April 10, 2011 1:50:33 PM Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-73-D6-84-88 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{37B623C9-0712-4AF6-B655-F42D29465 00A} Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{AFF31CDB-2C1B-4530-8BF2-A9488C9F5 026} Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 13: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes C:\Windows\system32>
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