On 29 Nov 2005 06:32:59 -0800, "Carl D" <CDeSpieg@gmail.com> wrote:

>My Windows XP Pro SP2 desktop recently developed a problem resolving IP
>addresses. When I do an nslookup I am able to resolve the address, but
>a ping (or web access) cannot find the host. Example:
>
>C:\>ping microsoft.com
>Ping request could not find host microsoft.com. Please check the name
>and try again.
>
>C:\>nslookup microsoft.com
>*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.0.1: Non-existent domain
>*** Default servers are not available
>Server: UnKnown
>Address: 192.168.0.1
>
>Non-authoritative answer:
>Name: microsoft.com
>Addresses: 207.46.130.108, 207.46.250.119
>
>My network has a Leviton gateway which serves my 192.168.0.x subnet
>with DHCP. There are other devices on the network that can access the
>internet (Win XP Home, Win2K, TiVo series 2) and each other.
>
>Enabling or disabling Windows Firewall has no affect on the ability to
>resolve names. Stopping and starting the dns cache didn't help, nor
>did an ipconfig /flushdns.
>
>My question for the group is what could be going on, and how can I
>trace the problem? What log should I enable to look at for clues?
>Thanks!
>
>ipconfig /displaydns follows.

<SNIP>

First, check for corruption in LSP / Winsock / TCP/IP.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/problems-with-lsp-winsock-layer-in.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...-layer-in.html

Will it ping, or browse, by IP address?
# Ping 66.94.230.33.
# Browse 66.94.230.33.
# Report success / exact text of error messages.

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