Thanks for the reply. DNS is working, but still cannot browse outside of the
LAN. Hypothesis is weird IE security or router issue !? Machine is dual boot
with XP and Vista. XP works fine so physical network layer is functioning.
Tried manually setting DNS servers but still no good.
Sigh.
"Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Try going here on the affected computer: http://69.93.5.112
> Does that page load up? If so... it's definately a DNS issue ;o)
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> "KG" <kgarove@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>>I have a good LAN connection, DHCP allocated IP address, DNS appears to
>>work, and I can browse web content on the LAN.
>>
>> I cannot, however, browse web content on the far side of my home router.
>> Anything outside the LAN returns a message in IE that there is a server
>> problem. I can see the DNS resolution in the task bar of IE 7, but no web
>> content.
>>
>> Also, activation isn't working. Perhaps if I solve one issue, I can solve
>> the other.
>>
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