Hi,
It may be part of the problem, it's related to IPv6 protocols. The current
standard is IPv4, but many systems have the newer one enabled by default. An
updated driver for the network card may help.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
"Rob" <Rob@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> Hi Rick
>
> Many thanks for your help.I carried out your steps from an elevated
> command
> and in spite of a few problems can now access the internet normally.So tks
> again.
> /flushdns was carried out sucessfully but both /release and /renew
> resulted
> in a lot of information headed by "An error occurred while releasing
> interface Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1 : the system cannot find the file
> specified."
> Any idea what this means? I just wonder if I have ended with a temporary
> fix
> and still have problems.Anyway an thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> Rob
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
> Quote:
>> Hi Rob,
>>
>> Open an elevated command prompt. Run:
>>
>> ipconfig /release
>> ipconfig /flushdns
>> ipconfig /renew
>>
>> To open an elevated command prompt, click start and type CMD. Right click
>> the entry that appears in the menu and choose 'run as administrator'.
>> Click
>> continue at the UAC dialog. You must use this mode for these commands to
>> work properly.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Rob" <Rob@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:27FE3A25-7210-44A9-A7DE-12708B897BD0@xxxxxx Quote:
>> >I have a Dell E520 with vista home premium connected to the internet via
>> >NB9W
>> > modem router.pppoe is established in the router and I have always been
>> > able
>> > to connect to the internet ok. Now I can ping any site using its ip
>> > address
>> > but not with a domain name.My router is showing the correct DNS server
>> > address And My pcs ipv4 stack is set to automatically get dns and ip
>> > addresses from the router.Ipconfig is showing these have been obtained
>> > ok
>> > but
>> > no internet connection via domain names .If I put the actual dns server
>> > ips
>> > into the ipv4 stack I am back in business.Seems the pc knows the router
>> > is
>> > the place to look for dns but cant get the dns address.Any ideas please
>> > as
>> > I
>> > dont like leaving it as is when I know there is a problem.
>>
>>