no browsing through network neighborhood (win2000)

The DNS is configured, we are using two DNS-adresses from our ISP (IP-adresses 212.185.253.70 and 194.25.2.129).
can i setup a dns within our network?
due to security-reasons, we are having a third server for the internet (which is the standard-gateway for all clients calling the net). could i set the gateway as DNS for the internal network, and set the DNS from our ISP in the gateway only?

alternatively (since our setup works fine for all other clients) could i set the DNS-Server for the Laptop only? (eg setting it to the standard-gateway, or must it be the wins, dhcp ... ?)

We are using DHCP and the clients get their adresses automatically (within a defined range). the laptop has a static ip, though.

thanks. jan

Sorry, I read your original question to fast.  The laptop is the only one that cannot browse the Internal network (unless your use ip addresses) is that correct?  If so, the laptop needs the DNS settings for the network it is trying to browse.  You say it is configured for a different domain.
Your file server (F1) is it Windows 2000?  Are your running AD?
Right now it seems that the only DNS information is coming from your ISP.  Your ISP doesn't know about your local network, therefore you need to run DNS on your server so that all machines on the LAN can see each other via their names.

Hope this helps!
Cheers!
Ian

The Laptop is only configured for a workgroup (since it is mostly used in a different network).
the fileserver is win2000 (what is AD?)
eventhough we are using an external DNS all internal clients cann see eachother, even the laptop.

what would you propose to setup the dns? where do i include the information on the DNS of our ISP?

thanks. jan

you dont "have" to use DNS, wins should work just fine for you.  DNS is the preferred method, and with your windows2k server, you could set up dns on the local network relatively easily.  You could first try to add the local ip's to the laptop's hosts file.  do a search, file name hosts.  Your computer will check the hosts file before anything else, wins or dns.  On winxp the hosts file is in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc

I believe it's the same for windows 2000, open the file in notepad, and add your entries, it should look like this:

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost
192.168.0.5     R6


As you can see, I've added an example entry for R6, add as many lines as you need, seperate the ip address, and the hostname by a single TAB.

Save the file, then try to ping the hostname.  If you want to set up DNS, we can do that as well.

Looks like the problem may be WINS and not DNS.  Ensure that you have the IP address of the Domain Controller coded in the WINS settings.