?unresolved host?

G'day, mrdenny
What do you have as your nameserver on your workstation? Can you post results of C:\>ipconfig /all
What OS do you have on your workstation?
When you say you can't go to the router, what kind of router is it?

Cheers!

thanks for the interest. I am using win98se  the results of ipconfig are
        Host Name . . . . . . . . . : DEBBIE
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . : 192.168.8.1
                                      205.152.104.252
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
        NetBIOS Scope ID. . . . . . :
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : Yes
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . : No
        NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : No

0 Ethernet adapter :

        Description . . . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX(v5)
 NDIS5 Driver
        Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-04-5A-79-E1-DD
        DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 192.168.8.17
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . : 192.168.8.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 192.168.8.1
        Primary WINS Server . . . . :
        Secondary WINS Server . . . :
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : 03 17 03 2:34:29 AM

In the router get rid of the 192.168.8.1 on the DNS settings  205.152.104.252 is a valid DNS address 192.168.8.1 is a private IP and unable to be routed on the internet. Bell south should have provided 2 DNS address 205.152.104.252 and maybe something like 205.152.105.252 or something like it. You only need 1 DNS address the 2nd adddress is just for backup in case the primary fails.

GrindCrusher, welcome to the team! It's always nice to have fresh viewpoints and experience base in this Topic Area.

While what you said is true, depending on the router that is being used, some (i.e. LinkSys and D-Link for sure, even ICS) act as a DNS proxy for the internal clients and gives its own address to the clients via dhcp by default. That's why I asked the question "what kind of router is it?"

The router is a Comp USA. and it assigns the ips
 it configured as follows

WAN Subnet Mask 255.255.255.255
WAN Gateway 68.159.206.44
WAN DNS 205.152.104.252 , 205.152.37.254
LAN MAC Address 00-90-47-00-F9-89
LAN IP Address 192.168.8.1
DHCP Server 192.168.8.17 - 128


It configured the computer that is working fine with
192.168.8.18 and the one which is not working with
192.168.8.17
I have no control over the 192.168.8.1 THAT I know of.

Thanks for working this with me.
also fyi the ipconfig /all is the same for the cpu that is working.
I am so stumped on this.

The router is a Comp USA. and it assigns the ips
 it configured as follows

WAN Subnet Mask 255.255.255.255
WAN Gateway 68.159.206.44
WAN DNS 205.152.104.252 , 205.152.37.254
LAN MAC Address 00-90-47-00-F9-89
LAN IP Address 192.168.8.1
DHCP Server 192.168.8.17 - 128


It configured the computer that is working fine with
192.168.8.18 and the one which is not working with
192.168.8.17
I have no control over the 192.168.8.1 THAT I know of.

Thanks for working this with me.
also fyi the ipconfig /all is the same for the cpu that is working.
I am so stumped on this.

What OS on the two PC's?

The router is a Comp USA. and it assigns the ips
 it configured as follows

WAN Subnet Mask 255.255.255.255
WAN Gateway 68.159.206.44
WAN DNS 205.152.104.252 , 205.152.37.254
LAN MAC Address 00-90-47-00-F9-89
LAN IP Address 192.168.8.1
DHCP Server 192.168.8.17 - 128


It configured the computer that is working fine with
192.168.8.18 and the one which is not working with
192.168.8.17
I have no control over the 192.168.8.1 THAT I know of.

Thanks for working this with me.
also fyi the ipconfig /all is the same for the cpu that is working.
I am so stumped on this.

I should also say : The router and the working computer see the computer having all the problems.

What operating system on the two PC's?

What is the lan subnet mask ? and in your reply you siad the ipconfig/all is the same on the other machine, Do you mean exactly same ?

the op sys for the failing cpu is 98 se the working one has ME. the ipconfig /all has the same output except the ip's are .....192.168.8.18 and 17 (assigned by the router)
The only other time I have seen anything like this it was the result of uninstalling Zone Alarm which I did do. I have reinstalled it (no help) opened it up and uninstalled it again. no help.

the op sys for the failing cpu is 98 se the working one has ME. the ipconfig /all has the same output except the ip's are .....192.168.8.18 and 17 (assigned by the router)
The only other time I have seen anything like this it was the result of uninstalling Zone Alarm which I did do. I have reinstalled it (no help) opened it up and uninstalled it again. no help.

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I found the answer... The tcpip had somehow become curupt... I deleted it and deleted the entry from the reg. and  
rebooted.. it all came back and worked.

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