Brian Ritchie;248675 Wrote: > I was certain that I had the mask and gateway correct - exactly the same > values as reported by ipconfig when using DHCP. I was about to post the > results of ipconfig before and after setting a static IP. *This* time - > and yet *none* of the umpteen times I'd looked before - I noticed that > in the second half of the setup dialog, the "obtain DNS server address > automatically" radio button had been deselected. Not explicitly by me, > but when I chose "Use the following IP address" some lines above.
I always wondered why Windows did that - if you specify a manual IP address you must specify a DNS server manually as well. If you specify DHCP then DNS server is obtained automatically, you have no options. Glad to hear you sorted it out. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41002 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
