Another option would be to just populate the lmhosts file then its a non issue...Granted a Band-Aid approach but a Non Issue none the less.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of al plant Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 6:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [luau] Network problem Yuser wrote: > > Is this internal or external resolution? I have seen spyware that replaces > the DNS suffix and possiby the DNS > servers before. That would not explain the reason you can not ping it > from > somewhere by name though (assuming it worked before and nothing else > changed like Netbios names). I've seen strange TCP/IP issues with IRQ > sharing on Win98 before. I had a SBLive that did not play well with a > network card when they were sharing IRQ's. I moved them around it it > started working. Another thing to try is completely remove and then > reinstall TCP/IP from the network setup. > > On Sun, 29 Jun 2003, al plant wrote: > > > Any body have this problem with Windows 98? > > > > I have my friends Windows 98 box which runs behind a Linux/unix firewall > > router. It stopped resolving the IP addresses to the domain names on > > this box. > > The Netscape nor Explorer will not recognize the names. I cant ping from > > this box by name either, but using the IP address I can ping ok. > > Anybody know what resolves the name to the IP in Windows 98 that could > > be > > not set or screwed up? > > > > Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau ***** Reinstalling the TCP/IP is the first thing I did. -- Aloha! Al Plant - Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com Providing FAST DSL Service for $28.00 /mo. Member Small Business Hawaii. Running FreeBSD 4.5 UNIX & Caldera Linux 2.4 & RedHat 7.2 Support OPEN SOURCE in Business Computing. Phone 808-622-0043 _______________________________________________ LUAU mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau