damn, I missed a step, after "right click the connection you use," and
before, "in the window that comes up you will see a tab for server
types, click that",
I should have added, " select and open 'properties'"
sorry ..... please see the disclaimer that says "I bees a NEWBIE (and
proud)" so please do not follow me into diving into the shallow end of
the pool.
Ed Tharp wrote:
>
> not to be a winblows wise guy, but if you put DNS under networking, it
> works for the lan card (for say... proxy use) and under dialup
> networking you find the DNS settings if you go to dialup networking,
> right click the connection you use, in the window that comes up you will
> see a tab for server types, click that and the window that comes up has
> a box at the bottom with check boxes for NetBEUI, IPX?SPX compatible and
> TCP/IP, if TCP/IP is checked (and it must be for internet connection,
> you will find a box that says "TCP/IP Settings", click that and you see
> that you have DNS settings for the TCP/IP that your dialup connection
> uses.
>
>
>
> Fran Parker wrote:
> >
> > Actually in Windows the DNS is under the networking stuff, not under
> > the dialer.
> >
> > Bambi
> >
> > A&L wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings!
> > >
> > > My thanks to Fred Banana and Gary for their help. Their suggestion did
> > > indeed cured my problem.
> > >
> > > My only surprise is that in Win98 I am able to connect to the net
> > > *without* any DNS number; so this is somewhat new to me.
> > >
> > > Thank you and best regards,
> > >
> > > Al
>
