OK, I'll try my best here....
I have a modem: Motorola SR5101 and router: LinkSys BEFSR41
Computer 1 is running Windows XP Home
The details from IP Config /all on this computer are:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NIGEL
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . .. . . . : Linksys LNE100TX(v5) Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-41-1E-77-73
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.102.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.102.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.102.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . :Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:24:39 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, August 30, 2007
This is connected to Computer 2 via cable (which all worked fine!!)
Computer 2 is also running Windows XP Home
Running ipconfig /all on computer 2 gives the following:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MAGGIE
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-11-3A-F8-7C
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.116.33.232
24.116.2.34
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:17:56 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, August 30, 2007 5:17:56 PM
I notice that the DNS servers are completely different here, apart from the other differences noted elsewhere in this thread. Might this be it?
Thanks