Please do not move this to the networking forum as I am pretty sure this is XP related

I have a dualboot system with 98se and xp pro using at&t cable (formerly @home) I am using a realek rtl8139 network card and the machine is set to obtain ip address automatically....saturday morning I received the email from at&t saying to change my router configuration from hard coded ip addressing to obtain an ip address automatically....now ever since then under my xp OS I get periodic dns errors...and I have to choose the tcp/ip repair function to get back to web browsing...funny thing is even when I cannot browse I can send and receive ICQ messages.....now this is what tells me it is XP related and not the hardware or settings.....when I boot this machine to 98se there are no problems what-so-ever.....(and please do not say just boot to 98) because I have a video problem in the 98 which I will post in the hardware forum....if you are interested come take a look at that problem too....all suggestions are welcome.....I am thinking about installing a different NIC in the machine tonight to see if that solves the problem very weird

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