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  1. December 6th, 2001, 04:10 PM #1
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    Windows xp At&t cable internet and Linksys befsr41 router

    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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  2. December 6th, 2001, 10:28 PM #2
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    Hi Sarkazztic,

    Hey there, ol' buddy. I hope that things are going well for you and yours.

    I have that same router, and the same NIC. No such problems here with XP. I feel somewhat fortunate that the change from @Home to AT&T has gone very smoothly for me. I've read of others who have had a heck of a time after the changeover. If you do switch out that NIC, let us know of your findings. Thanks.

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    switched the nic....same problems so I put the realtek back in formatted the xp drive and reinstalled.....same problems...I will get this figured out sooner or later....sooner would be nice....

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  4. December 7th, 2001, 03:17 PM #4
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    ...did you try disabling DNS? We have Charter Pipeline, and they don't have a DNS server. Could be that XP is trying to do something that AT&T doesn't support on their end, which is causing the errors.

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    didnt try disabling the dns....because win I do ipconfig...I get dns entries from at&t I will try it tonight tho...anything is worth a shot.

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