Hello, I have a server 08 box that can't see the internet for some reason or forward the correct dns IPs to the workstations. I have the correct dns forwarders setup in DHCP, but still no internet. If I set a workstation on the network, connected to the same switch, to a static DNS of the ISP primary/secondary the workstation will get right on. I tried the same thing on the server but still no internet. Router is wide open so nothing is being blocked. Other then the ISP DNS IPs the workstations are working great and all information is assigned correctly from the server. I can't ping google.com from the server, by IP or Name. Me

Check, whether the standard gateway at the server is set up correctly. If there are 2 NICs installed, only the interface, that connects to the Internet should have an entry for the standard gateway. If there is a router between the server and the internet, gateway address is the routers address, e.g. 192.168.0.1. If the server is directly connected to the modem, the servers internet nic should be set to DHCP, to get all informations automatically from the ISP. Please send a reply, if you solved the problem !!!

-One NIC -Gateway setup correctly to router, also should mention router status is reporting correctly and modem is in bridge mode. Again, the other computers can connect to the internet if I statically set the DNS to the ISPs IP Primary\Secondary DNS. I'm looking into this most of the day today so if I find anything will post back. Suggestions still appreciated! Me

Let's summarize. 1. Modem in bridge mode 2. Router does the authentication at the ISP, gets the public IP and one or 2 DNS servers from the ISP 3. Server is connected to the Router, runs DHCP and DNS. Forwarders in the servers DNS configuration should be the Routers IP. So if the server can't resolve the names, it asks the router and the router asks the ISPs DNS servers. 4. Workstations standard gateway is the servers IP, DNS is also the servers IP. -------------- OK, starting at the server. First of all, the server must be able to resolve domain names. So e.g. a tracert google.com should show the hops with IP and names. If this doesn't work, does the router can act as a DNS server? Please send a reply, if you solved the problem !!!

The forwarders must be configured in DNS management console not in DHCP management console. If you configure DNS server in DHCP, the workstations will get this as the workstations DNS server. Please send a reply, if you solved the problem !!!

Hello, still working on this. Server is doing DHCP and DNS. -DHCP is setup with scope options of Router IP, DNS server IP of the 08 server. -DNS is setup to listen on all IP address for DNS queries and forwarders setup to the ISPs Primary\Secondary DNS. I can ping the Primary\Secondary DNS IPs from the router, I can ping them also from the workstations that have their TCP\IP DNS settings statically set. Nothing will get through on the server though. I've checked to see if the router might be blocking something. I've let everything through the firewall in the router and the server. I've tried turning the firewall off. No third party applications are installed either. I can't ping anything external from the server. The router might be able to handle DHCP and DNS but I don't want it to in a domain environment. Any other ideas? Me

What does a tracert 209.85.171.100 (this is google.com) should show, that the server tries to use the router and then the ISPs gateway a.s.o. Does this work for you? If not, it's a routing problem. If so, try a tracert google.com. If this will not work, the name resolution is the problem. If possible, post both results. Please send a reply, if you solved the problem !!!