No, it's not necessary. You're obtaining your IP through DHCP. The machines registers itself in DNS. So, if the Append Primary and connection specific DNS suffixes, Append parent suffixes of the primary DNS suffix and Register this connection's addresses in DNS are checked, you don't need anything in the DNS Server or Suffix fields. This is stated on Verizon's site: http://netservices.verizon.net/port... Life's more painless for the brainless.

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Than you for reply. The link to 17827 is actually... http://netservices.verizon.net/port... As Verizon doesn't whether or not that dynamic IP addresses don't require a Dns Suffix, that and another article (MS's), was left to posting here. Ref. http://www.simpledns.com/kb.aspx?kb... Regarding "Dns Suffixes', it illustrates... "DNS suffixes" are used for resolving unqualified domain names (names with no dots). Maybe that's as close to a simple explanation as one's going to find, or myabe it's too simple and even generic, I dunno. But assuming IP's always provide qualified IP addresses, even though the following article applies to XP Pro and apparrently not for XP Home, it indicates that a Dns Suffix might be needed, so I was left me to posting. Ref. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305553 How to modify DNS dynamic update behavior - To modify DNS dynamic update behavior, use any of the following methods: • To use a DNS dynamic update to register the IP addresses of this connection and the primary domain name of the computer, select the Register this connection's addresses in DNS check box <mine's ticked>. By default, this check box is not selected. The primary domain name of the computer is the primary DNS suffix appended to the computer name<but mine's blank, what, because a standalone has no domain?>. To view this domain name and DNS suffix together as the full computer name, click Start, click Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance, click System, and then click the Computer Name tab. <mine says Computer name: VAIO, full computer name: Dream5, and Workgroup: MSHOME, but is that last one appropriate for a standalone?> • To use a DNS dynamic update to register the IP addresses and the connection-specific domain name of this connection, select the Use this connection's DNS suffix in DNS registration check box. By default, this check box is not selected <yet verizon's software and/or my settings have ticked it>. The connection-specific domain name of this connection is the DNS suffix for this connection appended to the computer name. In that the article's contexts might be a bit better written, that last paragraph left me wondering if maybe that's what one 'should' do. Hence, my initial posting. So, if I'm not off on some tangient and you haven't lost patience with me and have further input on this, it would be appreciated. Regards and hap-e-trails, Steve Hopper

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The link you provided to the verizon site takes you to the same place mind did. Apparently, when I posted the link, it didn't actually go to the section on on TCP and DNS configuration. I'm not sure what further input you require. As I said, verizon's site stated what I posted in Response 7. Life's more painless for the brainless.

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Thank you for replying. I last mentioned the article's last paragraph... • To use a DNS dynamic update to register the IP addresses and the connection-specific domain name of this connection, select the Use this connection's DNS suffix in DNS registration check box. By default, this check box is not selected <yet verizon's software and/or my settings have ticked it>. The connection-specific domain name of this connection is the DNS suffix for this connection appended to the computer name. In that it states several things that oppose how my settings are, that's what I'm still unclear about your stance that in my case, I don't need a Dns Suffix entered. 1.) The article states "By default, this check box is not selected" and yet verizon's software and/or my settings have ticked it. 2.) The article then adds, "The connection-specific domain name of this connection is the DNS suffix for this connection appended to the computer name." and in as much as I'm unclear as to my system technically or not, havng a 'domain' or not, thta's where the article might seem to be less than best written. If in some manner, as the article's last sentence says, I have a domain, then it seems I should be entering a Dns Suffix of my computer's name. If correct, then something in the system seems to have dropped the ball, as the Dns Suffix is blank. That's where I'm left needing some further advice or explanations. Regards and hap-e-trails, Steve Hopper

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