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a workstation on our novell network, that previously worked perfectly can no longer connect to the internet, but it can access the internal company network without issue, I have done everything I can think of, but nothing...everything appears to be correct, but no internet.
Is the browser that is on the workstation loaded from the novell server or is it installed locally?
Are you using a proxy server?
Turn it off, wait a while, turn it back on again.
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it is installed locally, we don't use a proxy server.
I tried turning it off, waiting, and then restart, still nothing...
when I run network diagnostics everything passes except DNSServerSearchOrder it fails, the workstation cannot ping the DNS servers, they are the same DNS servers used by every other workstation and they all work just fine.
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so you can ping the gateway as well??
if you can't ping DNS then that is why you can't surf, DNS changes 'www.yahoo.com' to IP address so without that you wont get anywhere...if you can't ping the gateway then you have no route to the DNS server...Complete Computer Service Inc.
NW Indiana
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also one other quick thing know that i think about it, your Winsocks reg entries could be messed up, go to another machine and download WinSockFix and run it on the machine that wont surf, it will rebuild your TCP/IP stacks, that could very well fix your issue
Complete Computer Service Inc.
NW Indiana
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I can ping the internal gateway, and the external IP establish through NAT, but I cannot ping any external IPs, with or with resolving to the DNS server...
for example
I can't ping www.yahoo.com nor can I ping the actual IP adress for yahoo.
I tried to run winsockxpfix on the machine and it didn't fix a thing...I am at a total loss...why can I connect to the internal network and not the internet...all other workstations are configured the same way...
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if you go to your command prompt and type in ipconfig /all are you picking up the DNS from the DHCP server??? or are you setting in the ips and dns statically
Complete Computer Service Inc.
NW Indiana
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I set the DNS statically, but the IP is provided via DHCP...and it is working correctly...
I told ya this is a wierd problem...
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ok remove the static DNS and see if the DHCP server hands out the DNS for you, when you remove the DNS from the properties, after you finish go to your command prompt, type in ipconfig /release press enter wait for it to release then type ipconfig /renew and press enter and then ping yahoo.com
Complete Computer Service Inc.
NW Indiana
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I did remove the static dns servers...and dhcp does hand out two other dns servers...they are older and we no longer use those two addresses, it stil does not work.
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did you set your static DNS back in and try it? i can ping it and get a reply...make sure the gateway is correct compared to another machine....also have you tried completely setting in a complete static ip, gateway and DNS in?
Complete Computer Service Inc.
NW Indiana
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I'll give it another try with all static info...
I can ping it and reply from any other workstation as well...
I set up everything statically...still no luck
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damn i hate novell...for now i dont know i will have to look into having novell makes a difference
Complete Computer Service Inc.
NW Indiana
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I sincerely appreciate your assistance, I think I'm going to try re-installing the novell client software and crossing my fingers...I'm sure that won't help at all
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yea that could fix a few things, see what happens without novell...man it has been quite a few years since i messed w/ novell, used to work on it when i worked IT and Devry...hated it...without it on yea it prlly wont work, but i dont know your setup...reinstalling could fix the issue
Complete Computer Service Inc.
NW Indiana
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especially since IPX/SPX will not be replaced by the winsockfix
Complete Computer Service Inc.
NW Indiana
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also you maybe want to post this is in the novell netware forumn
Complete Computer Service Inc.
NW Indiana
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re-installing the client software didn't help...i'll check out the novell boards...one thing that is odd is that after a ipconfig /all it says that my lease expires december 31 1969...so that is odd.
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the time and date on the machine are set correctly right? yea that is friggin weird...
Complete Computer Service Inc.
NW Indiana
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