Re: Strange - can't get to internet from a laptop

Some thoughts ...

-- nice of the company to buy someone else equipment. I wouldn't have, for 
this very reason.

-- Make sure that the DNS settings are correct, as DHCP can be set to NOT 
import DNS.

-- Is there a proxy server that needs to get set?

-- Windows Firewall got added with SP2 - perhaps it is on and blocking the 
traffic.

-- Did you reboot after renaming the computer?

-- some laptops have connection manager software to manage the various 
connections -- IBM's have "IBM Access Connections" -- perhaps this needs to 
be corrected.

Good luck.

On 9/16/05, Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> An employee got married, they don't need 2 laptops, so the company bought
> his personal laptop. It's XP Pro.
> 
> I was bringing it up to date with drivers, SP2, etc this morning.
> Everything working fine.
> 
> Then I realized I had not set the computer name and workgroup. So I set
> those to E07Laptop and DILGARD, respectively. (No domains here).
> 
> Now I can't get to the internet via the wireless nor the cat5 connection. 
> I
> can see everything on the internal LAN though. At first neither had IP
> addresses until I did a Repair. The i5 is the DNS and DHCP servers. What
> have I missed? Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --
> Jeff Crosby
> Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
> P.O. Box 13369
> Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
> 260-422-7531
> 
> The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
> company. Unless I say so.
> 
>