cant browse net, ping ip but not address

xp home, dell, currently connected through linksys router with dhcp enabled, the computers owners use aol dial up to access net

i can't browse the net with it connected through my router.. all my other systems on router are connecting fine, removed all software that looked fishy, reset tcp/ip protocol, deleted cookies... still nothing..

ping times out when i ping www.yahoo.com but works perfectly if i ping their ip address...

any clues???

Thanks

 

What are your DNS settings for TCP/IP? Make sure they are not pointing to AOL name servers.

Try doing an NSLOOKUP from a command prompt. Do it for both IP and NAME of yahoo.

nslookup www.yahoo.com

nslookup IP_ADDRESS_of_YAHOO

Take note as to the address of the name server that the system is using to resolve.

Since you are using DHCP, your name servers should be the ip of your router. You can try hard coding your ISP name servers instead.

Scott
http://www.AAApcMechanic.com

 

Additionally, what browser are you using? More importantly, what happens when you open up your browser and try to connect to the web site? Have you tried typing the full URL instead of using a shortcut?

Have you tried Start > Run > cmd /k ipconfig /flushdns > OK ?
Have you checked the settings on the 'Connections' tab in Internet Options?