Ever since installing WinME Final, i can't connect to the internet 1

[NAB]

used to run win 98, ie 5 was doing fine.<br>then for some unknown reason i installed winME, now when i try to run ie, it connects, sends and receives about 400 kbs and then stops, but the connection is still there.<br><br>what is wrong with my machine?<br>

 

[fenris]

What exactly happens? IE does it load a page or give you an error message? If it gives you an error message then what does it say?<br><br>Try this:<br><br>Open a command prompt, the msdos icon in the start menu and type:<br>ping <A HREF="

http://www.tek-tips.com"

TARGET="_new">

http://www.tek-tips.com</A><br><br>if

it says bad ip address then try<br><br>ping 204.137.168.66<br><br>if this starts giving you information about times and such then your internet connection is working, your dns is not. I am not familiar with winME so I don't know where you have to put your DNS settings I would suspect that they go into your dial-up networking (if you are using a modem to connect to the internet).<br><br><br>Good luck.....<br> <p>Troy Williams B.Eng.<br><a href=mailto:fenris@hotmail.com>fenris@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[NAB]

fenris good budy!

tried that ping thing (rhymes) and it worked, ie gave me times.
so according to what you said, it's my dns, canyou give me a cluse as to what i do?

 

[fenris]

This depends on how you connect to the internet, I'll assume dial-up. You have to go to dial-up networking in the start menu. right click on the icon that will start your internet connection and go to properties. I don't have my win98 machine around to verify the next steps but it should go something like this, What you are looking for is a button that says &quot;tcp/ip&quot; or something like that. It may be hidden under advanced settings (?). Once you find the tcp/ip settings there will be a windows with space to fill in information. You should see a section called DNS with a primary and secondary. You will need to get the numbers from your service provider and enter them there.

Hope this helps....