Win98 to WinPro router problem

[rmcc70]

Hi,

I can not get a Win98 PC to access the internet.

I have a dlink dsl router plugged into a PC with two nic cards. The PC is running Win98 and Winroute Pro software. It browses the internet fine and I can set up VPN's etc.
There are two gateways on the network, one is an ISDN thing and the other the new DSL/PC thing. I goto a Win98 PC on the network and go into TCP/IP properties and change the gateway setting to the new ip address gateway. Once I have rebooted then winipcfg comes up with the default gateway. I can ping the DSL/router but not anything else ie

http://www.google.com

etc.
I put the DSL/router ip number into DNS resolution but that does nothing. Do I need to enter Wins details?

I know the solution works as the person who set it up had a client PC surfing the web etc. He told me that all I had to do was change the default IP and everything would be fine. However, I have tried this on two different Win98 PC's (including the one he demo'd) with no luck.

TX

 

[globalstrata]

In the DNS IP address, you need to put the DNS server IP that your Internet provider gave you. The DSL IP will only be in the Windows 98 Gateway/router.



Gladys Rodriguez
GlobalStrata Solutions

http://www.globalstrata.com

 

[bcastner]

The D-Link router serves as a perfectly good DNS proxy server; placing only the router IP as the sole DNS entry should work fine.

Except, you have two other complicating factors:

1. You are using Winroute, which adds another proxy layer;
2. You have a second active Gateway due to the ISDN adapter.

Steps:

1. Remove Winroute, it is unecessary
2. Remove any PPoE client software provided by your ISP. The D-Link is all that is needed for PPoE DSL. This is usually called WinPoet or Enternet, but whatever it is called remove it.
3. Reboot. Set up the connection to the D-Link exactly as you described. Because there are two interfaces, use static IPs for your address, Subnet mask and Gateway (the IP of the router). Under the properties for TCP/IP, Advanced, disable the use of an automatic metric assignment for the D-Link Gateway: Set a metric of 2
4. For the ISDN connection, set a metric of 10
Reboot

 

[bcastner]

I should note you can stop after Step #2 above, reboot, and test again. You may be done by this point without requiring the additional steps.