can't communicate with DNS

dial-up is dial-up; broadband is broadband; they are not the same

which one do you have?

who is your ISP?

i know what dialup is-i said the dialup works for tha vista business internet connection my broadband doesn't-i'm looking for help in understanding why the network can't connect-it sent a ping and came empty it say's it's connected but it will not send but it recieves-i'm trying to get some help

etbwd,

The 169.154 ip address is a generic ip address.

Power off you ips modem router. Also turn off your wireless router (if any) Wait 30 seconds, then turn on your ISP modem/router. Now power on your wireless router.

Restart your computer and then try to connect.

What happens?

Rick

it is a dns error-i read somewhere that the dsl modem uses ip-169.xxx.xxx.xxx _so i'm not getting a good ip address,yes iv'e got dsl modem.also read that the BCastFlag may not be supported-not confirmed yet-it''s sunday.

etbwd,

Try start, all programs, accessories, and right click on the command prompt, left click run as administrator. Type

 ipconfig /flushdns

Also type

ipconfig /release

and restart your computer. When the computer starts and tries to connect, it should find the correct IP address. You can also try using WinSock XP Fix

Rick

iv'e a;ready tried turning off the dsl modem-iv'e loged into the dsl modem reset it-iv'e tried different hardware-my isp is velcom.ca and the point i made about the desktop hardware's ip adrress may have  been correct-but fell free to explain it being(generic)any help is good-usually if i ask for automatic ip addrss iv'e seen the 169-xxxso this may meen generic...basically when i ping the connection no communication with dns,,,,,ie7flush/dns error....my hardware recieves but will not send-if you look under you own network adaptor the activaty will show both send and recieve    i'm certain it has to do with my ip settings if i try to set it auto it COULD be doing something wrong

basically it say's it can't communicate with dns-but it's just the desktop-my vista laptop will get the internet.the desktop say'y local and internet and the globe is highlighted-but it can't communicate with th dns