>Hi folks.
>
>I have a user here who uses his notebook on a wireless network here at the
>office with no problems.
>
>When he takes the notebook home and attempts to use it on his Linksys home
>wireless network (which has other computers working correctly on it), he cannot
>browse the web.
>
>Some preliminary troubleshooting reveals that the notebook is getting a new IP
>address, subnet mask, default gateway, etc. when it associates to his home
>network - but it is retaining DNS server information from the office. So he ends
>up with an odd mix of settings, like:
>
>IP Address 192.168.0.1 <-- correct
>Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 <-- correct
>Default Gateway 192.168.0.254 <--correct (address of his Linksys box)
>DNS Servers: 10.0.2.10 <-- valid at work, but not at home
>                    10.0.2.8  <-- ditto
>
>His other, working computers show the Linksys at 192.168.0.254 as the only
>DNS server entry.
>
>I've tried having him do "ipconfig /release" and then "ipconfig /renew" to get a
>new DHCP lease and refresh all the info, but even after that the notebook still
>has DNS entries from the office.
>
>Any ideas how to force it to renew ALL of the info? Some registry key I can
>change from 0 to 1 to say "yes, I really do want you to renew *everything*
>when you connect"? Is his Linksys perhaps misconfigured and not handing
>out DNS information?
>
>Any help appreciated.

>>>Hi folks.
>>>
>>>I have a user here who uses his notebook on a wireless network here at the
>>>office with no problems.
>>>
>>>When he takes the notebook home and attempts to use it on his Linksys home
>>>wireless network (which has other computers working correctly on it), he cannot
>>>browse the web.
>>>
>>>Some preliminary troubleshooting reveals that the notebook is getting a new IP
>>>address, subnet mask, default gateway, etc. when it associates to his home
>>>network - but it is retaining DNS server information from the office. So he ends
>>>up with an odd mix of settings, like:
>>>
>>>IP Address 192.168.0.1 <-- correct
>>>Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 <-- correct
>>>Default Gateway 192.168.0.254 <--correct (address of his Linksys box)
>>>DNS Servers: 10.0.2.10 <-- valid at work, but not at home
>>>                    10.0.2.8  <-- ditto
>>>
>>>His other, working computers show the Linksys at 192.168.0.254 as the only
>>>DNS server entry.
>>>
>>>I've tried having him do "ipconfig /release" and then "ipconfig /renew" to get a
>>>new DHCP lease and refresh all the info, but even after that the notebook still
>>>has DNS entries from the office.
>>>
>>>Any ideas how to force it to renew ALL of the info? Some registry key I can
>>>change from 0 to 1 to say "yes, I really do want you to renew *everything*
>>>when you connect"? Is his Linksys perhaps misconfigured and not handing
>>>out DNS information?
>>>
>>>Any help appreciated.
>>
>>Have you checked the wireless connection's TCP/IP properties to be
>>sure that "Obtain DNS server address automatically" is selected?
>
>That was the problem. Thank you. He swore he'd never touched his TCP/IP
>settings (this notebook is only weeks old) but it's another lesson for me to
>verify myself instead of relying on what someone says they did or didn't do.
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Dan