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Have you downloaded all the patches / applied all the updates for XP?  My
ISP (http://powerlink.adelphia.net/) states that XP has some connectivity
problems that are fixed with the updates.

"Sammy" <sam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:kfht1us8dm57c745jnbi2hbmq5mlicsqkr@4ax.com...
> I've got a Linksys 4 port router sharing my AT&T Broadband connection
> between 2 computers.  One computer is running Windows XP and the other
> Windows 2000.  I keep having this intermittent problem on the XP
> computer only.  I lose my connection to the internet, or rather the XP
> computer loses its ability to resolve DNS.
>
> When the connection drops and I try to ping an address I get the
> following:
>
> ***************
> C:\>ping www.yahoo.com
> Ping request could not find host www.yahoo.com. Please check the name
> and try again.
> ***************
>
> If I ping the address itself - no problem!
> ***************
> C:\>ping 64.58.76.178
>
> Pinging 64.58.76.178 with 32 bytes of data:
>
> Reply from 64.58.76.178: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=242
> Reply from 64.58.76.178: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=242
> Reply from 64.58.76.178: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=242
> Reply from 64.58.76.178: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=242
>
> Ping statistics for 64.58.76.178:
>     Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
>     Minimum = 44ms, Maximum = 56ms, Average = 47ms
> ***************
>
> All the while, the Windows 2000 computer can surf without a problem, I
> can ping my router, my modem, and the other computer on the network.
> I can also ping both the IP and the computer name of the other
> computer. In order to correct the problem, any of the following works:
>
> 1)  Reboot
> 2)  Ipconfig /release  - followed by  -  ipconfig /renew
> 3)  Simply right clicking on the network connection and selecting
> "repair"
>
> Anybody else having this problem?  Anybody know how to resolve it? All
> info welcome!
>
> Thanks,
> Sammy
>