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Old 28-11-2008, 06:01 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by shao_khan View Post
Got AOL broadband, been working fine. NEtgear 834 router.

Recently laptop has refused to connect, then I found it was pickign an IP address not in the routers range, fixed that so the router and laptop now communicate again, but the laptop will not connect to the web, keeps giving AOL DNS errors, and I cannot understand why.

Anyoen offer any advice, is it an AOL thing or me being stoopid?
Does the router not support DHCP? You shouldn't really have to specify any IP address on the computer, the router should assign one as well as the default gateway and DNS settings....
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