I changed the IP address on a WinXP Pro machine from DHCP to static, but now the machine can no longer go to any web sites. The other machine at this location still has no problems. They are both behind a Linksys BEFVP41 router. This router connects to another BEFVP41 to create a VPN. This machine can ping the IP addresses of any other machine as well as its router. It can go to a web site if I use the IP address instead of the domain name, so I'm sure it's a DNS problem.
I put in a static IP address of 192.168.17.11, subnet mask 255.255.255.0, Default Gateway 192.168.17.10, and Primary DNS Server 192.168.17.10. 192.168.17.10 is the IP address of the LAN side of the Linksys BEFVP41 router.
I've setup machines with static IP addresses on other networks and never had this problem. Shouldn't the BEFVP41 router forward DNS queries to the ISP's DNS servers automatically?
I put in a static IP address of 192.168.17.11, subnet mask 255.255.255.0, Default Gateway 192.168.17.10, and Primary DNS Server 192.168.17.10. 192.168.17.10 is the IP address of the LAN side of the Linksys BEFVP41 router.
I've setup machines with static IP addresses on other networks and never had this problem. Shouldn't the BEFVP41 router forward DNS queries to the ISP's DNS servers automatically?