You are not giving anything specific so.
To reach any computer on your local network simply enter:
\\YourComputerName\ and hit return.
Of course, substitute your computer name above.
Should get to the computer w/o problem. If it does not you may want to
reset your DSL/Router and try the above. It go with the default settings.
"Mark Fineman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Have a Linksys Etherfast Cable/DSL Router BEFSR81 V3
> Firmware Version: 2.45.5, Sep 15 2003
>
> I am running Windows 98 Second Edition on my computer
>
> My ISP, Verison, uses PPPoE.
>
> The router is my DHCP server.
>
> If the Windows 98 SE system uses DHCP to get its IP address
> everything works fine.
>
> If I hardcode the IP address routing works correctly (I can
> get to any specific IP by nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn, but if I put in a
> name I get a host not found message.
>
> If I enable DNS on the Windows 98 SE system and put in the
> IP address that the BEFSR81 is using, then everything works
> fine.
>
> However, if I put in the router's IP address (192.168.1.1)
> in as the DNS server then no hostname lookup works.
>
> So, how can I tell the router to be a DNS server or tell Windows 98
> SE to use "whatever the 192.168.1.1 is using" or
> "whatever the gateway node is using"?
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