unable to browse with domain names

what does it mean when I cant ping a domain name eg.
yahoo.com but i can ping the nemerical address 68.*.*.*
for example
I am not able to use the web browser
thanks

That means DNS is not working. You need to configure your DNS server address
in your computers TCP/IP settings.

Carey

"Jordan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> what does it mean when I cant ping a domain name eg.
> yahoo.com but i can ping the nemerical address 68.*.*.*
> for example
> I am not able to use the web browser
> thanks

Hi,

it means that your client is having problems resolving DNS names. Is it
configured to point to a DNS server? If so can it ping that DNS server? Can
it resolve any DNS names? (www.microsoft.com, www.google.com, etc) Are
other clients pointing to the same DNS server and if so can they resolve
names?

Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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what does it mean when I cant ping a domain name eg.
yahoo.com but i can ping the nemerical address 68.*.*.*
for example
I am not able to use the web browser
thanks