Hi Andrew,> In network settings there is a box 'Use DNS for Windows Name Resolution'
> (can't remember exactly where and I'm not sat at a Win2K PC at the
> moment, sorry). Try taking the tick out of that box.
I've looked for such a box, in vain I'm afraid.
I found, in TCP/IP settings, the General tab where it allows me to specify an IP address. Below that there's "Obtain DNS Server address automatically" which is grayed out, and "Use the following DNS server addresses" which is selected, will NOT allow de-selection, and below that there are slots for a preferred and an alternate DNS server address. They are both blank. Should I be filling them in?
In "Advanced" there are Tabs for IP Settings, DNS, WINS and Options, but none contain anything whereby I can turn DNS off. The DNS Tab allows me to "append parent suffices" and "append these DNS suffices", and there's an option "Register this connection's addresses in DNS" which was on, and I've now turned it off. That's made no difference though.
I searched in the Help, and that says "To completely disable DNS dynamic update for all names on the computer, clear the Register this connection's addresses in DNS and Use this connection's DNS suffix in DNS registration check boxes for all connections in Network and Dial-up Connections".
But for the TCP/IP on the LAN the first of those is cleare in any case, and the second is cleared AND disabled. In my Internet connection TCP/IP properties I have DNS enabled with the two DNS IP addresses supplied by my ISP. This is part of the "rules" for Demon. So I don't see how I can disable it "for all connections in Network and Dial-up Connections" as the Help suggests.
Regards,
Pete