One strange thing I've noticed when I switch from the
RoadRunner cable modem to the Verizon ADSL
modem is that even after I reboot, doing an ipconfig
/all says the domain is roadrunner and the
DNS is road runner. But when I check the
gateway/router/firewall, it correctly indicates the Verizon
domain and DNS. Everything still works
fine, but I wonder if Windows is actually using the
RoadRunner DNS? Just to be sure, I
manually typed in the DNS
IP addresses.
For those poor souls that may need to do this, the procedure is:
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On the desktop, right click "My Network Places".
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Left click on "Properties".
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Right click on "Local Area Connection".
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Left click on "Properties".
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On the "General" tab, scroll down to the "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" component and left click it.
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Left click on "Properties"
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On the "General" tab, click the radio button for "Use the following DNS server addresses".
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Type in the addresses for your preferred and alternate DNS servers.
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Click "OK" twice and you should be done.
I have to meet this morning at 7:30 a.m. with one of our interviewees for our capstone project so I gotta go.
Aloha!
