Please help. I have just connected to broadband and am now using my access point directly to connect to the internet, before the ap was etherneted to the main pc and I connected to the internet using the main pc and a proxy.

Now i can only connect to the internet using ip addresses, ie 216.239.59.104 and i get the google page. If i type www. google.com I cannot connect. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[quote author=“Mrs Gadget”]Please help. I have just connected to broadband and am now using my access point directly to connect to the internet, before the ap was etherneted to the main pc and I connected to the internet using the main pc and a proxy.

Now i can only connect to the internet using ip addresses, ie 216.239.59.104 and i get the google page. If i type www. google.com I cannot connect. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sounds like you need to manually enter the DNS server address of your ISP into your computer.

Where and how do i do that?

First off, what do you mean when you say you are using your access point to directly connect to the internet?  Do you mean your access point is also a router which is hooked up to your broadband modem?

Ok i have now sorted it. I had to tell the wireless properties to obtain the ip automatically and then i gave it a preferred dns server of the router address. And eventually it worked.
Thanks for your help.

[quote author=“Mrs Gadget”]Ok i have now sorted it. I had to tell the wireless properties to obtain the ip automatically and then i gave it a preferred dns server of the router address. And eventually it worked.
Thanks for your help.

Glad it worked out.