On 06/02/2021 22:50, newshound wrote:
On 06/02/2021 14:45, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Â*Â*Â* Fredxx wrote:
On 06/02/2021 12:37, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
The PC which is part of this pair suddenly lost internet access. It is
cabled to the router. This old machine from the same hub, OK.
It was reaching the router OK, but no internet access. It's on a
fixed IP
address. As a quick fix tried letting it sort itself out. Where of
course
it changed to DCHP - but still not working. Claimed it couldn't find
the
DNS server. Checks on drivers etc showed OK.

Seems Windows did an update a couple of days ago. Restored to before
that
and everything works again.

It's a relatively new (and expensive) Gigabyte MB.

Open a Command Prompt and type "ipconfig /all" on both PCs and compare
the DNS Servers for both on the Ethernet adapter.

If you're using DHCP they should be the same. It is always possible that
the first PC has the DNS Server entry to some historical IP address and
not set through DHCP.

I've got everything on this LAN set to fixed IP. Have a list of what they
all are.

Never had a problem with file sharing under the Win7 Homegroup system.

Total nightmare with Win10 - Google if you don't believe me.

+1

Having dabbled with static IPs in the past, I've been relying on DHCP on
Win10. Most of the time it works, but it does occasionally have hissy
fits that I have never really been able to explain. Random power cycling
eventually sorts it, sometimes have to delete and reinstall printers too.

I've got something over 50 devices on my system now (including phones
and laptops belonging to the kids when they visit), I can see subnets
looming.

With a decent router, you can do VLANs too.