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    Shared connection

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by ldiamond, Aug 16, 2007.

  1. ldiamond

    ldiamond Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi, I'm trying to connect my laptop to internet through my desktop (2 network cards).

    However, I only succeed partly. I set up the shared connection, plug in my wire, and I can communicate between both computer (Shared folder for example). However, I can only visit Google.com... I can do searches that are not in my cache already... So I can send information to google.com and receive it. However, if I try to go on a different site, it doesnt work (but works on my desktop). So I'm guessing it has to be a NAT/DNS problem (My desktop is connected to a LAN through a router)... any1 have an Idea on how to fix that?
     
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    Hummm, It just randomly started working... seems like it was a DNS problem!
     
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