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iiiceaser   03-14-2008 at 08:31:35 PM

I should start by saying I'm relatively uninformed in regard to networking.

Anyway, I was helping a friend who isn't good with computers at all. Along my way I stumbled upon their Network Connection Details to find that both their DNS and DHCP servers were different from their physical IP address (their computer is behind a router). I assumed their DNS and DHCP should start with the same 192.168 of their router? All of my computers, and most any regular home computer I could think of all have very similar, if not the same, DNS/DHCP/IP addresses. So I became concerned because they had a lot spyware (albeit it was relatively all benign).

So, is there any cause for concern due to the different DNS/DHCP addresses compared to the IP? Should I reset the DNS/DHCP back to the router's 192.168.1.1? If so how would I go about doing that. From the command prompt I already tried a release and renew with no luck. I also reset the router.

I'd be grateful for any enlightenment.

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Grumpy9117   03-15-2008 at 12:55:31 AM
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Can you post the output from ipconfig/all here?

Grumpy

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iiiceaser   03-15-2008 at 03:36:15 AM
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Thanks for the reply Grumpy. I don't have access to their computer right now. I will talk to them and see if they can take a proper screen shot to send to me so I can give you all the relevant data. I'll probably have some info by Sunday.

Thanks again.

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thehelo   03-15-2008 at 05:34:29 PM
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dhcp ip address in most cases is the router ip address, or another address on the network (meaning a 192.168.x.x, depending on how its set up). the dns will be completely different so dont worry about that one.

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