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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rodrigo Istalindir" data-source="post: 1168879" data-attributes="member: 2810">Working from memory here, since I've thankfully relegated Windows 95/98/ME to the dustbin of history....It might be that the gateway address may be missing or incorrect...If IP isn't working at all, then you shouldn't be able to ping 127.0.0.1 (which is the internal 'loopback' adapter for TCP/IP.  Since you could, I'll assume IP is installed and functioning.You said you entered the DNS entries yourself -- did you enter an IP address and a gateway yourself, too?  Generally, one gets the DNS entries, the IP address, and the gateway address all at the same time, either by entering them manually, or automatically from a DHCP server on the network.  Having the user enter some of the information but not all is pretty unusual.The gateway entry is very important -- without it, your machine will be able to talk IP, but it won't know how to find machines that aren't on the same local network.  If someone nearby (roommate or neighbor) has a computer, find out what their IP settings are,  and see if you can ping their IP address from your PC.</blockquote>