ip routing! win2k vs xp! heeeelp

[df]

my deskop has win2kpro, my laptop xppro...

when i try to go to some websites, they fail to lookup the name via dns... yet my desktop looks them up ok

(both machines plugged into same router. one has ip of 192.168.1.11, the ther .10)

the only difference I can see is in win2k

Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : sanjiyan
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No


XP has
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : yakumo
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No


one has IP routing enabled, one does not...


XP NIC reports
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-7F-F1-9D-C3
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 17 January 2003 19:44:08
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 20 January 2003 19:44:08

the 2k NIC has
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-06-F1-9A-0D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.11
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 17 January 2003 3:21:41 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 20 January 2003 3:21:41 PM


the kicker is in Regedit under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\P arameters\IPEnableRouter for both 2k and XP, they are set to 0 (no ip routing)!!!

idont know what to do... or why the xp box fails to see some sites, but the 2k one does.
one i just hit was search.keyserver.net (pgp key lookup). 2k connects. xp failes to dns its name....

[df]

i've turned the routing service off in win2k... so now both have no ip routing enabled...

still same results... copied the DNS cahce optiosn from the reg in 2k to xp.. nothing..

tracert doesnt even get out of my router to hop1... something in xp is killing it... grrrrrrr this is driving me crazy