DNS problems

[amazingtrade]

I am in a practical at uni atm so I better make this quick. I am supposed to be doing C++. However I am having problems with my internet connection at home. Many sites including this ones keep throwing up DNS errors, even though I know the sites work. Is this a problem with my Router or with my service provider?

 

[GTM]

DNS is hosted on a server within your ISPs network...

If you go in to command prompt on your pc and type

IPCONFIG /ALL

it will show the DNS server IPs that your pc is currently using. The ISP will often have two options...for redundancy purposes. You could try setting which of the two servers to use manualy.

In your network connetion configuration. Highlight TCP/IP and hit proporties. On one of the tabs there should be an option to define your DNS Server IP address manually. It will currently be selected as "obtain DNS server address automatically". If you tick the other option the greyed out IP address fields will become available...

Try entering the two DNS IP addresses that you got from the IPCONFIG printout but in reverse order.. so you will use the alternative DNS server. That may help.

ISPs quite often have DNS issues. If doing the above makes no difference .. tell your ISP about the problem.

GTM