Need help. I think it's a DNS problem! - GoFuckYourself.com

Jack Frost · 03-19-2009, 03:29 AM

Morning,

I have 2 pc's running from home. For some reason one of them has decided it can no longer connect to the internet? I can access the router settings from that pc, so I know the problem is not the connection to the router. And my other pc connects to the net with no problems through the same router.

I've checked everything I can think of and can't see what the problem could be?

The error is a dns fail?

Any ideas?

Thanks

Robocrop · 03-19-2009, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Jack Frost

Morning,

I have 2 pc's running from home. For some reason one of them has decided it can no longer connect to the internet? I can access the router settings from that pc, so I know the problem is not the connection to the router. And my other pc connects to the net with no problems through the same router.

I've checked everything I can thing of and can't see what the problem could be?

The error is a dns fail?

Any ideas?

Thanks

If 1 can connect its hardly the DNS. Try disable your firewall m8.

Jack Frost · 03-19-2009, 04:16 AM

Firewall is disabled.

This is the error I get

Thanks

Robocrop · 03-19-2009, 04:22 AM

Go to command and do a dns flush

ipconfig/flushdns

Or check the option on archive, browsing offline.

Tried reboot?

Jack Frost · 03-19-2009, 05:42 AM

Unfortunately that didn't work

ThePornPusher · 03-19-2009, 05:57 AM

Jack, try this.. Clear your cache/cookies/history...Try going to http://google.com in your browser, if it doesn't load then open up command prompt(start->run->cmd) and try pinging google's ip directly...(ping 74.125.67.100) If you receive a reply chances are your isp is having DNS problems.Verizon FiOS was giving me dns problems for awhile so I ended up changing my DNS settings to 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 (depending on your router, it should be simple to change in the router menu)

Hope that helps...

Jack Frost · 03-19-2009, 06:03 AM

Thanks. I'll give that a try later as I'm away from that PC now! I'll let you know if that works. I was thinking of changing my dns settings to openDNS.

baddog · 03-19-2009, 09:22 AM

Flush DNS
reboot

Jack Frost · 03-19-2009, 02:06 PM

Tried all of the above without success

Can't ping google or any net addresses. I can connect to the router from the problem pc, so I can rule out network card or cable.

I can connect to internet through that same router on a different pc. So not a router problem.

I flushed dns, released dns & re entered dns settings.

Basically tried everything I could think of, but no joy at all

Jack Frost · 03-21-2009, 06:38 AM

Finally fixed it. Just needed to unistalled service pack 3! What a nightare that was.

03-19-2009, 03:29 AM	#1
Jack Frost Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London, England Posts: 301	Need help. I think it's a DNS problem! Morning, I have 2 pc's running from home. For some reason one of them has decided it can no longer connect to the internet? I can access the router settings from that pc, so I know the problem is not the connection to the router. And my other pc connects to the net with no problems through the same router. I've checked everything I can think of and can't see what the problem could be? The error is a dns fail? Any ideas? Thanks Last edited by Jack Frost; 03-19-2009 at 03:31 AM..

03-19-2009, 04:22 AM	#4
Robocrop Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Hollywood Posts: 2,785	Go to command and do a dns flush ipconfig/flushdns Or check the option on archive, browsing offline. Tried reboot? Last edited by Robocrop; 03-19-2009 at 04:23 AM..

03-19-2009, 05:57 AM	#6
ThePornPusher Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Long Island,New York Posts: 1,823	Jack, try this.. Clear your cache/cookies/history...Try going to http://google.com in your browser, if it doesn't load then open up command prompt(start->run->cmd) and try pinging google's ip directly...(ping 74.125.67.100) If you receive a reply chances are your isp is having DNS problems.Verizon FiOS was giving me dns problems for awhile so I ended up changing my DNS settings to 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 (depending on your router, it should be simple to change in the router menu) Hope that helps... __________________

03-19-2009, 04:16 AM	#3
Jack Frost Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London, England Posts: 301	Firewall is disabled. This is the error I get Thanks

03-19-2009, 05:42 AM	#5
Jack Frost Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London, England Posts: 301	Unfortunately that didn't work

03-19-2009, 06:03 AM	#7
Jack Frost Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London, England Posts: 301	Thanks. I'll give that a try later as I'm away from that PC now! I'll let you know if that works. I was thinking of changing my dns settings to openDNS.

03-19-2009, 09:22 AM	#8
baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,090	Flush DNS reboot

03-19-2009, 02:06 PM	#9
Jack Frost Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London, England Posts: 301	Tried all of the above without success Can't ping google or any net addresses. I can connect to the router from the problem pc, so I can rule out network card or cable. I can connect to internet through that same router on a different pc. So not a router problem. I flushed dns, released dns & re entered dns settings. Basically tried everything I could think of, but no joy at all

03-21-2009, 06:38 AM	#10
Jack Frost Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London, England Posts: 301	Finally fixed it. Just needed to unistalled service pack 3! What a nightare that was.