deck Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 My ISPs DNS is not working! I first thought it was my router, but it would seem that it's their DNS. How do I know this? Aside from not being able to access some websites for periods of a few hours to a few days, I'm being routed to the wrong sites when I enter some addresses. For example, I tried to go to neowin, but I was sent to ICQ. My second attempt sent me to neowin. I've contact my ISP about a possible DNS problem in the past, but they say things are working fine. I don't think it's my computer that's the problem, so how can I prove to them that things aren't right? ~D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trance Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 it may not be your ISP... it could be the DNS server upstrea of the ISP. you would have to try tracerouting to narrow it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPaul Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 Try clearing your arp table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadean Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 Have you tried opening command prompt and typing "ipconfig /flushdns" ?! The problem could be on your end... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted September 14, 2003 Veteran Share Posted September 14, 2003 also check your hosts file. if your ISP says it's not their problem, it's probably not their problem in a situation like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzero Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 if worse comes to worse directly query a root server. a.root-servers.net 198.41.0.4 [12:08 am]: dns: [b.root-servers.net->128.9.0.107] :: [12:08 am]: dns: [c.root-servers.net->192.33.4.12] :: try that :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deck Posted September 14, 2003 Author Share Posted September 14, 2003 Whoosh! Yeah, most of that is over my head. It's like, I know what your saying - I just don't know how to do half of it. Thanks, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leedogg Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc delete hosts file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booyah! Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 Could be your Temp. Internet Files are overflowing, delete and set a modest cache level. You got "winipcfg" or a variant thereof? This will tell you exact address of your DNS servers and you can add them to your Server Settings. This a good site for quick answers http://www.dnsstuff.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 Yea, DNS servers don't break like that. They don't suddenly change results if you hit them up twice. Are you using a DNS relay on your router? Also check with a different browser (see my sig) incase IE's being silly. Which it most likley is ;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almighty1 Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 It isn't the DNS Server but it's a known issue with Win2000/XP and not sure if it applies to 2003 about caching bad DNS data... See: http://cable-dsl.home.att.net/#dns_cache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rathamon Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 217.23.224.11 thats a nice DNS server :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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