I need somebody who is excellent with computers and network (dns and winsock) to help me.

Question

Alright. I have tried everything in the book! I have downloaded a DNS helper, have reset my TCP/IP settings and winsock settings, have cleared my cache for every browser I have used. I have reset my router and modem and changed the IP addresses on both of them. I have renewed the IP address on my computer and the other computer AND I have flushed the dns in the command prompt like I was advised to do.

I have told my ISP about this and there is nothing they can do. They say that it is a computer's problem, not the service's problem. The signal strength is good and the connection on both ends is fast and excellent they said.

So, I have Vista Home Premium. I have used IE, Firefox and now I am using Safari.

It always comes up with either "Cannot display page" or "Cannot find the host server" ....and when I highlight the link and hit enter again, it automatically goes to it.

Please, help me out on this. It doesn't really do it much on the desktop but it has done this on my laptop all the time.

I have Avast! Antivirus and Spybot Search and Destroy spyware and adware remover and I have removed everything that they said was bad.

Any other ideas? I am losing patience with this. It isn't so much that it happens almost every time, but it interferes with my work at home!

Thank you.

Answer 1

I think your DNS setting is wrong

Check if it is set to obtain DNS from ISP automatcially inside network connections

Right click your connection Properties

If you manually specify DNS servers a lot of websites will be unavailable because their domain names are not listed

If this does not work could be due to latency issues

Enter cmd in run

Type ping www.goggle.com

check the latency times that rebounce if it is high like 1000+ms it is due to high latency on the ISP side

I guess it has been resolved i was hoping you wouldn't throw away the router but do a firmware

upgrade and try it out again

It may not be physically broken but due to faulty firmware(codes burnt into your Router)

You can find firmware from your Router vendor website

Updating is done usually on your router configuration page

Linksys, Netgear, etc