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I am working with a couple of inhouse computers (Desktop & notebooks) in a LAN behind a router. In the past I have always setup the router IP 192.168.0.1 as DNS server in the Win 7 LAN settings dialog. Does that make sense? Because the router hardware itself does not contain a DNS server (or...

Wonder if someone can tell me what is going on here. As a result of out in house DNS server setup, I need to go to this site www.swpc.noaa.gov by way of its ip address 140.172.17.21. But when I try to do that, I get the following page...

Recently the internet on my laptop hasbeen slow and now after my dad re-installed windows and the router on his desktop the internet is even slower and when I diagnose it it posts this. I've tried multiple things from other posts on this forum like making sure IPv4 and IPv6 are automatic but the...

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Hi I am having the same type of issue as the "DNS server not responding thread". I tried looking at some of the different issues and trying to figure it out for myself but I didn't want to change something and make it worse.Right now I have internet access but it is extremely slow compared to...

Hi everyone I am new to this site and just registered a few minutes ago. I have a PC with windows 7 64 bit on it. My problem is my internet connection. Every time I start up my pc from now on and go on to the internet I get the limited connectivity icon on my connection bars and my internet is...

I have had problems with internet for years in this new house i moved into, and it is horrible because I need it for homework as well as just playing games. I have recently bought a new router to try to solve the problem, but my step dad also bought an all-in-one modem. Sometimes the new router...

When I turn on the computer and accessess either Google Chrome or IE the web page starts to load, then stops....I have checked it out and get DNS SERVER NOT RESPONDING... I have flushed and reset but everytime I turn on the computer I have to go through the same tasks Any suggestions

Dell OptiPlex's. Windows 7 Pro with the latest SP's. We are on a Windows 2008 domain with 80+ computers. I have 3 users that lose the ability to browse the Internet or connect to new shares via UNC or IP paths. We can ping all over the internal or external devices. We can resolve DNS. Any...

Hello All!! Im a new user on this forum. I heard that this was the best forum for windows 7. So to the point:- I have a LAN Ethernet Connection. Mainly Broadband. So the device states that the Internet is working. But in My laptop, its not even opening Google.com. When i troubleshoot it, it...

The only thing that repairs the broken connection is ipconfig /release & ipconfig /renew that I now need to do every 5mins. Have tried updating drivers, restarting power of both pc and router, setting the dns on automatic and setting it on openDNS... still getting the same message. The...

For the last month or so, when I move my laptop to a different location, it sees the networks, but I have a Limited connection. I have to do a release and renew to get to the Internet. It isn't a big deal, but can be annoying. For a while, I had specified DHCP to get my IP, but was using...

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Original release date: March 29, 2013 Systems Affected Domain Name System (DNS) servers Overview A Domain Name Server (DNS) Amplification attack is a popular form of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) that relies on the use of publically accessible open recursive DNS servers to...

hi i bought and installed a sabrent wifi pci card into my computer. this is the card (Link Removed). my computer runs windows 7. the card installed properly, no warnings or anything. i've done my best to ensure i have the most updated drivers. the card is terrible at identifying networks. it...

I'm sorry this has been posted numerous times before, but I've read through everything, but haven't yet found a fix. The problem is I get the "Unidentified network" message when I try to connect to the internet via LAN. I just built a new PC, and started getting this error. I've never used LAN...

im trying to connect to the internet at a motel and originally I got the unknown error occurred message so I used the trouble shooter then ran the fix it provided. No improvement just anew message about the checking the network adapter so I did that then the message change to contact your...

I recently factory restored my computer and after a few days I started having connection issues where I could Download from steam fine but while doing so couldn't access any internet pages. Not sure if that has anything to do with the DNS server issue but the main reason I am looking for help...

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I'm having trouble getting some websites to load for me. This didn't start happening until I got satellite internet recently. I've been reading around and the most common answer I see is to increase the dns timeout value. But I can't find the proper steps on how to do it for win 7. Can somebody...