Dns error

edited March 2004 in Science & Tech
My DSL will log on and even ping sites, but every time I try to open a website I get a DNS error.

I am Alltel dsl. Operating system Win ME.

Comments

  • verselloversello New
    edited November 2003
    Are you pinging by IP address or domain name?
  • Red-SquirrelRed-Squirrel Ontario, Canada
    edited November 2003
    could be your ISP's DNS server is messed up or something,but if your pinging by hostname then it means all is fine.

    Reminds me of my schools unmaintained novell network. It still does not support IPV6 sites and we get a DNS error. Maybe it's an issue like that, does it only do it to certain sites?
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited November 2003
    Do you have a setting set in your tcp/ip protocols for youer network or broadband settings that is specifiy a DNS somewhere? If so get rid of it and make sure everything is set to dhcp.
  • kenh257kenh257 san antonio, tx
    edited December 2003
    Sounds like same problem i started having. computer will dial up, and establish connection, but will not recieve information. ie web page says: dns error.... other computer with same settings works fine! thank you for any input....,,,,ken....
  • tophericetopherice Oak Ridge, TN
    edited December 2003
    Run ipconfig and see if you are being assigned a Connection specific DNS suffix. Inot then go to your TCP/IP settings for your local area connection and specify the dns suffix for your isp. If your using a router in addition to your dsl you may need to specify the dns suffix @ the router because it is providing dhcp.
  • edited March 2004
    cwhite47 wrote:
    My DSL will log on and even ping sites, but every time I try to open a website I get a DNS error.

    I am Alltel dsl.


    Hi Cwhite4 man i have the same problem on windows Xp please reply to me on legendfmi@myself.com if you have solved this problem i have DSL connection same condition like urs all the things that people replied to you are non sense so i hope you have found out what was wrong i will wait your reply
    thank you
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