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arcimedes 06-08-2011 13:06
Re: One PC cannot access some sites
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by General Maximus (Post 35282703)
as far as I am concerned then VM shouldn't legally be allowed to call it a router. What sort of routers dont let you specify your dns servers?
A router just sends packets of data to the relevent port based on IP address. There is no requirement for it be able to provide DNS servers as it never sees a normal user friendly address.

It will be the cable modem part of the software that provides DNS servers.

kwikbreaks 06-08-2011 17:25
Re: One PC cannot access some sites
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by arcimedes (Post 35283923)
It will be the cable modem part of the software that provides DNS servers.
General Maximus was talking about the ability to override the ISP DHCP provided DNS.

My router has no modem at all cable or otherwise yet, like most, can be used to specify what DNS IPs are provided to DHCP clients. That is what the Superhub can't do.

qasdfdsaq 07-08-2011 03:14
Re: One PC cannot access some sites
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by kwikbreaks (Post 35283882)
When you connect to a new router (as he did) Win 7 detects it and asks you what network type it is. If you screw up and say it's a public network (easy to do in a rush as I've been stupid enough to do it myself which is why I remembered it can cause problems but not exactly what at the time I suggested checking) then by default it will block the browsers from accessing the internet as you can see in the first picture where it isn't allowing Firefox access.

It wasn't his problem and the symptoms as it happened didn't match but saying the Windows firewall is only applicable to inbound connects is plain wrong.
No it doesn't, anything you click on that page only affects inbound connections, and will never block a web browser. As I've said, it's impossible to accidentally block outbound connections, the *only* way to do it is a 15 step advanced manual rule setup.

The first picture only shows inbound connections being blocked. It has no effect on your web browsing.

navman 12-08-2011 10:36
Re: One PC cannot access some sites
 
Bump... anyone with any other ideas at all. I appreciate the ideas and thoughts so far

Dragon88 14-08-2011 21:54
Re: One PC cannot access some sites
 
Hi there, I'm having the exact same problems.

Can access a list of websites through other computers at home, but not on my vista laptop. Let me know if you find a solution mate.

navman 15-08-2011 17:56
Re: One PC cannot access some sites
 
Will do mate..... Can you access t3.com. I use that as a test at the moment....

Dragon88 15-08-2011 18:03
Re: One PC cannot access some sites
 
Nope can't get onto t3.com.

I've got a thread on another forum, will let you know if anything comes up.

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...ly/td-p/661399

navman 15-08-2011 18:13
Re: One PC cannot access some sites
 
Cheers mate. I am running windows 7 on the machine with the problems. With Virgin Super hub either plugged or wireless


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