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Lucifer1 · 17-10-2009, 13:29

Hi,

Can i just point out that the "can not connect to DNS server" message can be windows way of saying it has no internet connection, as when windows resolves an ip address it needs the DNS server and as it has no internet connection it says the old "can not connect to DNS server" so its likely you do not have a DNS issue, just no connection to the internet at the time.

The only reason i state this is i used to get customers thinking they had a DNS issue alot when infact they had no connection at all.

Just a little pointer.

Thx

Lucifer

PS: doing start then run and typing cmd to open command prompt and trying to ping the virgin dns servers is always a good test.

ping 194.168.4.100 <-- primary dns server
ping 194.168.8.100 <-- secondary dns server

Although in all honesty i dont use virgins dns servers.

17-10-2009, 13:29	#18
Lucifer1 Inactive Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 10	Re: Cannot Communicate with DNS server Hi, Can i just point out that the "can not connect to DNS server" message can be windows way of saying it has no internet connection, as when windows resolves an ip address it needs the DNS server and as it has no internet connection it says the old "can not connect to DNS server" so its likely you do not have a DNS issue, just no connection to the internet at the time. The only reason i state this is i used to get customers thinking they had a DNS issue alot when infact they had no connection at all. Just a little pointer. Thx Lucifer PS: doing start then run and typing cmd to open command prompt and trying to ping the virgin dns servers is always a good test. ping 194.168.4.100 <-- primary dns server ping 194.168.8.100 <-- secondary dns server Although in all honesty i dont use virgins dns servers.