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    Can't connect to some websites!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Jedi007, Mar 7, 2010.

  1. Jedi007

    Jedi007 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi,

    I can't connect to some websites.

    These include:

    getafreelancer.com
    freelancer.com
    amazon.com
    amazon.ca
    answers.yahoo.com

    There are more but I can't remember them at the moment

    Firefox fails at "Connecting to xxx".

    I know it's not a virus because I have the same problem on two laptops, my desktop, a macbook, and my iphone when connected to my router.

    I tried resetting my router and that didn't solve the problem.

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks
     
    Jedi007, Mar 7, 2010
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  2. goofball

    goofball Notebook Deity

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    Have you tried using a different dns server?
     
    goofball, Mar 7, 2010
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  3. Jedi007

    Jedi007 Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks

    What do I change the DNS server to?

    Right now it's set to "Obtain DNS information automatically" on my router.
     
    Jedi007, Mar 7, 2010
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  4. reb1

    reb1 Notebook Evangelist

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    I would disable security and see if you can access all the web sites. If this works than adjust security to a level that allows access.
     
    reb1, Mar 7, 2010
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  5. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    As a quick test, go to

    Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections

    right click your adapter, choose properties

    click on tcpip v4, choose properties button

    insert the following into the dns boxes

    208.67.222.222
    208.67.220.220

    Click OK, surf to those pages that did not work before
     
    gerryf19, Mar 7, 2010
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  6. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Just for the suspicious, those are two of the DNS resolvers at OpenDNS.com, not gerryf19's super-secret botnet (at least so far as dnsstuff.com can tell).
     
    Shyster1, Mar 8, 2010
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  7. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    Thank you Shyster. I thought I had put that in. I was originally going to just put in the opendns site, but they've reorganized it recently and it is darn near impossible to find instructions on how to use opendns now....
     
    gerryf19, Mar 8, 2010
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