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Is this a DNS problem?

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Mucman

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I am using IE 5.5 sp2 and I am behind a router running Freesco. Sometimes when I type an url in the address bar it sometimes seem as if the net, or DNS is down... then I just stop the browser and click on "go" and it goes to the page right away. Any idea why this is?
 
It could be DNS. At the bottom of your browser bar, does it say "Connecting to http://www.msn.com" or does it say "Connecting to 192.34.35.94"?

That will tell you if it is DNS or not. If it is finding the IP address, then you are looking at something else. If it isn't resolving the name, then you are looking at DNS.

As for how to fix it on your specific network, I don't know. I am not familiar with freesco. I can tell you that I run a linksys router and I don't use DHCP. I put in static DNS numbers on all my systems to the actual DNS servers that were given to me from AT&T @Home. Some people use their router as a DNS server, and that can cause some of the problems you described.

Someone else here has to use freesco though. They can probably help you better. 🙂
 
You can't fix the DNS problem (it could be the ISP problem), unless you have your own DNS server (very unlikely for personal use). Check your DNS setting in the firewall and make sure it have the correct DNS. You can use any DNS you want, but it is best to have the DNS of you ISP. (I personally have 2 set of DNS from my ISP, and one from another ISP provider in my area)

Use the command below to check your DNS name:

ps ax | egrep -i named

or check your host file [name].cfg

or run the command below:

net reload


 
cool, I will check those out when I go home...

I am using the DNS caching provided by Freesco (will soon be making my own DNS caching server ). I have set the DNS to my works nameservers because @home's DNS went down on me more often than a penny hooker!

lowtech, I am guessing those are unix commands that I would do in my router?
 
I don't know FreeSCO firewall command, but it should have some kind of command & host file simmilar the ones I suggested above.
 
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