BladeMonkey
Junior Member
This one is a bit of a stumper.
Setup:
I have 3 computers hooked up to my home network, 2 wireless, one wired, all running windows XP, connected to a NetGear MR314 wireless router, which is connected to a toshiba PSX 2200 cable modem. Our ISP is cox@home.
Problem: This started happening as soon as we got the router. About 3 times a day, sometimes more, any computer on the network will stop being able to resolve DNS's. This isn't to say the internet stops working. All messaging services I'm on continue to work, all file transfers in operation will continue at decent speeds. If I've been to a website a few minutes before this happens, I can continue surfing the website. But if I enter, say, "www.yahoo.com" in my browser window, and I haven't been to yahoo that day, it can't translate the name into an IP address. If I reset either the router or the cable modem, though, the problem is "fixed" temporarily, usually for another few hours.
Theories?
I think it has to do with the setting "Obtain DNS server automatically." Which is what one is supposed to set it to for cox@home, and also what the router is set to. Maybe it doesn't update the dns server name as often as it needs to? Perhaps some other setting is screwed up, or it's the ISP's fault?
Any suggestions would be helpful. I've confirmed that this problem does not occur when it's a computer connected directly to the cable modem, instead of computer -> router -> cable modem. I've also confirmed that powering off and on the computers, modem, and router in every conceivable order does not permanently fix the situation either. Also, it's not a browser issue, every site I've checked has been double checked using the DOS based "ping" utility, with matching results every time. I've tested several different versions of the firmware, including, yes, the latest, for the router.
Has anyone else had this problem, with any success at fixing it? Is this a common problem among the MR314's? Do I need a new router? Do I need a new life?
Setup:
I have 3 computers hooked up to my home network, 2 wireless, one wired, all running windows XP, connected to a NetGear MR314 wireless router, which is connected to a toshiba PSX 2200 cable modem. Our ISP is cox@home.
Problem: This started happening as soon as we got the router. About 3 times a day, sometimes more, any computer on the network will stop being able to resolve DNS's. This isn't to say the internet stops working. All messaging services I'm on continue to work, all file transfers in operation will continue at decent speeds. If I've been to a website a few minutes before this happens, I can continue surfing the website. But if I enter, say, "www.yahoo.com" in my browser window, and I haven't been to yahoo that day, it can't translate the name into an IP address. If I reset either the router or the cable modem, though, the problem is "fixed" temporarily, usually for another few hours.
Theories?
I think it has to do with the setting "Obtain DNS server automatically." Which is what one is supposed to set it to for cox@home, and also what the router is set to. Maybe it doesn't update the dns server name as often as it needs to? Perhaps some other setting is screwed up, or it's the ISP's fault?
Any suggestions would be helpful. I've confirmed that this problem does not occur when it's a computer connected directly to the cable modem, instead of computer -> router -> cable modem. I've also confirmed that powering off and on the computers, modem, and router in every conceivable order does not permanently fix the situation either. Also, it's not a browser issue, every site I've checked has been double checked using the DOS based "ping" utility, with matching results every time. I've tested several different versions of the firmware, including, yes, the latest, for the router.
Has anyone else had this problem, with any success at fixing it? Is this a common problem among the MR314's? Do I need a new router? Do I need a new life?
