I can only get to certain sites all of a sudden? Help!

[Cleo]

I thought the DNS settings on the computer would override any settings in the router since the computer would no longer be relying on the router for DNS info.

[ArtWilliams]

Originally Posted by Cleo

I thought the DNS settings on the computer would override any settings in the router since the computer would no longer be relying on the router for DNS info.

I would think so too but it worked for me. Funny, I ended up having the same problem as babymaker. A website that I am developing suddenly disappeared from my computers at home (Linux and Windows). I could view it on my Android phone browsers though. Changing to Open DNS on my wifi modem (provided by my ISP) instantly fixed everthing.

[cd34]

Originally Posted by artwilliams

I would think so too but it worked for me. Funny, I ended up having the same problem as babymaker. A website that I am developing suddenly disappeared from my computers at home (Linux and Windows). I could view it on my Android phone browsers though. Changing to Open DNS on my wifi modem (provided by my ISP) instantly fixed everthing.

If you set it on the computer, it will override the settings in the modem. If you have your computer to obtain an IP address automatically, and have it set to obtain DNS servers, then it would pull it from the modem (or gateway).

If you set the DNS servers on your computer, it would override the settings from the modem.

A while back there was a virus that would change the DNS settings on gateways through javascript. It is also possible that is what happened, and, one of the DNS servers happened to get shut down. It would be interesting to see what the previous DNS settings were.

http://cd34.com/blog/web-security/ma...middle-attack/ was one potential outcome.

[ArtWilliams]

Originally Posted by cd34

If you set it on the computer, it will override the settings in the modem. If you have your computer to obtain an IP address automatically, and have it set to obtain DNS servers, then it would pull it from the modem (or gateway).

If you set the DNS servers on your computer, it would override the settings from the modem.

A while back there was a virus that would change the DNS settings on gateways through javascript. It is also possible that is what happened, and, one of the DNS servers happened to get shut down. It would be interesting to see what the previous DNS settings were.

http://cd34.com/blog/web-security/ma...middle-attack/ was one potential outcome.

That's what a did! It automatically gets my DNS from the server. Thanks for the good read.