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Connected to network, but DNS errors
Hi I have a Inspiron 1405, Vista Home Premium, Intel 3945ABG wireless adapter.
Every few days while surfing the internet at night, web pages will suddenly just stop loading and will immediatly display a DNS error when entering a web address. This occurs regardless of browser. I also lose connection to all internet software such as messenger.
I do not think it is a problem with my network as windows still lists the connection as active with a strong signal I have had the problem occur on different networks. I have tried disconnecting/reconnecting to the network, releasing/renewing my IP address, and also disabled/re- enabled the wireless adapter without positive results.
However, if I restart the laptop the problem goes away and I can continue to browse as normal. Any idea on what might be causing this issue?
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jmwills
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Posted April 30th, 2008 13:00
This could be a sign of a corrupting TCP stack or some faulty DNS entries.
Run this from a command prompt and see if the issue lingers:
ipconfig /flushdns