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Kenw1986

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April 30th, 2008 05:00

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?

  • 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