I keep getting this message - Your computer appears to be correctly configured, but the device or resource (DNS server) is not responding)

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Hello,

My computer is stuggling to get internet access, I keep getting this message - Your computer appears to be correctly configured, but the device or resource (DNS server) is not responding). All of the other computers in my house are connected with no difficulty. Any suggestions?

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I resolved the problem. When my router lost power, somehow the addresses got changed so the IP address of the wireless Dell computer no longer fell in the pool of addresses maintained by the router. When I reconfigured by router and had released and renewed my IP address on the Dell computer, everything started working again.

Thanks for your help!

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Anonymous

2013-09-30T04:15:51+00:00

Dear Meghmala

Thanks a lot..You are life saver. God bless you
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Anonymous

2013-09-18T10:18:14+00:00

I have a problem in step no.3. I can't click on properties, there is only 'Install' and 'Uninstall'.

can you please help me?
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2013-06-13T18:13:59+00:00

im restricted from being able to do certain things

Only with IPv6 DNS?   Otherwise you could use nslookup to find if there is an IPv4 address to use, then use ping -n 1 -w 1 -4 with its canonical host to get it cached.   Then IE would most likely find the IPv4 address and use it.

For example:

<cmd_output>

C:>ipconfig /flushdns

Windows IP Configuration

Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.

C:>nslookup www.yahoo.com

Server: UnKnown

Address: 192.168.1.1

Non-authoritative answer:

Name:    ds-any-fp3-real.wa1.b.yahoo.com

Addresses: 2001:4998:f00d:1fe::3000

          2001:4998:f00d:1fe::3001

          2001:4998:f00b:1fe::3000

          2001:4998:f00b:1fe::3001

          98.139.183.24

Aliases: www.yahoo.com

          fd-fp3.wg1.b.yahoo.com

          ds-fp3.wg1.b.yahoo.com

          ds-any-fp3-lfb.wa1.b.yahoo.com

C:>ping -n 1 -w 1 -4 ds-any-fp3-real.wa1.b.yahoo.com

Pinging ds-any-fp3-real.wa1.b.yahoo.com [98.139.183.24] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 98.139.183.24:

    Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 0, Lost = 1 (100% loss),

C:>ipconfig /displaydns

Windows IP Configuration

    ds-any-fp3-real.wa1.b.yahoo.com

    ----------------------------------------

    Record Name . . . . . : ds-any-fp3-real.wa1.b.yahoo.com

    Record Type . . . . . : 1

    Time To Live . . . . : 41

    Data Length . . . . . : 4

    Section . . . . . . . : Answer

    A (Host) Record . . . : 98.139.183.24

    Record Name . . . . . : yf1.yahoo.com

    Record Type . . . . . : 1

    Time To Live . . . . : 41

    Data Length . . . . . : 4

    Section . . . . . . . : Additional

    A (Host) Record . . . : 68.142.254.15

    Record Name . . . . . : yf2.yahoo.com

    Record Type . . . . . : 1

    Time To Live . . . . : 41

    Data Length . . . . . : 4

    Section . . . . . . . : Additional

    A (Host) Record . . . : 68.180.130.15

C:>

</cmd_output>

Note the Time To Live value associated with the cached records.   They show you the number of seconds that you would have to try to get IE to take advantage of your cached records.

Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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