'Resolving Hosts' issue in Chrome and other browsers now occurs almost daily

Anonymous
2020-02-07T15:28:09+00:00

About 3 weeks ago I first saw 'resolving hosts' in Chrome when pages weren't loading, or were taking several minutes to load. The same thing was happening in Firefox and Edge at the same time.  At that time a reboot seemed to fix it. 

Since then it's happened frequently, every few days. I tried a number of things and at first these sometimes seemed to be working, sometimes with a reboot:

  • Changed to public DNS for TCP/IPv4: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
  • Cycling modem and router
  • Clearing browser caches
  • Flushing PC cache
  • Made sure Chrome page preload was off
  • Checked host file
  • Not using a VPN or proxy server
  • Turned off port scan/DoS protection in router (previous router)

Now I'm encountering 'resolving hosts' almost every single day. Sometimes it happens when I first turn on the PC in the morning. Sometimes in the middle of the day when I'm working, it will suddenly start.

The only thing that now works reliably is typing this in a command window and rebooting:

netsh int ip reset

Can someone please help me get to the root of this problem? I'd never seen it before about 3-3.5 weeks ago.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-05-24T03:17:37+00:00

    It is when the data is initially stored correctly then damaged while in the OS’s care. 

    What data are you referring to?

    You type a website into your web browser's address box, or click on a link. Your web browser sends the URL to your ISP's Domain Name System server, and asks the DNS server to reply with the website's numerical address.

    On the internet, all websites have numerical addresses. You can type www.microsoft.com into your web browser, but that's just a name. Your web browser needs the numerical address for www.microsoft.com, otherwise it can't find it on the internet. Your ISP's DNS service returns the numerical address to your web browser. That's how your web browser is able to 'resolve the host.'

    If your web browser can't resolve the host, it likely means that the website no longer has an entry in the Domain Name System, or the entry is wrong. If your web browser takes a long time resolving hosts, it likely means that the DNS server is overloaded.

    Don't take my word for it. Do some reading on the internet about how DNS works.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-05-23T23:53:51+00:00

    A "host" in this situation is the web server that your browser is trying to reach; it is 'hosting' the web page you want to see.

    "Resolving" means obtaining a numerical IP address from your ISP's DNS server.

    If your web browser is having trouble resolving hosts, that means it's not getting a numerical IP address from your ISP's DNS server for the websites you want to visit

    None of which has anything to do with Windows or Microsoft.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-05-23T23:25:56+00:00

    I have MWB. 

    Had it for years.

    This is a MICROSOFT problem that has nothing to do with MWB.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-05-23T20:23:59+00:00

    Like I said, I just uninstalled Malwarebytes, the antivirus software I've been using, and haven't had a problem since. And that was about eight weeks ago.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-05-23T19:55:41+00:00

    I have the same problem as 1999999. 

    The suggestion by Joseph Y M fixed the problem . . . until the next time I boot up.

    Makes you wonder why #Microsoft doesn't fix it.

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