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« on: April 28, 2009, 03:59:19 PM »
Hi. My computers been working fine for about a year now and last Thursday it just stopped connecting to the internet. When I run the network diagnostics, it says windows confirmed that this computer cannot connect to "primary DNS server." my brothers laptop is working just fine. Can anyone help me out?
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« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2009, 04:17:52 PM »
Strange error message. I would think it is a bogus message.
Bur you could try using a know DNS server that works and see if that makes a difference. Here is how mine is set.
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« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2009, 04:22:36 PM »
Some info here

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums/index.cfm?action=showthread&threadid=308510&forumid=1

after review there are broken links on that site........but google "cannot connect to dns server"....theres a lot of people with the same issue.
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« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2009, 05:16:47 PM »
My recommendation is to follow "Geek-9pm" suggestion to try OpenDNS server addresses; but I believe the correct IP addresses are:

    208.67.222.222
    208.67.220.220
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« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2009, 05:48:57 PM »
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I believe the correct IP addresses are:

    208.67.222.222
    208.67.220.220

Yup are right. Surprised my system works!
Next time I will watch the Video first, read the book later.

http://www.opendns.com/support/videos
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« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2009, 02:34:58 PM »
how do I go to opendns.com if the computer won't connect to the internet.
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