Re: Could not resolve host name

In article <3bjTe.5325$7p1.4548@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Chris W <christopher.whytehead.NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 4-Sep-2005, a.weston2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> > Why might I be getting this all of a sudden from a website I have
> > visited with no problem up to the beginning of this week?The website
> > isn't down according to another visitor there. Would they be able to
> > stop me from accessing it (no reason at all that I know of why they
> > would) if they wanted? Or is it my ISP, or something else?

> I have had a similar problem on a number of occasions since I got
> ntlworld broadband. Everything appears to be working the lights on the
> cable modem are on/flashing but nothing is happening. Any attempt to
> connect to email or websites fails because it can't resolve the website.

> First time round I reboots my computer, fiddled with host file and DNS
> settings, checked cables and wasted about 4 hours until I eventually
> powered off the cable modem, counted to 10 and powered it on again. Once
> it had completed its power on cycle and reestablishe the link, Hey presto
> everything worked again (apart from undoing all the unnecessary changes I
> had made).

> Now if I get this problem, the first thing I do (after confirming that
> all websites and email fail to resolve and it is not just a one site
> problem) is the power cycle the cable modem. It has worked everytime so
> far..

could you not just check by pinging the cable modem? or doesn't it work that
way?

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