DNS error messages with BT broadband

Hi

I use BT Broadband at home. For months I've been unable to access
certain websites. I can access them if I type the IP address directly
into the browser (IE 6) address bar, but otherwise get DNS error
messages. (The sites are OK - I can access them at work without a
problem)

An example is a software company www.netiq.com (http://69.7.179.12)
When I first contacted BT about this they blamed my browser and
suggested I used Firefox - this didn't make any difference.

Some time ago I came across a reference in a newsgroup to a proxy
server address - btcache.net with a port setting of 3128 (I think). I
used this in the connection properties and for a while everything
worked OK. This setting doesn't work anymore.

I use a bt voyager ADSL modem that I've had for a few years. I've
downloaded the drivers from the bt voyager site and reinstalled it -
this didn't make any difference

I've used the DNS server IP addresses BT gave me - this hasn't made any
difference.

I'd be grateful if anyone has any ideas as to what the problem might
be.

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> Hi
>
> I use BT Broadband at home. For months I've been unable to access
> certain websites. I can access them if I type the IP address directly
> into the browser (IE 6) address bar, but otherwise get DNS error
> messages. (The sites are OK - I can access them at work without a
> problem)
>
> An example is a software company www.netiq.com (http://69.7.179.12)
> When I first contacted BT about this they blamed my browser and
> suggested I used Firefox - this didn't make any difference.
>
> Some time ago I came across a reference in a newsgroup to a proxy
> server address - btcache.net with a port setting of 3128 (I think). I
> used this in the connection properties and for a while everything
> worked OK. This setting doesn't work anymore.
>
> I use a bt voyager ADSL modem that I've had for a few years. I've
> downloaded the drivers from the bt voyager site and reinstalled it -
> this didn't make any difference
>
> I've used the DNS server IP addresses BT gave me - this hasn't made any
> difference.
>
> I'd be grateful if anyone has any ideas as to what the problem might
> be.
>

Has anything lodged itself in your hosts file?

DNS should be assigned automatically - hard setting it manually can cause
problems.

If you go here, what does it say for your DNS server
http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/aboutyou.ch

(E-Mail Removed) wrote

> Hi
>
> I use BT Broadband at home. For months I've been unable to access
> certain websites. I can access them if I type the IP address directly
> into the browser (IE 6) address bar, but otherwise get DNS error
> messages. (The sites are OK - I can access them at work without a
> problem)
>
> An example is a software company www.netiq.com (http://69.7.179.12)
> When I first contacted BT about this they blamed my browser and
> suggested I used Firefox - this didn't make any difference.
>
> Some time ago I came across a reference in a newsgroup to a proxy
> server address - btcache.net with a port setting of 3128 (I think). I
> used this in the connection properties and for a while everything
> worked OK. This setting doesn't work anymore.
>
> I use a bt voyager ADSL modem that I've had for a few years. I've
> downloaded the drivers from the bt voyager site and reinstalled it -
> this didn't make any difference
>
> I've used the DNS server IP addresses BT gave me - this hasn't made any
> difference.
>
> I'd be grateful if anyone has any ideas as to what the problem might
> be.
>
>

Run your own DNS and see if that solves the problem
http://www.treewalkdns.com/

Hi

Thanks for the message.
The DNS has been set to automatic for some time.
The information I have is as follows-

Your DNS server(s) are:

194.74.65.69 [DNS_ID=0x7dfd TTL=57 srcport=33017 Non-recursive ]
There could be more, in which case reloading the page will normally
display them.