hl2.net only...

[oldagerocker]

Hey guys, im hoping some network/internet wizz can help me out.

Yesterday and today i've been having serious problems with my internet connection and what seems to be my router.
Yesterday i lost all connectivity, after many a reboot/restart of pc and router I managed to get it working but now im having serious DNS issues... the only website any of my browsers will find is halflife2.net....

MSN/Steam etc is fine, so it appears to be just port 80 affected and i dont know whether its something i can fix or its my ISP being dodgy, I'm with pipex btw, so if anyone can check to see if there are any problems in my area then that'd help.

I dont have a clue how to fix this, other than restarting my router.. which i dont want to do all the time because i have to reconfigure the port forwarding etc. I have no spyware btw.

 

[lePobz]

Ignore your routers DNS lookup, instead use a DNS lookup directly from your PC and other PCs on your network.

My Network Places --> View Network Connections --> (your LAN card properties) --> TCP/IP properties --> enter manual DNS lookup

enter 195.12.1.1 in the top box, leave the bottom box empty.

 

[oldagerocker]

Worked perfectly, thanks very much. How could it go so wrong just like that?
It's always been automatic until now.

 

[lePobz]

Not sure, my router does the same sometimes, just one of those things I guess... the other week it completely lost all my networks DHCP addresses...

 

[oldagerocker]

ok, il just blame it on the fact its the cheapest router i could get my mits on when i got it and ofcourse the hot weather

 

[lePobz]

Don't forget the French, you've got to blame them too :thumbs:

 

[G-Dub]

Blame Canada!

 

[oldagerocker]

Actually...had a quick game of hl2 sp, and its stopped working again

 

[lePobz]

You wouldn't be running ZoneAlarm would you? if you are, kill it with fire.

 

[oldagerocker]

erm.. i might be....*shuts down ZA*

oh yippee yay, its working again.

 

[G-Dub]

erm.. i might be....*shuts down ZA*

oh yippee yay, its working again.

/me crosses fingers for oldagerocker

 

[KoreBolteR]

problem solved!! \/

 

[oldagerocker]

Yeah but it sucks that i have to leave my PC firewall-less, i dont like doing that.

 

[G-Dub]

Have you tried a different firewall? This may solve teh problem...

 

[oldagerocker]

I've tried a few but ZA is the easiest to use imo. The others either confused me or took allot of setting up.

 

[lePobz]

Does your router not already have a firewall? most do... easiest and most secure way to firewall a network if you ask me.

 

[BlindTelepath]

Ignore your routers DNS lookup, instead use a DNS lookup directly from your PC and other PCs on your network.

My Network Places --> View Network Connections --> (your LAN card properties) --> TCP/IP properties --> enter manual DNS lookup

enter 195.12.1.1 in the top box, leave the bottom box empty.

What exactly is that IP?

 

[duffers20]

What exactly is that IP?

Looks like a DNS IP. Your ISP probably supply IP's for you to use if you have problems with the default ones supplied by windows.

 

[lePobz]

It's Altohiways DNS server .... very fast, very reliable.