So I went to check my email. Down. I went to check my bank account online. Down.
I wondered if our router at home was out, so I checked Hatrac, and it appeared like a shining beacon telling me that the internet was still there.
But google, is down. Paypal is down. And everything you guys are linking to is down.
I'm stranded on an island! Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
google is up. paypal is up. Strange......
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Hmm... I just got a lot of calls from my users having internet problems. I thought it was our proxy server or router....
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Sounds like a problem with DNS resolution; what errors are you getting, if any?
Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
It is only me that is stranded here. Hubby says everything is up at his work.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
but what better place to be stranded?
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
It could be regional, maybe a backbone is down somewhere.
Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
"This page cannot be displayed"
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
A deadly virus that is making its way across the internet!!! Run for your lives!
Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
You are right, Farmgirl.
I think I will start a journal...
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Yeah, DNS issue.
Try pinging google.com, then try pinging 216.239.39.99, then post the results.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Oh, and try going to 216.239.39.99 .
Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
June 15, 2005
I arrived today. The island seems to be well inhabited with an odd, but endearing civilization headed up by a middle aged writer.
Unfortunately, it seems that only the natives can see me. Whenever I try to depart, I am invisible to the rest of the world. Or it, to me.
At least I have a good food supply. And the baby too. I think we'll be okay here.
Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
Yup, it is a DNS issue.
Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
Sorry, it was me. I was cleaning up my desktop, and I accidentally deleted the internet.
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
What a pretty island
Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
It is though, isn't it? But I hear you shouldn't venture in that direction...
*waves vaguely in a direction*
There are dead horses over there.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
There are several things which could cause a DNS issue. Hopefully its just your ISP's servers being a bit wonky. Who is your ISP? I'll see if I can find some nameserver IPs for you to put in manually in your settings.
However, it could be that its DNS lookup on your home computer that's having the issues due to spyware or a virus.
There are other possibilities as well, but those two are most likely (unless you've recently changed ISPs).
Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
It would have to be on our whole network, since both computers that are currently on are having the same problem. They could both be infected, but I doubt it. We have a firewall, spyware and virus scan.
Our ISP is Qwest and MSN.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Actually, it could be your firewall, possibly. Do you use zonealarm?
But first, change your DNS in TCP/IP to 205.171.3.65 and 205.171.2.65 . Those are the current Qwest DNS servers, and I have verified they work (very speedily too).
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I thought the internet only went down in Sri Lanka. Who knew?
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
My internet was being tempermental mid morning. But it seemed to only be me. Other folks in the office were okay.
Posted by ssywak (Member # 807) on :
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