part time internetz, wtf?

[rothko]

what in the world is going on? i can surf 2p2, but if i click a link to outside of 2p2 i get the "problem loading page" error. i can't use the intraweb, except for 2p2 which is already open. pokerstars works, aim, etc. what is causing this and how can i fix it?

also, thank god the important stuff runs fwiw imo.

[SamIAm]

Did this just start happening? Are you on a laptop or a desktop? How are you connected to the internet? (dorm, cable, dsl, etc.) Wired or wireless? Are there other computers on your network? When you do the troubleshooting steps listed in the FAQ, what happens?

[Bremen]

Wow, there's a faq, lol. Anyway, sounds like his DNS is out.

[rothko]

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Did this just start happening? Are you on a laptop or a desktop? How are you connected to the internet? (dorm, cable, dsl, etc.) Wired or wireless? Are there other computers on your network? When you do the troubleshooting steps listed in the FAQ, what happens?

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d'oh, always forget about those steps in the faq. everything is working perfectly now, so those tests will be meaningless.

this happens on an off. it can last days or minutes.

i am on a notebook and connect to the internet through a wireless router. if i plug in to the router directly it doesn't change anything.

[rothko]

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Wow, there's a faq, lol. Anyway, sounds like his DNS is out.

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is there something i can do?

[Bremen]

DNS is what translates human readable internet address (google.com) into machine readable ones (64.233.167.99). Your ISP maintains a server which provides these translations. If for some reason your computer cannot contact this server it isn't able to translate addresses and nothing work. Exceptions are sites you've recently visited since your computer will remember the address and doesn't need to look it up. Also applications which use the machine addresses will continue to work.

Unfortunately this is most likely on your ISP. If you disconnect/reconnect it may assign you a new DNS server.