Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Windows 7 DNS server not responding

Windows 7 DNS server not responding

This issue can occur by incorrect DNS settings. I suggest you perform the following steps to troubleshoot the issue.
1. Click "Start", input "NCPA.CPL" (without quotation marks) and press Enter.
2. Right click on the connection that you use for the local connection, and then click "Properties".
3. Click to select "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)", and then click "Properties".
4. In the Internet Protocol window, let's change the "Preferred DNS server" to 208.67.222.222
5. Click 'OK' twice to complete the modification.
If the issue persists, please repeat the steps and change the "Preferred DNS server" to 208.67.220.220.
Meanwhile, I would appreciate your help in clarifying that if the network is based on a router or a DSL modem. If there is a router, please bypass it and connect to DSL modem directly for a test.

VJ (7th July,2010): It worked for my Dell E series laptop with windows7

VJ (19th July,2010): The above fix did not stand for a long period,  Rick @ CBR played around to fix the wired and wireless connection issue but couldn't able to figure out where to go what to do,  finally he reset the IE setting by going into IE/Tools/Internet options/Advance/Reset and it worked. 

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