Hardware & Technical DNS server not responding

[Robert Maynard]

If you've added an extension that has it's own earthing point, then that might cause problems with the powerline.

I can't really tell for sure though - it's been many, many years since I've dealt with ring circuits, and powerline Ethernet wasn't even a glint in the milkmans eye back then

Fairly sure that the extension earths back through the original consumer unit - it had spare breaker slots.

 

[Surfinjo]

Haha, looks like it's a trending topic in general! Glad I'm not the only one... [haha]



1. Just AVG antivirus
2. I believe so, only about 2 years old at this point
3. mmm I think so! Only me that uses it
4. It's a telephone connection

As for the other things, i can't think of anything that would cause a holdup. I don't use those things.

I was reading this digital guide and it looks helpful It suggests using a different browser or restarting the router. I'll give both a try tonight and see how that goes, will report back soon...[up]

Your holdup is the telephone. I'm assuming you have one of those so called Boradband adaptors. The problem is this relies upon copper technology which is frankly not good with modern digital coms.

But you should be checking your various settings if you can. In this thread there is quite a lot of experience. I'm sure many will advise on accessing and adjusting setting.

I use Virgin so mine are set automatically.

Good luck. Don't give up and see if you can upgrade to fiber optic, preferably Virgin, at some time. If you're not in the UK, see what is available locally.

Addition.

I will suggest you get rid of AVG, you many need an uninstaller to do it. It's not very good and frankly, you will be better with Windows Defender, for all the threat there is from Viruses. I will also strongly suggest you download Ccleaner.

 

[charlieinthetree]

Your holdup is the telephone. I'm assuming you have one of those so called Boradband adaptors. The problem is this relies upon copper technology which is frankly not good with modern digital coms.

But you should be checking your various settings if you can. In this thread there is quite a lot of experience. I'm sure many will advise on accessing and adjusting setting.

I use Virgin so mine are set automatically.

Good luck. Don't give up and see if you can upgrade to fiber optic, preferably Virgin, at some time. If you're not in the UK, see what is available locally.

Addition.

I will suggest you get rid of AVG, you many need an uninstaller to do it. It's not very good and frankly, you will be better with Windows Defender, for all the threat there is from Viruses. I will also strongly suggest you download Ccleaner.

Interesting! I think AVG was just the first one i found I'll try to get rid of the telephone connection at some point. Thanks!

 

[Rardain]

As a general rule you should really be manually setting your ip configuration if you are getting unknown networking issues.

I know it's can be a bit daunting to those of you that don't know much about networking but it saves a lot of hassle. Your router will be configured with a static ip address so all you need to do in your network adapter is manully assign your pc a static ip address, set the subnet mask to 255.255.255.0 and use the router ip address for your gateway and primary DNS.

 

[tberty]

Haha, looks like it's a trending topic in general! Glad I'm not the only one... [haha]



1. Just AVG antivirus
2. I believe so, only about 2 years old at this point
3. mmm I think so! Only me that uses it
4. It's a telephone connection

As for the other things, i can't think of anything that would cause a holdup. I don't use those things.

I was reading this digital guide and it looks helpful It suggests using a different browser or restarting the router. I'll give both a try tonight and see how that goes, will report back soon...[up]

Thanks for the guide. It helped me to resolve this DNS not responding error on my Windows PC.