Wireless router question

[BamaGrad03 0]

Hi guys. Im currently running a DLink xtreme G wireless router. I absolutley love it but seem to be having a problem.

Every once in a while I have trouble with DNS resolution with it. Its really weird. If I type in the physical address of a website (www.blah.whatever) it will resolve fine, but if i just do like http://blah.com or blah.com(dns lookup) it wont find it.

But if I reboot my router...sometimes it will start working fine.

Also, it sometimes seems to be affected by another computer logging on to the network. But I checked the IP's and there is no device conflict on the network.

You guys ever had this problem?

[bammanmr 0]

uh, no.

[DKW 86 7,431]

g or b router?

[BamaGrad03 0]

g

[autigger 0]

On that same note im unable to click on the items in my favorites. It always tells me cant find server...

[DKW 86 7,431]

Could this be a Charter thing because I suddenly have the same problems, Tig and I are on Charter, I know.

[autigger 0]

hmm go figure. Who would ever guess that Charter would be messed up..<sigh>

[DaddyBoyAU 119]

Concerning your dlink router: Check to see if you have the latest version of the firmware. Sometimes an upgrade will fix annoying little problems.

[stoic-one 1,548]

That is catagorically a DNS server problem. Your router just "routes packets", it does not resolve host names to IPs or vice versa...

[BamaGrad03 0]

Ditto with Charter.

How do we know its a charter issue? Did you call em tig? If so what did they say?

[autigger 0]

David actually made that link b/c i am having the problem and he is also having the problem and we both are on charter. So he made that connection.

[BamaGrad03 0]

Well add me to the troubles with charter list.

[AUJarhead 70]

FYI... I'm on Charter just outside of St Louis, and this problem is not happening.

[autigger 0]

I mean would it suprise you that charter is having an issue??? Doesnt me i mean last week my cable and modem went out. I called and asked if they were experiencing an outage and the rep so not that im aware of. I said ok lets set up a time so yuou guys can come out here and please forward me to billing so i can get a discount on my service for the days im without. He called back 15 minutes later and said that he had canceled my service call b/c charter hd discovered an outage in the AUburn area lol. Now i understand outages on bad weather days but this was the only sunny day all week last week and poof. If I wasnt scared i would lose my local channels i would switch to Direct TV and modem service in a heartbeat. (Auburns only other option)

[DKW 86 7,431]

FYI... I'm on Charter just outside of St Louis, and this problem is not happening.

You are on different servers than those of us down here in Alabama tho.

[BamaGrad03 0]

I have yet to have a problem with charter...but that doesnt mean its not the problem now.

But tech support from charter or comcast is a waste of time...

[stoic-one 1,548]

A little light reading...

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/dns.htm