ie cannot connect on first try

[Guest]

IE does cannot connect to the 'net on first try, the status bar shows Finding
site: for about 10 seconds and then I got DSN Error. If I refresh, the home
pagte is displayed I am using a Buffalo broadband Router. Any help will be
appreciated.

 

[Malke]

IE does cannot connect to the 'net on first try, the status bar shows
Finding
site: for about 10 seconds and then I got DSN Error. If I refresh,
the home pagte is displayed I am using a Buffalo broadband Router.
Any help will be appreciated.

Your symptoms indicate that your computer is having a hard time getting
DNS (not DSN) addresses. It is timing out and then retrying. You didn't
say what ISP you are using, but if you have Comcast they have been
having DNS problems for quite a while. Look on their Help forums for a
workaround. If you aren't using Comcast, see if you have your computer
set to automatically acquire DNS addresses. If so, try setting them
manually to your ISP's Domain Name Servers. You would get the addresses
from your ISP.

Malke

 

[Guest]

Thank you, Malke: My IP is SBC yahoo, but as mention in my question the
connection is thru Buffalo BroadBand Router, I try many times setting
manually DNS address according to the information getting from ipconfig /all
- SBC Yahoo recommend set automatically acquire DNS Address. Any help will
be appreciated.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : home-2gckas6a1j
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-CA-31-EC-99
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, April 10, 2005 5:39:35 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, April 12, 2005 5:39:35 AM

 

[Malke]

Thank you, Malke: My IP is SBC yahoo, but as mention in my question
the connection is thru Buffalo BroadBand Router, I try many times
setting manually DNS address according to the information getting from
ipconfig /all
- SBC Yahoo recommend set automatically acquire DNS Address. Any help
will be appreciated.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : home-2gckas6a1j
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x
Family Fast
Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-CA-31-EC-99
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, April 10, 2005
5:39:35 AM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, April
12, 2005 5:39:35 AM

The above information shows that your computer is getting its IP and DNS
addresses automatically from the Buffalo router. You would need to look
at the Buffalo router's configuration (usually you do this in a
browser; consult your router manual if you don't know how) to see what
DNS the router is getting from the DSL modem. I would troubleshoot this
way, testing after each step and if that step fails going on to the
next step:

1. Unplug the DSL modem and the router. Shut down the computer. Now
power up the DSL modem, then the router, then the computer. You may
need to do Start>Run cmd [enter] then type

ipconfig /release [enter]
ipconfig /flushdns [enter]
ipconfig /renew [enter]

2. If the above does not work, try a different ethernet cable. If that
does not work, connect the ethernet cable from the computer to a
different port on the router. You many need to repeat the commands
above.

3. If the above does not work, repeat Item #1 but connect the computer
directly to the DSL modem, bypassing the router. Do the commands also.
If this works, you know something is wrong with the router.

4. If Item #3 does not work, change your computer's DNS settings from
automatic and manually enter SBC's DNS addresses. You can use the ones
you got from the router's configuration or you would need to get them
from SBC.

See where you get with doing some of that.

Malke