On Mon, 10 Jul 2000 02:35:22 +0200, Or Botton wrote:
> My ISP has a problem with their primary DNS. The secondry was working
> ok, but for some reason Arachne didnt use it until I swapped between
> them manualy in the PPP setup.
> Thought I should mention this.
>
I've had a sneaking suspicion for weeks now that there was something
not quite right about selecting primary or secondary. I originally had
quite a lot of bother getting into ANY site sometimes (I always got
the "Cannot locate ... check computer" message) and it wasn't until
Glenn taught me that one can put all sorts of DNS numbers in the two
boxes that I got back to being able to use the thing. Even having done
that, I still had trouble on certain days.
What I do now is to have three .ACF files, all identical except for
what DNS numbers are used. That way, if I dial up and I keep getting
"Cannot locate...", I simply go to the DIAL page and select a different
.ACF whilst on-line - this ploy seems to be quite successful. So far,
the pattern seems to be that any given DNS works for a few days and then
stops. I change .ACF and carry on with that for a few more days - and so
on!
Maybe Michael or Bernie would like to comment about whether the
selection of primary or secondary REALLY works....
Hope this helps,
Ron.
