I tend to include 8.8.8.8 and open dns servers when I setup systems, between the three of them stuff "just works".
But yes, I have seen several flavours of dns oddities in the wild... it's called the wild for good reason. Dftba Neil On 28 Apr 2016 07:07, "Tim" <t...@xendistar.co.uk> wrote: > On 27/04/16 21:54, Peter Merchant wrote: > >> On 27/04/16 21:07, Andrew wrote: >> >>> On 27/04/16 20:38, Peter Merchant wrote: >>> >>>> Now to fix my wife's XP box that has quit browsing. More difficult. >>>> P. >>>> >>> >>> I believe that can also be fixed by installing Kubuntu 16.04 from the >>> DVD. ;) >>> >>> Very true, but she's a die-hard NO CHANGES person. I changed the DNS >> addresses and everything back to working. Has anyone heard of a DNS failure >> out there in the wild? >> >> P. >> >> -- >> Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-05-03 20:00 >> Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ >> New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING >> Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR >> >> Depends on who the provider is, I had problems in the past with Virgin > media DNS, had a period when they were majors problems with their DNS so I > ended up changing them but they have been OK for a while now. > > Tim > > > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-05-03 20:00 > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING > Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR > -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-05-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
