I also have a lot of DNS issues even in IE, for a while half the sites=20 I want to visit it'll say it can't find the server, and I just have to=20 wait nutil it goes away...
It could be an issue with a proxy server or your ISP's DNS. Two or three things possibilities to check:
1. Try using a different DNS - there are public DNS's out there.
for each site you have issues with, try checking their ip address first e.g. (from terminal) dig www.apple.com
ask your isp for a list of their dns servers and try
dig [EMAIL PROTECTED] to check them out
you can also try dig www.apple.com +trace
to see where the issues may lie.
2. try going through a proxy server such as proxify.com Assuming you can connect to the proxy, you can then determine if the issue is "your end" or "their end".
if you have reliable access to somebody around (e.g. a work machine that no one minds your using), see if you can use that as a proxy. EG I run 'squid' on a spare linux box at home so by using a ssh tunnel through, it can act as a proxy server from outside.
3. Check on the reliability of your link by running (from terminal) ping -c 100 -q www.mit.edu (I picked on mit because they reply to traceroute & pings - apple doesn't) After a while you should get a summary such as PING www.mit.edu (18.7.22.83): 56 data bytes
--- www.mit.edu ping statistics --- 100 packets transmitted, 100 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 13.616/15.786/28.997 ms
If you see a lot of packets are dropped or severe latency, try
traceroute -q 8 !$
and see where the failures occur. This MAY show up a duff router etc that your isp has. depending on your route, though some routers may not reply to the ping so if it returns * * * * * * * * and later on shows replies, you know it's not a problem.
Send me an email direct if you want more - I've probably bored the rest of the list to death by now.
HTH Pete.
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