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Neil 30-05-2008 20:22

Re: Can't get BBC site..
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by entwisi (Post 584506)
All I did was bypass the dns lookup. if it goes again you can 'get round teh issue by putting a special entry in a special file on your computer. its called hosts and lives in C:\windows\etc\drivers This is windows local lookup and overrides any ISP ones. Let me know if you ever need to do it and I'll send you the details


Or you could do something simple like go to http://www.opendns.com/ and use their DNS server's instead of your ISP's

entwisi 30-05-2008 20:35

Re: Can't get BBC site..
 
heh, yep, I posted that link myself a long time ago! :D

Kiwi John 31-05-2008 03:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by entwisi (Post 584506)
All I did was bypass the dns lookup. if it goes again you can 'get round teh issue by putting a special entry in a special file on your computer. its called hosts and lives in C:\windows\etc\drivers This is windows local lookup and overrides any ISP ones. Let me know if you ever need to do it and I'll send you the details

:confused: Ummmmmmmm..just let me get my head around the 'on' and 'off' switch first...:( (thanks though)


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