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Old 30-05-2008, 20:22   #16
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Re: Can't get BBC site..
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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
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Old 30-05-2008, 20:35   #17
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Re: Can't get BBC site..
heh, yep, I posted that link myself a long time ago!
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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
Ummmmmmmm..just let me get my head around the 'on' and 'off' switch first... (thanks though)
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