DNS not working

chev65 said:

I believe that Avira is causing this DNS problem. The post below explains the problem with Avira.
OpenDNS Community > Forums > Avira auto update doesn't work with OpenDNS :-(

I was able to run a scan using Avira yesterday with no problem, but could it be that since I had Avira first, then tried using OpenDNS, Avira more or less killed the OpenDNS? Can't remember what the AVS is on the HP laptop but I don't think it's Avira and I'd been so frustrated that things didn't work with the Acer, didn't bother with the HP!

brianzion said:

would this program help you in any way Dns Jumper 1.0.4 Download Dns Jumper 1.0.4 Free - Change your DNS settings with one click - Softpedia

Thanks for the suggestion - saved it to a jumpdrive so I'll try that as well. If nothing else, it may give me a better idea of what's wrong.

I've tried a few of the suggestions and so far nothing seems to be working. Tried using the OpenDNS on HP Pavillion and it didn't work. Also tried the DNS Jumper using multiple DNS services and each one came back "host is offline". Tried with Broadcom NetLink & wireless netork adapter.

Last night I brought my laptop home from my office (another HP Pavillion w/ XP Professional) and I'm having the same problem with it. Called RoadRunner and finally got them to agree if I'm having the problem with 3 computers, the problem is on their end and they're sending somebody tomorrow (Sunday) between 8am and 9pm.

Pasted below is the 'ipconfig /all' for my Acer Aspire. I got this while connected to McDonald's WiFi so I'm not sure if that would influence the report. If anybody has any ideas what could be wrong, please let me know

Thanks!

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : name-laptop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mcd01541.det.wayport.net

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mcd01541.det.wayport.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5B93 Wireless Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C4-17-FE-1E-35-C4
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::f1cd:2482:914:c333%12(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.6.173(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, October 09, 2010 12:40:59 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, October 09, 2010 1:40:59 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.6.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 98.108.52.154
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 314841086
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-CB-F7-58-00-26-2D-7A-14-11

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 208.67.222.222
208.67.222.220
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.6.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-26-2D-7A-14-11
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter 6TO4 Adapter:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:3c2b:2818:3f57:f952(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3c2b:2818:3f57:f952%15(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 13:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter #4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Reusable Microsoft 6To4 Adapter:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter #6
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 14:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter #5
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 15:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter #7
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 16:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter #8
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 17:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter #9
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 19:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter #11
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 18:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter #10
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.mcd01541.det.wayport.net:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mcd01541.det.wayport.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 20:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter #12
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 21:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter #13
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Windowstar, the reason the DNS shows as mcd01541.det.wayport.net is because he is connected to micky D's wireless connection where they use a restricted DNS server. I'm also pretty sure that the Op has also tried using manual DNS entries.

The only other DNS problems I could find were in this Technet thread which showed a few fixes for the problem which usually resulted from upgrade installs, VPN software, Msoft mini port problems which can be fixed by disabling the miniport, or a few other possible problems "click the link below".

1 - I had to uninstall the VPN software and reboot the box.
2 - I had to open Device Manager, Choose View - Show Hidden Devices
3 - Delete any and all Intel networking components (actually you choose uninstall)
4 - Delete the Microsoft 6to4 Adapter (it will be remade on the reboot)
5 - Delete all the Microsoft ISATAP drivers.

Windows 7 DNS server not responding

WindowsStar said:

chev65, understood, however I have seen DNS suffixes like "mcd01541.det.wayport.net" mess up DNS because when you type in www.google.com in your web browser, it gets resoved as "www.google.com.mcd01541.det.wayport.net" which does not exist, so IP addresses work but names never resolve correctly. This may not be the case here, but removing it would be a good test. -WS

I havn't seen one like that either to be honest although that ipconfig was from a working connection at McDonalds so I think it's just some lame restricted DNS they make you use.

I posted all the DNS fixes I found for Windows 7 from the Technet sites which showed a few ways to fix this sort of problem.