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Connection problem. Webpages don't load, downloads still work.
Hello everyone, I have this really odd problem with my internet connection that I hope can get fixed.
Sometimes it looks like my internet connection just stops working. The weird part is that I am still connected to my home network and if I have downloads going or a video streaming, it still downloads. I can't (for example) open a new tab and go to a webpage (chrome says the webpage is not available, firefox says server not found, IE says cannot display the webpage, but as long as the downloads were going before the connection messed up, they still keep going. Even utorrent can download when webpages don't load.
As for my network, the connection is the same that I've had for the past couple of years and never had this issue. My phone and my sister's laptop have no problems, so this has to be my laptop's issue.
My only way to repair is to diagnose the problem and my network adapter gets reset.
Some thing of note is that this never happened to me before until I had a problem and had to reformat my drive C.
I also updated my network drivers from my laptop company's page.
-another thing is that it seems to all work again after an hour or so
Thank you in advance for any help!
EDIT: I've noticed chrome says it is a DNS error. I hope this helps
Last edited by darkdragon88; 09 May 2013 at 04:19.