DNS server not responding


  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
       #1

    DNS server not responding


    For some unknown reason, my laptop has continuous issues with the internet while all my other devices are compatible and working with my internet. I've diagnosed the problem several times throughout the entire week and provided me with a result informing me that the "device or resource (DNS server) is not responding." However, there are times when diagnostic was being taken place, it had disabled and enabled the wireless network connection and the internet would work; but only for a short period of time. I've tried disabling the Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter but it had no effect. I was just wondering whether it was my laptop itself or is it my router?
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  2. 2xg
    Posts : 2,377
    Win7 & Win8 64bit
       #2

    Welcome to Seven Forums,

    Have you tried using a fixed or static DNS? Is this happening in your wired connection as well?
    DNS Addressing - How to Change in Windows 7
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  3. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #3

    Click on Start then Run or press Window key (next to left Ctrl key) +R and paste the following into the Run box, exactly as shown, including double quotes:

    cmd /c "ipconfig /all > postme.txt & ping yahoo.com >> postme.txt & reg query "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings" >> postme.txt & notepad postme.txt & del postme.txt"

    and press ENTER.

    A file will open in Notepad. Please copy and paste the contents here. Close the Notepad window and the file will be deleted and the Command Prompt window will also close.

    If you don't have a Run selection off the Start menu, see here: Enable Run Command on Windows 7 or Vista Start Menu, or How to access the 'Run' box in Windows® 8.1 - YouTube or just press Windows Key (next to the left Ctrl key) + R, or open the Modern desktop, type run then click on Run that appears
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  4. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    2xg said:
    Welcome to Seven Forums,

    Have you tried using a fixed or static DNS? Is this happening in your wired connection as well?
    DNS Addressing - How to Change in Windows 7
    Uhh, not sure what you mean by a fixed or static DNS but the wired connection is working fine.
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  5. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Ztruker said:
    Click on Start then Run or press Window key (next to left Ctrl key) +R and paste the following into the Run box, exactly as shown, including double quotes:

    cmd /c "ipconfig /all > postme.txt & ping yahoo.com >> postme.txt & reg query "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings" >> postme.txt & notepad postme.txt & del postme.txt"

    and press ENTER.

    A file will open in Notepad. Please copy and paste the contents here. Close the Notepad window and the file will be deleted and the Command Prompt window will also close.

    If you don't have a Run selection off the Start menu, see here: Enable Run Command on Windows 7 or Vista Start Menu, or How to access the 'Run' box in Windows® 8.1 - YouTube or just press Windows Key (next to the left Ctrl key) + R, or open the Modern desktop, type run then click on Run that appears
    Followed the instructions but it didn't work. Notepad pop-up stating: "Cannot find the postme.txt file. Do you want to create a new file?" In addition, the command prompt shows up with "Access is denied" three times.
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  6. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #6

    Try doing this from a Elevated Command Prompt.

    Click on the Start button and type cmd.
    DO NOT press Enter or click Go.
    Look at the upper part of the window and you will see cmd.exe.
    Right click on it and select Run as Administrator.

    Now paste the full command from my previous post in the Command Prompt window.
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  7. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Ztruker said:
    Try doing this from a Elevated Command Prompt.

    Click on the Start button and type cmd.
    DO NOT press Enter or click Go.
    Look at the upper part of the window and you will see cmd.exe.
    Right click on it and select Run as Administrator.

    Now paste the full command from my previous post in the Command Prompt window.

    Windows IP Configuration

    Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Berry-PC
    Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
    Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
    IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
    WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

    Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : E0-B9-A5-F7-4A-FC
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR9485WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : E0-B9-A5-F6-12-7C
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::20c5:4dc6:d0c5:20b4%12(Preferred)
    IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.8(Preferred)
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, May 04, 2015 4:57:01 PM
    Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, May 04, 2015 5:57:01 PM
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
    DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
    DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 501266853
    DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-E5-1A-4C-10-BF-48-2C-F5-CA
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 208.67.222.222
    208.67.220.220
    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

    Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR8161/8165 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.20)
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 10-BF-48-2C-F5-CA
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    Ethernet adapter Hamachi:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Hamachi Network Interface
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 7A-79-19-8F-9D-87
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
    IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2620:9b::198f:9d87(Preferred)
    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::7c21:cb47:1924:98c7%22(Preferred)
    IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 25.143.157.135(Preferred)
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
    Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, May 01, 2015 8:48:38 PM
    Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, May 03, 2016 4:56:56 PM
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2620:9b::1900:1
    25.0.0.1
    DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 25.0.0.1
    DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 377125342
    DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-E5-1A-4C-10-BF-48-2C-F5-CA
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
    fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
    fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

    Pinging yahoo.com [206.190.36.45] with 32 bytes of data:
    Reply from 206.190.36.45: bytes=32 time=230ms TTL=46
    Reply from 206.190.36.45: bytes=32 time=227ms TTL=46
    Reply from 206.190.36.45: bytes=32 time=238ms TTL=46
    Reply from 206.190.36.45: bytes=32 time=227ms TTL=46

    Ping statistics for 206.190.36.45:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 227ms, Maximum = 238ms, Average = 230ms

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
    IE5_UA_Backup_Flag REG_SZ 5.0
    User Agent REG_SZ Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Win32)
    EmailName REG_SZ User@
    PrivDiscUiShown REG_DWORD 0x1
    EnableHttp1_1 REG_DWORD 0x1
    WarnOnIntranet REG_DWORD 0x1
    MimeExclusionListForCache REG_SZ multipart/mixed multipart/x-mixed-replace multipart/x-byteranges
    AutoConfigProxy REG_SZ wininet.dll
    UseSchannelDirectly REG_BINARY 01000000
    WarnOnPost REG_BINARY 01000000
    UrlEncoding REG_DWORD 0x0
    SecureProtocols REG_DWORD 0xa80
    PrivacyAdvanced REG_DWORD 0x0
    ZonesSecurityUpgrade REG_BINARY 70AB87AA6EEBCE01
    DisableCachingOfSSLPages REG_DWORD 0x0
    WarnonZoneCrossing REG_DWORD 0x0
    CertificateRevocation REG_DWORD 0x1
    EnableNegotiate REG_DWORD 0x1
    MigrateProxy REG_DWORD 0x1
    ProxyEnable REG_DWORD 0x0
    GlobalUserOffline REG_DWORD 0x0
    ProxyOverride REG_SZ <local>

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\CACHE
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Http Filters
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Lockdown_Zones
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\P3P
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Passport
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones
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  8. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #8

    You have a wireless and a Hamachi network connection. Google shows lots of problems with Hamachi. Is this a Virtual Network Adapter or a physical one?

    Also see you are using OpenDNS. Have you tried going back to your ISP DNS?
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