Unable to access certain Web sites... FOLLOW UP....

[John Bradley]

Thanks for your advise.  However, setting up my own DNS Server is
somewhat beyond me.  Yes, you're right,  iinet owns ihug from all
accounts.  Maybe Optis is a better option.  I'm not keen on Telstra.
Any suggestions?

On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 10:11 +1030, Tim wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 23:55 +1000, John Bradley wrote:
> > Thanks Mate!  That's helped quite a bit.  I added one of New Zealand's
> > DNS Server to the MODEM / Router's config and have managed to access a
> > lot more websites.  Still not able to access every site I try though.
> > In most cases, if not all, entering the IP address rather than the
> > URL, works.
> 
> There'll be plenty where that doesn't work, as many different sites are
> served from the same IP, and the domain name needs to be used during the
> request.
> 
> Another option for you is that you can run your own DNS server.  I
> started doing that since getting an ISP with a crappy DNS server long
> ago.  Iinet isn't associated with iHug, is it?  They were always having
> crappy networking issues like you described (DNS and connections).
> 
> -- 
> (This box runs FC5, my others run FC4 & FC6, in case that's
>  important to the thread.)
> 
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>