Jenspm
penis
+1,716|6992|St. Andrews / Oslo

So, the internet on my main PC suddenly stopped working. Vista says I'm connected to the internet, but I can't ping anything, can't connect to XFire, etc etc.

So I do a "Diagnose and Repair", and I get the error "Cannot Communicate with Primary DNS Server", with the option to reset the network adapter. I do that, and I get the same error.

I have tried disabling TCP Auto-tuning.


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GC_PaNzerFIN
Work and study @ Technical Uni
+528|6674|Finland

Have you tried things as obvious as reinstalling network adapter drivers, reseted router etc?
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ghettoperson
Member
+1,943|6909

Try OpenDNS.
mr.hrundi
Wurstwassereis
+68|6697|Germany
Call your ISP, ask for the IPs of the DNS-servers and enter them manually? tbh, I don't even know how to do that on vista...
Catbox
forgiveness
+505|6976
do you have a firewall...?

http://www.wireshark.org/
try that also
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loubot
O' HAL naw!
+470|6838|Columbus, OH
Check your "DNS" option in your Internet Router.
If your router supports "DNS-relay", this makes your router as a primary DNS for computers on your LAN instead of the ISP's DNS server.
You can turn it on or off for grins and giggles.
I have my router setup that way and it does not create lag for game playing.
SonderKommando
Eat, Lift, Grow, Repeat....
+564|6919|The darkside of Denver
ipconfig /flushDNS  ??
steelie34
pub hero!
+603|6641|the land of bourbon

Jenspm wrote:

So, the internet on my main PC suddenly stopped working. Vista says I'm connected to the internet, but I can't ping anything, can't connect to XFire, etc etc.

So I do a "Diagnose and Repair", and I get the error "Cannot Communicate with Primary DNS Server", with the option to reset the network adapter. I do that, and I get the same error.

I have tried disabling TCP Auto-tuning.


fml
if you 'ipconfig /all' what is listed as your primary dns server?
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Jenspm
penis
+1,716|6992|St. Andrews / Oslo

thanks for all the help, but it suddenly started working again, so I'm not going to touch anything, haha.

I'll bookmark this for later use.
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SonderKommando
Eat, Lift, Grow, Repeat....
+564|6919|The darkside of Denver
yeah, flushed a bad dns cache i bet.  it happens automatically after a period of time, but ipconfig /flushdns will clear it manually.

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