Turned on my computer today and some sites are unreachable. Looks like my dns setting changed from automatic to 8.8.8.8. Tried to ping that and some of the unreachable sites with no success. Also tried ipconfig release/renew. Only other option I see online is to disable my antivirus. Any other ideas?

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Posted by dakarx

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Posted on 10/18/20 at 4:57 pm to Brosef Stalin

8.8.8.8 is a public server owned by Google... My private DNS servers use 8.8.8.8 to resolve domains outside of my private zones. It should resolve queries for any domain.

Can you share some examples of domains that you are having trouble resolving?

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Posted by Brosef Stalin

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Posted on 10/18/20 at 5:00 pm to dakarx

Can get to facebook, google, and YouTube. Can not get to tigerdroppings, msn, or 4chan.

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Posted by BabySam

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Posted on 10/18/20 at 5:05 pm to Brosef Stalin

Ipconfig /flushdns
Delete cookies and temp shite
Have you installed anything recently?

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Posted by Brosef Stalin

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Posted on 10/18/20 at 5:15 pm to BabySam

Tried all this. Have not installed anything but did just delete malwarebytes.

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Posted by BabySam

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Posted on 10/18/20 at 5:22 pm to Brosef Stalin

Was gonna ask if you’d tried running Malwarebytes or anything to see if there was anything possibly affecting your dns...can you access the inaccessible sites via IP to verify it’s DNS related?

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Posted by Brosef Stalin

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Posted on 10/18/20 at 5:30 pm to BabySam

I'm back now after power cycling the router and modem. I had just done the modem earlier.

I could not ping 8.8.8.8 or tigerdroppings. Oddly enough I still can't ping tigerdroppings but I'm here anyway.

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Posted by Korkstand

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Posted on 10/18/20 at 6:09 pm to Brosef Stalin

I don't think tigerdroppings.com responds to ping.

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Posted by t00f

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Posted on 10/18/20 at 6:13 pm to Brosef Stalin

Change dns to 1.1.1.1

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Posted by jdd48

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Posted on 10/18/20 at 7:15 pm to Brosef Stalin

I've seen random strange behaviors related to ipv6 lately. This may have been one of those cases. If it happens again, in a command prompt, try an ipconfig /all and check if the primary DNS has an ipv6 address.

Often I'll just disable ipv6 outright.

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Posted by bad93ex

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Posted on 10/19/20 at 8:53 am to jdd48

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I've seen random strange behaviors related to ipv6 lately. This may have been one of those cases. If it happens again, in a command prompt, try an ipconfig /all and check if the primary DNS has an ipv6 address.

Often I'll just disable ipv6 outright.

I have the DNS resolution errors every morning when trying to connect with my VPN, I just switch back and forth between my home wireless networks and eventually it works. I don't have the ability to turn off IPV6 with my Airport Extreme at this time.

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