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Cannot find server or DNS Error

Hey all, seemingly easy question, but it has me stumped.
I can't access some web pages (seems to be random except for my "inbox" in hotmail..everything but inbox i can take).

We are on a network here at work, everyone else has no problems. At random times i get this error...enough that it is 1 out of every 6 pages( approx). I can ping, but even if i put on the ip address in IE 6 it still displays the error. I have emptied my cookies and temp files. The problem seems to be intermitent because one day or hour i will be able to access the page and other times i will not(my hotmail inbox, it is very rare that i will be able to access it...mabey once a week max...trying at least 10 times a day). My settings have not changed, i do not seem to have a virus or trojan. The pages that i am trying to access do not neccesarily have any secured pages(some do and some don't). My TLS is off (in options/advanced). Again, no one else on the network has this problem. We are all on windows 2000 and i am the network admin, so technically, i am the only one installing updates on the system.

This needs to be solved fast (and i am only here a few times a week, otherwise i am on the road) so i am allocating many point to this...

Note: like i said, it goes away then comes back, so i will need at least 2 days of testing to see if the error is actually fixed.

Thanks,

Alex

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Hey all, thanks for the advice. Alright i have installed a new network card in a different slot and still no change. I have verified the DNS addresses and called my ISP(cause he has the primary and secondary dns for our network), and he is having no problems on his side. As per the configurations of our network, we are using dhcp and no one else has a problem. I did a ipconfig /all and the info is the same on all the machines except for my ip address which is evidently different.(only the last numbers). As for the firewall, my computer is no different than anyone elses, so there is nothing really for me to change. The hosts and lmhosts files do not have any entries in them that are relevent and i don't think that i should have to enter in 1 out of every 6 pages that i go to..it doesn't make sense. As for the load balancing part for hotmail, the page acutally comes up for about 1 second, then it get re-routed to a cannot display dns error page. It always seems to be redirected. If i press stop fast enough, i can acutally get part of the page up, and if i click on a link it will work most of the time(depends if it falls within the category of the 1 in 6...)

So, I am realy stumped!! All out of ideas...know what i mean :) ?

afata

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About the TCP/IP, i ididn't try that yet, so i will re-install it. As for the proxy, we don't use that so it is not really an issue as far as i know....

Thanks,
Alex

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When you ping the server look for the round-trip time. It soounds like the speed of the server might have something to do with your problems. Especially since hotmail is a very heavy site.

Aside for that, if no one is having trouble, try reinitiallising your tcp/IP. You go to
control panel->network->remove tcp/ip, restart, and put it back in. Make sure that you have your win CD with you.

Also, remember to check how much free ram, and HD space you have, especially on an older machine.

If none of these work, you might want to take a look at getting a new network card.

Eric

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Hello,

Since you mentioned that IE6 is the one having problems and that ping works, try any other browsers it might be that ie6 is corrupted or a program is installed on top of it and redirects things around.

My brother had a similar problem, but since he didn't had much time to troubleshoot, he just wipe out the hard disk and installl everything over.. it did work.

RT

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afata

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As for the "What's your network configuration ... you say that all others are sharing an IP address except for yourself? Sounds like an odd config. " I am sorry if i have mislead about that. We are all sharing the same internet line. Our internal network is all passing through our firewall and the firewall has the configs for accessing the internet. I have tried to repair the browser and it worked so far. I will test out browser for the next few days (starting on monday) and if all still goes well, i will assign the points....So far, thank you to all who has helped me!! You have been very very helpful with your ideas!!

-Alex

afata

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Sorry for the long delay, i was forced to go on an urgent buisness trip.

As for the results of the tests that i have done(which is pretty much everything that was written here, including changing network cards) worked for a little bit, however, i still have the issue. Anyone else have any ideas?

-Alex

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