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Routing problem with Google

I'm having problems with an FVS318 Router.  I have set it up, and everything works well except for one tiny detail.  It seems that when I try to connect to www.google.com from any pc connected to the router it forwards to the japan google site www.google.co.jp/   If I connect any computer directly to the cable modem bypassing the router, it works fine.  I have tried upgrading the firmware and double checked all the settings, but I can't find anything else un-usual.  Here is the setup

Netgear FVS318 Wireless Router/8port switch (Dynamic IP address)
Netgear WG302 Wireless Access Point

Approximately 5 macs and 1 pc connected to the router or wireless access point

Please help!!!

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Please, try the following (from the command line) and report results:

nslookup www.google.com
nslookup www.google.co.jp

Also try to go to address http://209.85.129.147 from your browser
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Here are my responses:

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    www.l.google.com
Addresses:  74.125.19.99, 74.125.19.103, 74
Aliases:  www.google.co.jp, www.google.com

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    www.l.google.com
Addresses:  74.125.19.99, 74.125.19.103, 74
Aliases:  www.google.co.jp, www.google.com

When I go directly to that IP I DO get the correct google site.



Ok so the router doesn't seem to be messing with ip address. The problem is that you are getting "wrong" ips from the dns server. So the question is: what dns servers have you configured on the router? Have you entered specific dns servers or configured the router to automatically detect them?
You can also try this: connect directly to the cable modem, run (from command line) "ipconfig/all" and take note of the dns server reported in the output, and then set those dn servers in the router
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I am using dynamically assinged.  there are some servers listed in the dns server config, but dynamic is selected.  should I just try to switch to the static ones listed in the configuration?
Yes trying for example setting (only) this static dns server: 128.107.241.185 (it's the cisco's ns)
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Thank you for your help.  I have to get back over to my clients later this week and I will try this.
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I tried changing the name server on the router to the Cisco name server but still had the problem.  Is it possible it's something specific to this router?  I have a request into netgear to ask them about it.
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It turned out that after resetting the router AND waiting for a day that the incorrect DNS entries were cleared.  Thank you for your help.