I was recently notified that there has been Internet issues with my ISP and that a simple change of the DNS entry will fix the issue. If you're having this issue with your ISP, then follow along.
This tutorial is for Windows 7/8 as these two are now installed on most PCs, I will post a Mac version if there's a demand for it.
Windows 7/8
For Windows 7 Users:
- Press your Start Button
- Press Control Panel
For Windows 8 Users:
- Move your mouse cursor to the top right hand corner of your screen
- Once the Charms Bar comes out, press Settings
- Press Control Panel
For both Windows 7/8:
- On the top right hand corner, next to “View By”, change the dropbox from Category to Large Icons
- Once in Large Icons view, it should look like this:
- Scroll down and select “Network and Sharing Center”
- On the left hand side, select “Change Adapter Settings”
- Find your network adapter (depending if you're using wireless or not)
- Right click the Adapter and press Properties
- Once your Properties window comes out, it will look like this:
- Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and press Properties
- The Properties window will show up as shown below:
- As shown above, select “Use the following DNS server addresses”. Fill in the following (Google DNS servers):
Preferred DNS server: 8.8.8.8
Alternate DNS server: 8.8.4.4 - Press OK to this Properties window and the one underneath that.
- Internet should work now.
Hopefully this will resolve your issue.
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