Unable to do a lot of stuff this morning with what appears to be problems with the spark dns servers , but then again changing to the google ones is not much better. Router has been reset a few time but with no resolution. Pinging gets me this.

C:\Users\Testbench>ping ns1.xtra.co.nz

Pinging ns1.xtra.co.nz [122.56.237.1] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 122.56.237.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Users\Testbench>ping ns2.xtra.co.nz

Pinging ns2.xtra.co.nz [210.55.111.1] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 210.55.111.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Users\Testbench>ping 8.8.8.8

Pinging 8.8.8.8 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=330ms TTL=52
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=304ms TTL=52

Ping statistics for 8.8.8.8:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 2, Lost = 2 (50% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 304ms, Maximum = 330ms, Average = 317ms

C:\Users\Testbench>ping 8.8.4.4

Pinging 8.8.4.4 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Reply from 8.8.4.4: bytes=32 time=326ms TTL=52
Reply from 8.8.4.4: bytes=32 time=313ms TTL=52
Reply from 8.8.4.4: bytes=32 time=301ms TTL=52

Ping statistics for 8.8.4.4:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 301ms, Maximum = 326ms, Average = 313ms

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