DNS issue with Slingshot

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dean0

6 posts

Wannabe Geek

#189354 25-Dec-2015 17:51

Hi all, trying to look at Boxing day deals on Noel Leeming's website but it won't load - it appears it's due to a DNS issue with Slingshot. Can anyone else confirm? Thanks :)

tripp

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Uber Geek

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#1457142 25-Dec-2015 17:56

Yes I am getting it as well, been happening with random sites for the last 2 or so weeks

Detruire

1771 posts

Uber Geek

#1457158 25-Dec-2015 19:10

Site loads fine for me on Slingshot DSL.

Are you using a Tripleplay, by any chance? We had frequent DNS issues with the Tripleplay that went away when we switched to a different router.

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tripp

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#1457179 25-Dec-2015 20:27

Loading fine again here as well

I had it with a couple of other sites the other night, change DNS to google and sites worked, used vpn sites worked, went back to slingshot dns get a dns probe error

Perthman

33 posts

Geek

#1457211 25-Dec-2015 22:16

Absolutely no problems - all stock standard -

http://www.harveynorman.co.nz/event/the-big-sale

FPR

176 posts

Master Geek

#1457230 25-Dec-2015 23:12

Yes its been happening here for the last couple of weeks, its getting very annoying.
have been using the hola plugin set to usa to get various sites to work.

Thanks for the tip, I will try using google dns and see how that goes.

dean0

6 posts

Wannabe Geek

#1457255 25-Dec-2015 23:51

Thanks for the replies. It sounds like I should consider using perhaps Google's DNS servers, but running the namebench application suggests that it will cause a much larger delay with resolving DNS addresses compared to Slingshot's DNS servers. For now, I will see if the problem gets resolved hopefully soon.

FPR

176 posts

Master Geek

#1457261 26-Dec-2015 00:22

Update
just put google dns into the Tripleplay router and the interweb is back to normal.
tripp thanks for the tip.

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Master Geek

#1458080 28-Dec-2015 12:09

I had this too..... with nf4v.... slingshot issue, just entered 8.8.8.8 then 8.8.4.4 haven't had issues since

Go to Control Panel>Network Connections and select your local network.
Click Properties,
then select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
You will see a window like the one below - this is the Internet Protocol window.
Select "Use the following DNSserver addresses" and enter the desired DNSserver(s) in the space(s) provided.

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