Thanks for your advise. However, setting up my own DNS Server is somewhat beyond me. Yes, you're right, iinet owns ihug from all accounts. Maybe Optis is a better option. I'm not keen on Telstra. Any suggestions? On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 10:11 +1030, Tim wrote: > On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 23:55 +1000, John Bradley wrote: > > Thanks Mate! That's helped quite a bit. I added one of New Zealand's > > DNS Server to the MODEM / Router's config and have managed to access a > > lot more websites. Still not able to access every site I try though. > > In most cases, if not all, entering the IP address rather than the > > URL, works. > > There'll be plenty where that doesn't work, as many different sites are > served from the same IP, and the domain name needs to be used during the > request. > > Another option for you is that you can run your own DNS server. I > started doing that since getting an ISP with a crappy DNS server long > ago. Iinet isn't associated with iHug, is it? They were always having > crappy networking issues like you described (DNS and connections). > > -- > (This box runs FC5, my others run FC4 & FC6, in case that's > important to the thread.) > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. > I read messages from the public lists. >
