# What could be happening here? (Internet connectivity issue)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-happening-here-internet-connectivity-issue/718338>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 23, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-happening-here-internet-connectivity-issue/718338 "2015-04-23T04:09:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-happening-here-internet-connectivity-issue/718338/1 "2015-04-23T04:09:14Z")

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Some websites will load, others will not.

Those that will load, load immediately, without problems.

Those that will not load, fail to load immediately, going directly to a screen saying “name resolution failed” or words to that effect.

It is exactly the same websites exhibiting exactly the same behavior each time I try–none so far are such that they work sometimes and don’t work other times. Each website either works every time, or fails every time.

This just started a few minutes ago.

What could be causing this?

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**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-happening-here-internet-connectivity-issue/718338/2 "2015-04-23T04:15:14Z")

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DNS service jumped ship??

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-happening-here-internet-connectivity-issue/718338/3 "2015-04-23T04:20:31Z")

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I wish I knew what that means. 😃

Is it something I’m likely to be able to do something about, or is it the kind of thing where you just wait for it to sort itself out or get fixed by people who know things?

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**Author:** ![Saturn\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-happening-here-internet-connectivity-issue/718338/4 "2015-04-23T04:21:25Z")

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Sounds like it might be a DNS issue. Check it to see that its settings are correct, or you might want to try Google’s open DNS. If you prefer your IP’s DNS, you can refresh its cache by entering “ipconfig /flushdns” from an elevated prompt.

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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-happening-here-internet-connectivity-issue/718338/5 "2015-04-23T04:47:16Z")

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> [@frylock](#):
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> what could be causing this?

Satan!  
No, actually I’m in Milwaukee and the last 45 minutes have had the exact same problems. Road Runner High Speed, etc… Somethings going on here.