# Why can I no longer connect to Google News? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 12, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-no-longer-connect-to-google-news/748704 "2016-03-12T01:32:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-no-longer-connect-to-google-news/748704/21 "2016-03-16T15:28:23Z")
I had issues with time warner DNS a few years ago and switched to Open DNS. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-no-longer-connect-to-google-news/748704/22 "2016-03-16T16:57:43Z")
> [@Richox](#): > > I had a similar issue before, where one or two sites I used to frequent (can’t recall the url… But regular, popular sites) just suddenly would not resolve from my home network. The only thing that worked was swapping the DnS like I suggested above, so I reckon you should give that a whirl, only takes twenty seconds to do I’ll have to figure out how to do that. Tips? Despite my background in computer programming via FORTRAN and keypunch cards in 1973, you should consider me pretty computer illiterate in this post-DOS era. And unfortunately my ‘helper child’ lives 2000 miles away now. thanks, ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-no-longer-connect-to-google-news/748704/23 "2016-03-16T17:25:11Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I’ll have to figure out how to do that. Tips? > > Despite my background in computer programming via FORTRAN and keypunch cards in 1973, you should consider me pretty computer illiterate in this post-DOS era. And unfortunately my ‘helper child’ lives 2000 miles away now. > > thanks, Somebody suggested changing your DNS on your modem or router. You should be aware that (presuming Windows OS) you can also be sending DNS requests to a DNS server specified within Windows. Probably not, but you should first check your network adapter setting and see if it’s set to “obtain address automatically”, which it probably is. If so, then you need to set it on your modem or router. This will mean bringing up the specific admin interface for your device, which will simply mean brwosing to some specific IP address probably beginning with “192.168.”. There will probably be a password to change stuff, which is probably defaulted. If this is ISP provided hardware, they can probably tell you how to get into the admin screen. Actually, here’s what seems like a reasonably good guide: > **[The Ultimate Guide to Changing Your DNS Server](https://www.howtogeek.com/167533/the-ultimate-guide-to-changing-your-dns-server/)** > > There are many reasons you might want to use a third-party DNS server, from parental controls and security features to speed and reliability improvements. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-no-longer-connect-to-google-news/748704/24 "2016-03-16T22:02:59Z")
Sat down to my computer to do all that stuff, only to discover everything now worked fine. Previously I’d rebooted the system a number of times to try to fix my glitches, but I hadn’t powered down. But last night a storm knocked out power for a bit, so today I had to power up the desktop again. And before moving on to the steps suggested above, tried my problem sites one last time. All 3 work fine now: Google Maps, Google News, ClassyG Maps. Go figure. Thanks to all of you, who gave good orderly directions. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-no-longer-connect-to-google-news/748704/25 "2016-03-17T15:28:57Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Sat down to my computer to do all that stuff, only to discover everything now worked fine. > > Previously I’d rebooted the system a number of times to try to fix my glitches, but I hadn’t powered down. > > But last night a storm knocked out power for a bit, so today I had to power up the desktop again. And before moving on to the steps suggested above, tried my problem sites one last time. > > All 3 work fine now: Google Maps, Google News, ClassyG Maps. > > Go figure. > > Thanks to all of you, who gave good orderly directions. Ah. One of the standard things to try is to cycle the power on the modem/router. Most such devices don’t have power switches on them any more - pull the plug connecting it to the power dongle, wait 30 seconds, plug it back in again, and watch for the lights to recover the normal “connected” status. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-no-longer-connect-to-google-news/748704/26 "2016-03-17T16:41:54Z")
> [@yabob](#): > > Ah. One of the standard things to try is to cycle the power on the modem/router. Most such devices don’t have power switches on them any more - pull the plug connecting it to the power dongle, wait 30 seconds, plug it back in again, and watch for the lights to recover the normal “connected” status. I knew that once, should have tried that among my initial attempts to fix. Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-no-longer-connect-to-google-news/748704.md?page=1)