problems with getting DNS

[Deiwos]

Hi folks, I'm in a pickle.

I'm on Virgin Media internet and I've got a netgear router that has 2 macs and 1 laptop connecting wireless, and 2 PCs wired.
The problem I've got is that one PC (wired) and the mac book pro (wireless) are able to get the internet, but none of the others are.
I've checked the network connections, and on both the laptop and other PC they're failing to get the DNS server. I've tired manually entering the DNS ip address which I've got from ipconfig on the one working PC, but that fails to work and repairing the connection just results in it failing to renew IP address. A similar problem with the mac, but I'm not much good with macs, so I don't know anything about repairing connections with them.

I've contemplated flushing the DNS or registering the DNS through ipconfig, but I don't want to jump head first into something I'm unsure on.

Any ideas?

 

[Deiwos]

I haven't rebooted the router yet, as I'm a little apprehentious in case I lose internet totally.

I also just checked the mac book and thats not working either now. It might be because it was still using cached websites, I'm not sure.

 

[Deiwos]

Problem solved. Rebooted the router.

 

[Deiwos]

Have you saw the advert where the guy in the Navy or something goes to reboot a server.

He says something along the lines of "If I'm in doubt I just restart the server"?

It also applies to EVERY aspect of IT.. including routers haha.

Glad you got it sorted the easy way!

Andr3w1984

Funny thing is, I used to do IT support, and half the time switching on and off does solve it, but when its your own computer, and the internet is your business, you're loathe to do it incase it does break lol.

Cheers for the help