Weird problem - internet not down, but pages won't load

[TheCenturion]

So I have this strange problem and I'm not sure how to describe it.

From time to time, I'm unable to load websites. Any url I type in won't load. If I type something into the chrome address bar, it will google it absolutely fine, but then none of the search results will load. If I'm using steam then I can still play online games and downloads are unaffected.

So basically, typing random things into the chrome bar works fine and it googles them no problem. But no urls will load.

Restarting my router and modem fixes the problem. Is this some sort of DNS issue? I'm with virgin media.

 

[sunlitsix]

I get the same issues quite often, I've put it down to chrome itself because if I switch to IE everything loads fine.

 

[KIA]

Try GoogleDNS or OpenDNS.

 

[ci_newman]

Certainly sounds like a DNS issue