Odd (?) Connectivity Problem

[Tyler Aviss]

sounds like the issue is with the router/computer and not the ISP. Does
your resolv.conf have the correct nameservers, and what happens with a
dig/nslookup?
On Apr 13, 2012 11:05 AM, "Phillip Mills" <phillip.mills1-HInyCGIudOg at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Two nights ago my ISP dis some DNS reconfiguration.  It's probably not
> just a coincidence that I lost my ability to use my DSL connection at the
> same time...sort of.
>
> I have a DSL modem connected to an old router (Linksys BEFSR41 V3).  The
> router says that its connection to the ISP is fine and reports the right
> DNS addresses but any attempt to do a DNS lookup from my client computers
> fails with some variety of "server not found" message.  Likewise, I get
> timeouts if I attempt to go directly to a known numerical address.
>
> The kicker in this is that a direct PPPoE connection from a computer
> through the modem works just fine.
>
> ISP tech support for a connected router is officially non-existent.  They
> told me that they'd seen the problem and that a factory reset to get rid of
> anything cached had worked for other people who had the problem yesterday.
>  I did that, re-entered account information, and it reloaded things fine
> but it didn't change any of the symptoms.
>
> Any suggestions before I cancel the service and start looking for a
> replacement provider?
>
>
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