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The NikonGear Office => Site Issues => Topic started by: Andrea B. on November 12, 2016, 18:31:55

Title: Your DNS Servers List
Post by: Andrea B. on November 12, 2016, 18:31:55
If you changed your DNS server list during the recent outage and would like to restore it to its original condition, then here are some links showing how to do that.

Typically your ISP provider determines the DNS server to be used. It is probably a good idea to stay with your ISP's choice of DNS server unless you fully understand the implications of changing it in your local settings.


Windows DNS Server Settings
Reference Win 7 (https://support.zen.co.uk/kb/Knowledgebase/Windows-7-Static-DNS-setup) 
Reference Win 8 (https://support.zen.co.uk/kb/Knowledgebase/Broadband-Changing-IP-address-and-DNS-Server-Settings-on-Windows-8)
Win 10 link missing

Windows Summary:
Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network & Sharing Center >
{select your connection} > Properties > Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) >
Properties > Use the following DNS server addresses >
{edit DNS addresses} > OK > {OK out of remaining windows}



MAC DNS Server Settings
Reference Mac (http://www.macinstruct.com/node/434)

Mac Summary:
System Preferences > Network > Advanced > DNS > DNS Servers >
{edit DNS addresses} > OK  > Apply > Cmd-W

 
Title: Re: Your DNS Servers List
Post by: Cristina on February 05, 2018, 10:33:53
What is the essence of this content?
Title: Re: Your DNS Servers List
Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on February 05, 2018, 11:28:50
Sometimes the ISP-provided DNS servers fail to resolve our IP address. That issue might happen under very rare conditions in which the ISP servers cache IPs and there is an IP change for our server that runs Nikongear. We had that problem about 1 year and switching to another set of DNS servers helped temporarily solve the issue for most users.
Title: Re: Your DNS Servers List
Post by: Andrea B. on February 07, 2018, 20:24:24
Cristina is a bot.
Title: Re: Your DNS Servers List
Post by: Seapy on February 08, 2018, 00:39:19
Thanks for the clarification Andrea, I did wonder.  ::)
Title: Re: Your DNS Servers List
Post by: ColinM on February 10, 2018, 16:10:05
Cristina is a bot.

Sorry Andrea, too cryptic.

She/it is a bot......and also a member here? A NG bot??
Or am I being really dense?
Title: Re: Your DNS Servers List
Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on February 10, 2018, 20:15:07
Not dense at all.

Spam bots occasionally enter in disguise of an ordinary NG member. We weed these out when they are discovered either by their existence on known spam bot lists, or because of a spamming activity.
Title: Re: Your DNS Servers List
Post by: bobfriedman on February 10, 2018, 23:31:54
based on the content of her posts.. she could be an old girlfriend of mine.
Title: Re: Your DNS Servers List
Post by: Akira on February 11, 2018, 04:45:08
based on the content of her posts.. she could be an old girlfriend of mine.

 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Your DNS Servers List
Post by: Erik Lund on February 11, 2018, 09:56:07
based on the content of her posts.. she could be an old girlfriend of mine.

He he  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Your DNS Servers List
Post by: Andrea B. on February 11, 2018, 19:17:10
Sorry Andrea, too cryptic.
She/it is a bot......and also a member here? A NG bot??
Or am I being really dense?

Colin --
Some bots can negotiate the creation of a membership account on a forum or other website. Or, in some cases, a human being creates the membership and then turns the bot loose. We don't have a way to know what is going on here. Typically a bot posts meaningless responses on the forum similar to this one.And often includes links to advertising sites. As an occasional Admin here, I look at the membership details and run a trace on the IP address for "suspicious" members. The IP address for Christina is on several Spam lists. So Bjørn blocked Christina Bot.
Title: Re: Your DNS Servers List
Post by: Matthew Currie on October 06, 2019, 00:43:54
Andrea, just so you know, the link on your first post for Windows 10 sends you not to the support page the others do, but to a "Team Knowhow" link that appears to promote the purchase of something (I didn't stick around to see what!).
Title: Re: Your DNS Servers List
Post by: Erik Lund on October 06, 2019, 01:36:39
Thank you, I have removed it  ;)