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Post by Heres me WHAATT! »

Whats the DNS why would it be screwed? is that bad? and what would have done it?
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I'll leave that to sciggles to give an answer , but have you tried the good old fashioned pull the plug out of the wall trickand let the modem restart :?:
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Post by sciggles »

DNS is Domain Name Service. Its the thing that converts the hostname uafc.co.uk into the IP 213.171.218.201, which is where this site actually lives.

Think of it as a big phonebook for t'internet, just like you remember some phone numbers and won't need to look them up, your computer will remember some IPs and won't need to look them up, explaining why you can still access some sites and not others.

If the DNS is screwed you'll need to contact your ISP. As Rooster suggested try unplugging your modem/router and then plugging it back in tho incase its just got its knickers in a twist.

Were you able to try the steps I asked in the earlier post?
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