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Getting thrown off site ONLY MSE

hogshead
hogshead Posts: 2,217 Forumite
After coming onto MSE I select which forum I want to read but I get thrown off to a site :
DNS Error - Server cannot be found

I click back arrow & site is back up & from here I can view a thread. Click into a thread again Error message appears, click back arrow & I can read the thread I require but once I click out to forum it all happens again & again.

Hope I have made it clear as it only happens on MSE. This is quite recent, past week, doesn't happen on hotdeals, PTS or the like & lots of other forums I frequent.

Any Ideas?

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  • LeeSouthEast
    LeeSouthEast Posts: 3,822 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Sounds like your ISP's DNS servers are up the creak.

    Consider switching to OpenDNS. It's quick and easy to do.
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  • devizes18193
    devizes18193 Posts: 1,594 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    what router do you have
  • omen666
    omen666 Posts: 2,206 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    use the IP address rather than the DNS name
  • Bob63
    Bob63 Posts: 1,320 Forumite
    Another fan of OpenDNS here - I switched about a month ago and haven't looked back.
  • hogshead
    hogshead Posts: 2,217 Forumite
    Thanks for the replies. I am clueless with techie stuff so will look into the options suggested.
  • Bob63
    Bob63 Posts: 1,320 Forumite
    hogshead wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies. I am clueless with techie stuff so will look into the options suggested.

    Go to the configuration web page for your router e.g. http://192.168.1.1 (or whatever it is), login and go to the DNS settings. Change the two DNS servers to the following: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220

    There are easy-to-follow instructions for all types of router at this site - https://www.opendns.com/start/router/

    That's all you need to do and you are then using OpenDNS instead of your ISP's DNS. You will probably not need to make any changes to your computer as it will most likely be using DHCP to automatically obtain its internet connection settings from the router.
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