Bad gateway / DNS Problems...

[mickylittle2000]

can some one please tell me how to override the DNS look up in windows XP... there are a few sites i visit regularly.. but now for past few days i cant open up a few of them.. everytime i type in the url and hit enter... i straight away get this erroe message..

Bad Gateway
The following error occurred:
[code=DNS_HOST_NOT_FOUND] The host name was not found during the DNS lookup. Contact your system administrator if the problem is not found by retrying the URL.


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Please contact the administrator.



Now i think tht my ISP has got certain problems with the DNS server ..and isnt able to resolve the hostname...

if u guys think tht its something else..pls let me know.. and if it is the same thing.. then please tel me how to over ride the DNS look up... i have tried putting the ip address of the sites in my hosts file but no use...

pls help..

[D0pp139an93r]

Open up Network Connections. Select your Connection, Properties, select TCP/IP, Properties, From there you can set your preferred DNS, Gateway, whatever.


Just remember, your ISP gave you those settings for a reason.

If you screw things up. just go back to using DHCP for everything.


(I actually had to do this on my home network due to our odd configuration.)

[mickylittle2000]

Thanks for the help....

hey can u tell me any servers i can put in there instead of the default one...

[D0pp139an93r]

4.2.2.4
4.2.2.5
4.2.2.6

These are the DNS servers run by Verizon.
I don't know if they'll work for you. It's all I could name off the top of my head. (I'm at work right now.)

[mickylittle2000]

yeah they are working ... but still the problem remians the same....

Okay i'll tell u the exact thing....

i use www.gawab.com for webmail services... but now when i try opening it .. some times it opens. but most of the times(8 out of 10) it gives the same error... even if i manage to log in without the error and then try to open inbox or any other link .. again the same stuff...

i dunno if there is any settings i need to change in my p.c. or something else... the same problem exists with some other sites too...even google sometimes hangs up...

if i remove the "www." prefix..in the url sometimes it works, and some times i have to add it again for the same site to work... dunno whats wrong....

if i use the IP addresses of the sites.. it works fine....