Re: Why can't I get Google??

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From: William Hartwell (infoREMOVECAPS_at_sencomp.com)
Date: 08/20/04


Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 05:05:11 -0400

Tim,

Have you resolved this problem yet? Another poster had a problem with Google
and fixed it with the following info:
**
Try following the steps in this KB article and see if it will get your DNS
to start resolving correctly.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832223

Thank you,
--------------------------
Jonathan Lotman
Microsoft Online Support Engineer
**

After reading Jonathan's post I did an nslookup on google.com and
www.google.com. The returning packet for www.google.com was 574 bytes!

Bill

"Tim" <tim_hames@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eNAZk%23EhEHA.3388@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Haven't tried that yet. But I'll get to it (it's a bit more hassle as I'll
> have to configure a static address etc).
>
> "William Hartwell" <infoREMOVECAPS@sencomp.com> wrote in message
> news:Old4mMEhEHA.704@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Tim,
>>
>> Have you connected your laptop to the router instead of the DSL modem?
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> "Tim" <tim_hames@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%232g2bZChEHA.712@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> > Folks!! It gets better.
>> >
>> > Having "pinged" www.google.com from a command line I can now connect to
>> > www.google.com by using the IP address. So http://216.239.57.104 gets
>> > me
>> > straight there from any of my machines.
>> >
>> > So.....we have a DNS issue. But where? I've triple checked my setup and
> my
>> > SBS server is definately forwarding requests to my ISP.
>> >
>> > Any ideas?
>> >
>> > Thanks again.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Tim" <tim_hames@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:%23wwqdX$gEHA.3264@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> >> Yes - on every machine!! several times!!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]" <kweilbacMVP@gte.net> wrote in message
>> >> news:eSAdFV%23gEHA.3864@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> >> > have you flushed DNS?
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
>> >> > "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Tim" <tim_hames@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> > news:u9FPoqzgEHA.3944@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> >> >> I'm running a modest SBS Premium (yup that means ISA) installation
> at
>> >> >> home with a couple of workstations (XP) and a member server I use
> for
>> >> >> testing (W2k3).
>> >> >>
>> >> >> For some reason I cannot connect to any google sites from any
> machine
>> >> >> (including the SBS server itself)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> www.google.com
>> >> >> www.google.com.au
>> >> >> www.google.co.uk
>> >> >>
>> >> >> In all cases I get the standard unrecognised host ISA message.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> It's really weird. I can get to every other site.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Something somewhere is preventing me from getting to Google.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I think I've done all the usual troubleshooting (DNS settings, ISA
>> >> >> settings etc) to no avail.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I can even Ping www.google.com from a command prompt from any
> machine.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Google is not in the restricted groups section of the IP settings
>> > (before
>> >> >> anyone asks).
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Anyone got any ideas? (Could this be an issue with my ISP's DNS
>> >> >> server.....Bigpond!!)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks in advance
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>



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