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Title: DNS problems on dir-657
Post by: nln on December 24, 2013, 05:43:14 AM
Greetings to everyone!

Hope this issue hasn't been discussed, I couldn't find similar problems.

So, my dlink has strange behavior - I can't browse several websites unless I access them by IP. This happens on particular sites - google.com(including Gmail, Youtube, PlayStore, etc), facebook.com. When I reboot the device, everything works for 10-15 minutes and then again I have to access these sites by IP. For another websites works fine.

My network configuration is: WAN cable comes home and ends in 8-port TPLink switch. From the TPLink goes one LAN to a set-top-box(about the digital TV) and another LAN goes to the dlink's port "Internet".

The Dlink spreads WiFi internet for two laptops, Philips TV and several smart phones. All of them with the same issue. Laptops working on Windows 7 Professional.

Internet settings in the router are set for static IP, subnet mask and dns provided by ISP.

If I connect the TPlink through lan cable directly to the laptop - no issues, everything works.

The router was several times reset to factory defaults and then set only the settings from the ISP.

Do you have an idea?

Title: Re: DNS problems on dir-657
Post by: FurryNutz on December 24, 2013, 10:38:34 AM
Link>Welcome! (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=41537.0)



Internet Service Provider and Modem Configurations

Router and Wired Configurations
Some things to try: - Log into the routers web page at 192.168.0.1. Use IE, Opera or FF to manage the router.
Title: Re: DNS problems on dir-657
Post by: FurryNutz on January 27, 2014, 11:23:39 AM
Any status on this?  ???
Title: Re: DNS problems on dir-657
Post by: nln on April 06, 2014, 07:16:39 AM
Sorry for the late reply.

I did all of your recommendations - no result. Actually I managed to define the problem - websites that don't load are all https. If I enter their IP - they load.
After restart if the router all works for ~10min, after that the problem appears again.
The most interesting - it is not a permanent issue. It may be like this for some hours, but not the whole day.

So I presumed it is an DNS issue. I called the ISP to provide me with another DNS, I changed it - no difference. Tried to set Google Public DNS - no difference.

I am out of ideas. The most irritating is that sometimes works, sometimes doesn't.
Title: Re: DNS problems on dir-657
Post by: FurryNutz on April 06, 2014, 01:37:50 PM
Would you fill in the questions that I presented in my first reply, this will give us a better idea and where we need to go with this...I currently have my 657 online and I'm using manual DNS and it's working well here...