Date: 03/22/06 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: no keywords

A nuissance of late...

Lately, randomly, when I try to access a site, firefox gives me the "cannot resolve XXX" or somesuch analagous message.

1) Not locally cached sites.
2) I ping my router immediately when I get the message, and it pings <10 ms.
3) After I ping, I get the same error.
4) other network activity (AIM, FTP, etc) appear unaffected.

My network config is me->switch->router->cable modem.

Admittedly, a friend told me the switch had port trouble, but switching amongst the 8 ports seems to yield me nothing but the same problem. And besides, wouldn't my being able to ping my router tell me that it's not my LAN?

I don't know if maybe my ISP's DNS is awful at times or what, but I can't figure it out and it's making me crazy. It usually lasts about 15-20 seconds, but it's most annoying.

Any ideas?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/899443.html