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Sounds like a DNS issue. Try changing the default DNS server for your LAN to Google DNS address or Cloudflare DNS address.

Domain Name System (DNS) is used in Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networks, such as the Internet, to locate computers and services through user-friendly names. When a user enters a DNS name in an application, DNS can resolve the name to other information associated with the name, such as an IP address. If your network is homogeneous (all hosts use the same operating system), and it uses a name resolution method other than DNS, you can continue to use that method without needing DNS. If your network is heterogeneous (the hosts use different operating systems), or it connects to the Internet, you will want to deploy DNS as the Internet consists of protocols that require DNS.

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if your using windows then you can do it with the "host file". your computer checks the host file before it goes to a DNS server so if you alter your host file to say https://facebook.com 172.0.0.1 in your host file it will never ask the dns and find out its actually 173.252.110.27 and basicly blocks the web site... its really sneaky and impossible for anyone short of a genius to undo.

check out wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)

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Well you can avoid it by stopping it from doing so.

Navigate to this folder on your computer: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc.
Look for the 'hosts' file, right click it and select 'Properties'.
Uncheck the 'Read Only' box and click 'OK'.
Double left click the 'hosts' file and select 'Choose a program to open this file'. Before choosing one make sure there is No tick in a box stating to 'Always open with this program'. If there is then un-tick it.
You need to select 'Notepad' and double left click it which will open the 'hosts' file in text. If notepad is not in the list the you can navigate to it here: C:\Windows.
On a new line after the last entry copy and paste the following list:

127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com

It should look something like this:

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com

Click 'file', then 'save' to update and close the document.
Again right click the 'hosts' file, select 'Properties' and replace the 'Read Only' check and click 'OK'.
Close all windows and restart your computer and your done.

Also block it from the Firewall within Windows Control panel if still problematic by un-checking any Adobe related entries.
If you still have an issue open a free email account and post me your email address here and I'll send you a link to a solution. It is slightly more complicated though and the above should do the trick anyway.
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Please rate if this helped your issue.

Your first step in setting up DNS for your domain is create some A records, or host records, that point to servers that you are hosting resources (like a website). So, for example, let's say you are hosting a website on a server with IP 13.54.33.21. You'll create an A record for 'www' (without the quotes) to point to 13.54.33.21. This way, when someone goes to www.buy2sale.co.in, they'll be sent to your web server.

I hope this helps!

Not aware of any DNS servers that are hosted by Sony However,DNS servers are hosted by your ISP, if you are getting a DNS error, Iwould be willing to bet that you are also unable to surf the interneton another PC. Best thing to do in this case is reboot your modem (Cable or DSL), your router, and your PS3, in that order. That way everything has time to sync up, grab a IP address, DNS, etc. shut the power off on your modem for about 30sec and turn it back on let i tboot up and try again

Hello jmazaredo,

Does your DNS server have your server fqdn in its tables, and does your PC have the address of your DNS server in its lookup table?

One test you can do is to use the hosts file to put the fqdn into and assign it an address this would let you know the the PCs can use host tables to do the translation then this becomes a DNS issue as opposed to a lookup issue and you cut your troubleshooting in half.

In other words edit your hosts tables (hosts file) with the entry (Example 1):

IPADDRESS FQDN ALIAS

192.168.10.2 somesystem.myhome.com. system
192.168.10.5 somesystem2.myhome.com. system2

This as stated will determine if you have a DNS issue or a lookup issue, because the DNS system will use host tables first and the do a DNS lookup.

Once this is done if it works then try this setup:

1) in your router set the DNS to capture the DNS of your ISP (normally the setting will tell the router to use the DNS given to it by the DHCP protocol.

2) turn on DHCP on the LAN side of the connection in the router and set the controls for proxy DNS service (using the router as the local DNS server also called caching DNS server), However set the router up to allow static IPAddreses and if possible to recognize the domain name of the local LAN.

3) set your servers up with static IP addresses and in their host tables set the fqdn up as stated above in Example 1

4) in your PC set the DNS to be the IP Address of your LAN side of your router i.e. 192.168.1.1 and if needed set the host tables of all PCs to the server addresses, fqdn, and aliases this way if DNS fails the system will at least have the host tables to use.

I hope this helps.

Thank you,
Shuttle83

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DNS is the primary name resolution service for Windows Server 2003. Active Directory depends on DNS for domain controller location, and DNS influences Active Directory domain naming. Thus, to fully understand Active Directory, it helps to understand how DNS acts as an integral component in the design of Active Directory.

DNS provides Active Directory with both a name resolution service for domain controller location and a hierarchical design that Active Directory leverages to provide a naming convention that can reflect organizational structure.
Typically, a DNS domain namespace deployed to accommodate the Active Directory mirrors the Active Directory domain namespace. In cases where there is an existing DNS namespace prior to Active Directory deployment, the DNS namespace is typically partitioned for Active Directory, and a DNS subdomain and delegation for the Active Directory forest root is created. Additional DNS domain names are then added for each Active Directory child domain.
DNS data is used to support the location of Active Directory domain controllers also. During or after the creation of the DNS zones used to support Active Directory domains, the zones are populated with DNS resource records that enable network hosts and services to locate Active Directory domain controllers.

PS: As sourced from Microsoft Technet Site