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- try rebooting your router. Establishing a new connection to your Internet Service Provider can sometimes change the route itself from you to your destination. You may get lucky and get a connection without issues (basically avoiding previous bad jumps). You may even want to try this several times. Just remember there is no guarantee this will work at all, but it is something to try at least.
- If you can (or probably more importantly know how), try to change your DNS server. If you have troubles like in the original post (cannot resolve destination host), it may be because of wrong data in the DNS you are currently using, and switching manually to another may resolve the issue. Consider a DNS server like a phone book. If the listed number you are trying to reach is wrong in the phone book, then you can't make the call you want to make ;)
- try using a VPN (virtual private network). Using a VPN basically means connecting to a VPN service, and after that your traffic goes from your computer to their servers and then to your desired destination and back the same way. This could potentially avoid bad jumps or bad DNS entries causing the problems you are having. However, most VPNs are paid services. There are a few with free trials and such though, ProtonVPN is one of those.
- last, but worst option, is to wait... Connection issues happen constantly, often we just do not notice them. This is because the internet is basically a big spiderweb of connected machines sending data back and forth. Most of the time, problems are handled behind the scenes without us ever knowing they were there. Sometimes issues happen on a broader scale though where we notice immediately because we can't reach a specific destination at all like cases of bad (or changing) DNS entries or (internet) backbone issues
Best of luck :)
First of all : IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM DO NOT CHANGE DNS ! ONLY TRY CHANGING DNS SERVER IF YOU GOT A PROBLEM
How to Set Dns by using commandline (Powershell)
1. Open a Powershell terminal:
- Start menu > Search bar > type : powershell
=> right click on "powershell" then click: Run as administrator
If required, exemple here: https://www.top-password.com/blog/5-ways-to-run-powershell-as-administrator-in-windows-10
2. Using powershell: identify the exact name of your internet connexion
From a powershell terminal, type:
Get-DnsClientServerAddress
below "InterfaceAlias" = name of your internet connexion, eg: Ethernet
3. Set DNS using commandline:
Set-DNSClientServerAddress "Ethernet" –ServerAddresses ("8.8.8.8","8.8.4.4")
Info: 8.8.8.8 + 8.8.4.4 = Google DNS Server; if you want to use/set another dns replace the number from my exemple by another dns server adress :)
4. Empty Windows DNS cache:
type: ipconfig /flushdns
Close powershell terminal, and any other running software (browser, steam...) and reboot windows.
5. Another DNS Server to consider: in case you don't want using google dns server for "privacy" reason ?
Cloudflare: 1.1.1.1 + 1.0.0.1
or
Quad9: 9.9.9.9 + 149.112.112.112
or
OpenDNS: 208.67.222.222 + 208.67.220.220
or
OpenNIC: 46.151.208.154 + 128.199.248.105
Note: I use dns server from my ISP (orange / france) as I don't have any problem. Changing dns is only recommended when facing an error such as : cannot resolve host destination or such message...
6. What is a DNS server ?
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_server
7. Exemple of step: 2 - 3 - 4
picture here: https://imgur.com/6AKRmDz
Hope this help.