Meh. I've got this annoying thing going on with my PC and I can't quite locate when or why it started happening. I know some shit about computers, I even used to do tech support, but I don't know what's going on.
The first time I go to access a domain name I get "host not found" type errors. I try again and the host is found and the connection is made.
This is the case via HTTP, POP3, FTP... Even RTSP or whatever protocol gets used for streaming audio sometimes.
I've tested this is a problem with two different web browsers, two different email clients, an FTP client, a download manager and two different media players.
My wife's laptop works fine on the same internet connection, so it's not an issue with our ISP.
It's also not 100% consistent. For example, I have 4 email accounts set up in Thunderbird, and when I check my email 3 out of 4 host addresses work fine first time and one never works the first time I open the application, but every time after that.
I'm running Windows 2000.
I'm thinking it's most certainly a DNS issue, but don't know where to look.
The first time I go to access a domain name I get "host not found" type errors. I try again and the host is found and the connection is made.
This is the case via HTTP, POP3, FTP... Even RTSP or whatever protocol gets used for streaming audio sometimes.
I've tested this is a problem with two different web browsers, two different email clients, an FTP client, a download manager and two different media players.
My wife's laptop works fine on the same internet connection, so it's not an issue with our ISP.
It's also not 100% consistent. For example, I have 4 email accounts set up in Thunderbird, and when I check my email 3 out of 4 host addresses work fine first time and one never works the first time I open the application, but every time after that.
I'm running Windows 2000.
I'm thinking it's most certainly a DNS issue, but don't know where to look.