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Friday, August 19, 2011

Router Being Stupid?


Ever type in a website in the address bar and you get redirected to a completely different site? (e.g. going to twitter but you get redirected to pricegrabber.com) I have been having this problem for a while. It's a software problem with the router that Linksys isn't even bothering to release a bug fix for it.

But you can (temporarily) fix this whenever you encounter it.

1. Click on the start button and type in CMD in the search box.

2. Right click the program and click on "Run as Administrator".

3. Type "ipconfig /flushdns" without the quotation marks.

4. Close CMD and restart your web browser.

5. If you still encounter the same DNS errors try restarting your computer.
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18 comments:

  1. AlababiAugust 20, 2011 at 7:48 PM

    it could also be a virus too. You should switch to Linux :D

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  2. SylarAugust 21, 2011 at 12:24 AM

    nice post
    +follow

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  3. Michael WestsideAugust 21, 2011 at 8:46 AM

    I just use OpenDNS instead of whatever you get from your ISP. But yeah, it kinda sounds like a virus.

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  4. AnonymousAugust 21, 2011 at 12:55 PM

    Thanks that really helps me.

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  5. SuperdonkeyAugust 21, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    really good info here, that could save me a lot of time with restarting the damn thing haha

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  6. DragmireAugust 21, 2011 at 2:40 PM

    This has happened to me before but I never knew it was a router problem. Thanks for the fix.

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  7. DesoAugust 21, 2011 at 7:18 PM

    Quick and easy to follow tutorial. Thanks.

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  8. Nether CriticAugust 21, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    Nice step by step!

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  9. AllebannaAugust 22, 2011 at 7:39 PM

    sweet, sounds great! i'll try this out!
    my router is always giving me crap.

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  10. PubliusAugust 22, 2011 at 8:12 PM

    That's happened to me before, glad I know how to fix it now. Thanks! followed+

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  11. TheUndeclaredWinnerAugust 24, 2011 at 8:13 AM

    I do not think that has happened to me before, but I do have a Linksys router, and a new ASUS which is not set up.

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  12. Ting KubbyAugust 26, 2011 at 8:14 AM

    Yeah that sounds suspiciously like a virus to me.

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  13. jose mataAugust 27, 2011 at 7:32 AM

    Well this happens to me a lot so thanks for the help

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  14. TyrAugust 27, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    thanks man, I share my internet with 3 other people and sometimes the router can act pretty retarded

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  15. PubliusAugust 27, 2011 at 9:44 AM

    This just happened to me, and I remember reading this, so I tried it and it worked! Thanks so much for the tip, now I know what to do!

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  16. The Dynamic TrendAugust 27, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    I don't think that's a router issue bud.

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  17. DeffConAugust 29, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    Will save me later I hope :) ty

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  18. UnknownAugust 30, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    Thanks man this helped me a lot. I always end up restarting my pc.

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