Think of DNS as a phone book of Internet addresses. When you type in freerepublic.com, there is a directory information call made to your DNS server that essentially says what is freerepublic.com’s “phone” (IP) number. Your computer then calls that number. and the page pops up in your browser. In this case when many people here call their “directory assistance” the idiot at the other end of the line says, I don’t know, so no page pops up. You can set your computer to call different directory assistance or you can just tell your computer that freerepublic.com has the number 209.157.64.200 like I did.
OMG that is a GREAT explanation, Thank you for explaining this to me in DNS for dummies language!!! I TOTALLY understood what DNS is now!!! You are AMAZING!!!!
Thats fine and works for me too but when I use that I can view but cant log on.
I had to change to 50.116.23.211/226.
That works OK viewing and logging on.
None of the DNS that frontier goes me allows me to log on.
He gave me this 74.40.74.40/41
Frontier tech supports answer was “it should work”
They have a problem