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[keithwjones]

BT Infinity 2. I have ECI modem and HH3, getting resolving host issue.

Decided to change modem for:
Firmware Version:0.6.0 1.10 v0021.0 Build 141215 Rel.41342n
Hardware Version:TD-W9980 v1 00000000

But I am still getting Resolving Host issue.

At present connected through ECI modem.

I am getting a test error:
Test DNS Root - Fail

Anyone got any ideas. I have tried all sorts to get rid of the issue.

Keith

[burakkucat]

Welcome to the Kitz forum. 

Just to confirm that I understand . . . You had an ECI modem (in the default configuration bridge mode) and an HH3 acting as a router/switch/DNS server/DHCP server/WAP, etc and have now replaced the HH3 with the TP-Link TD-W9980 whilst retaining the ECI modem?

You mention that there is a "Resolving Host" issue; I assume that is part of a message output by one of the devices? The fact that you see a "Test DNS Root - Fail" message makes me think that the problem is with the router obtaining DNS server addresses and then using them locally to resolve DNS queries. Was the problem also present when the HH3 was in use? And is still present when the TP-Link is used?

Perhaps you could try specifying DNS server IP addresses to use, explicitly, in the router's (HH3 or TP-Link) configuration. Try using 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 (Google's public DNS servers) as a quick test.

Puzzling. 

[keithwjones]

Setup as you say.

Resolving Host comes up in Chrome browser. Other browsers are sluggish.

Problem was also present with HH3, from research others had solved it by getting a new router.

When I first installed the TP it automatically used DNS:
213.120.234.22
213.120.234.34

I changed that to 8.8.8.8 etc.

Keith

[ejs]

I think the "Test DNS Root - Fail" is just a broken test which always fails. The test being broken doesn't really matter and won't affect anything else. I think the test does a DNS lookup for www.root-servers.net, which doesn't seem to exist, and I'm not sure what the purpose of a test looking up that name could possibly be.

[keithwjones]

I think  have an answer.

Problem was with BT Infinity 2, ECI Modem and HH3. I thought HH3 was the issue so put in a TP-Link TD-W9980. Windows 7.

I have used the answer of A Guy at http://www.sevenforums.com/browsers-mail/336501-google-chrome-resolving-host.html

Let's flush the DNS cache and restore MS's Hosts file. Copy and paste these lines in Note pad.

Code: [Select]

@Echo on
pushd\windows\system32\drivers\etc
attrib -h -s -r hosts
echo 127.0.0.1 localhost>HOSTS
attrib +r +h +s hosts
popd
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /flushdns
netsh winsock reset all
netsh int ip reset all
shutdown -r -t 1
del %0
Save as flush.bat

Right click the .bat file and choose to Run as Administrator. Your computer will reboot itself. See if that fixes it.

Appears to have worked for me, before I used this I tried many other things, here are some:

http://www.webnots.com/correct-chrome-resolving-host-issue/

Keith