Everytime I try to go to any website I get this error: (strangely enough ajarn and daves esl are the only 2 websites working for me). . Im using cyberpoint by acumen. . anyone else ever have this problem
The requested URL could not be retrieved
While trying to retrieve the URL: Google (http://www.google.com/)
The following error was encountered:
Unable to determine IP address from host name for Google (http://www.google.com/)
The dnsserver returned:
Timeout
This means that:
The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL.
Check if the address is correct.
Your cache administrator is webmaster.
Generated Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:10:24 GMT by localhost (squid/2.5.STABLE9)
I've had the same problem this weekend. I'm using a dtac aircard and thought that had something to do with it.
How much to the air cards cost? Is it like a thumb drive that holds a SIM card?
When I used Cyberpoint, I had this problem a lot because either (a lot of people were using the system at the same time) or it was just incredibility slow. Check you upload and download data transfer rates. It won't help you get to the sites, but will indicate if this is also your problem.
Link to speed check: adslthailand.com Global Speed Test: Thailand most preferable speedtest server (http://speedtest.adslthailand.com/)
I used to run down to the cafe in at the ground floor where I lived, used their free wifi and it was much faster (and not related to Cyberpoint).
Basically if someone is downloading a program upgrade or a bit torrent while you are trying to surf on the same system, you are fxxxxx.
Now I use a mobile phone (EDGE) and it works much better than the wifi system I once used by cyberpoint (at least for me) but it is still slow to download complex web pages etc. There ain't no 3G yet and I'll be damned if I pay for a km of line to get connected (hard wired). It is also cheaper than the cyberpoint connection but you need a GPRS phone, an Internet SIM (any sim can be made to do this) and you need to buy however many hours you need per month. 50 hours costs me 200 baht. 250 hours is 500 baht (AIS 12Call)
With EDGE I am getting download speed at around 190kbps and upload at about 100kbps. Not broadband but sure beats a slower connection. (I do remember my first two modems 300 and later 1200 bits per second.
Sometimes the slowness of EDGE makes the site think you are in a mobile phone and it switches over to the mobile cite rather than the regular one. m.latimes.com instead of Los Angeles Times - California, L.A., Entertainment and World news - latimes.com (http://www.latimes.com/).
Which is a different format.
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How much to the air cards cost? Is it like a thumb drive that holds a SIM card?
The one I have is 2,700 baht. 100 hours for 300 baht a month. It's not the fastest, I think the best I've gotten is about 300 kbps. They advertise up to 3.6 Mps but I haven't seen that speed yet.
Yep, it's a thumb drive with a SIM card.
They wanted me to have a work permit before they would let me buy it. They accepted my Non-Immigrant B and 3 months service up front though.
The OP error is fairly simple - your computer can't reach a DNS server that translates things like google.com into a series of numbers like 203.144.207.49, or the DNS server isn't working.
If you connect to your wifi (or Edge, for that matter) automatically you get DNS server assigned by your network. Sometimes their DNS settings do not work. No big deal, you can set it yourself in your connection properties. Open it either via control panel or clicking on the network icon and select TCP/IP, or IP4 protocol, the "properties" button will appear.
If you can't enter DNS server numbers straight away you might have to set every parameter manually.
Connect to the Internet as usual and then open Command Prompt (Start-Accessories) and type in "ipconfig /all" without quotes, you'll see all your settings there. Just copy them over into "properties" box, and when you get to DNS servers you have several options - use DNS from the ISP, in my case it's True and I use 203.144.207.49 and 203.144.207.29. If you are not on True, their DNS would still theoretically work but you'd better find the servers of your ISP.
Or you can use various "Open DNS" servers, they are very unlikely to fail, ever, but the downside is that they are on the other side of the world and so could be slow to respond, and some websites use "server balance load" thing that might screw their pages if you are located in Thailand but use DNS from another country.