Basic Internet Connectivity And Modem Help

[Tex]

My cable works for the most part. But these daily interruptions in service are becoming a pain! On our cable here in Dallas Tx. it seems that the Comcast DNS servers keep going down. When I loose connection the modem still blinks as if its getting traffic, but I can't get out anywhere. I can ping the Comcast Gateway just fine. But it seems the DNS servers are flakey and just keep quitting.

I knew the problem wasn't with my machine. Now I know that it is just the DNS servers. Can't anyone at Comcast fix this? Perhaps give us some extra DNS servers to try for when these 2 go down?

P.S. Don't even try to tell me it's something else. If I can communicate with the Gateway but not the DNS servers its because the DNS servers are just down! FIX IT!!!!!!

[Zathros]

Which DNS servers are Comcast's DHCP currently telling you to use? (I'd like to put 'em on a cyclic test; see what happens)

When they're working, try doing a nslookup on your own IP address. Note which servers claim to be the authority - and manually plug their IP's into your system. That's the equivalent of climbing up the tree one level... I've found Comcat's auth servers to be more reliable.

HTH,
- Dan.