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how change of dns, nullifies the vulnerability
jraju:
Hi, please see the test results of netanlyser
pl also see connection specific dns...yours list lan, where as mine shown as domain.name why?
Boggin:
Have you set up a Domain with the other machines in your home - I haven't.
The Proxies that Netalyzr has found could be what your ISP uses.
The Packet loss could be due to the distance to their servers, although no Packet loss is recorded for my connection and I'm in the UK.
Computers are usually default set to a MTU of 1500 but some ISPs pre-set their routers to a different setting which may not be a one size fits all.
Can you check to see what the MTU setting in your router is.
It was interesting to note that it reported an intermittent Internet connection loss.
Not sure if you have line issues or a poor ISP, but switching off computers, the router and disconnect its cables for a couple of mins can refresh its connection.
This would include a modem if a separate one is used, then after the couple of mins, connect the cables and switch just the modem on if applicable and when all of its lights are on, do the same for the router and then switch the computer on.
This is called a power cycle.
jraju:
Have you set up a Domain with the other machines in your home - I haven't.
Please say clearly how to find. I have not made . If , how to remove that. pl
I have done that process of power cycling and other things noted in your reply.
My mtu in router is 1492
expecting reply
t was interesting to note that it reported an intermittent Internet connection loss.
please say where to look in the log by netalyer
jraju:
Hi, Boggins do you mean to say the dns server written on the router dns, which is automatic . But i do hear that the proxy server would be override by the outside settings in the change adopter settings.
Is that means, that eventhough, i changed the dns server, every request thro the outside dns, say google also has to pass thro the hidden proxy server, ie, the router server.
can i access the router and change the dns server ips also to google dns safely. I am afraid that i will not get internet access if i do that.
Boggin:
If you log into your router and make a note of the DNS servers it uses - which will be your ISP's, then open a cmd prompt and do a tracert on them.
The cmd is entered the same as a ping but you use tracert instead.
The computer's settings if different from the router will override the router, but I don't know how your ISP works.
I think initially the router uses the router's default to connect but when it comes to resolving an URL then the computer overrides.
Avast obviously doesn't like what it finds in your ISP's.
You can set your router to use Google's DNS servers and leave the computer at auto - I have in the past.
This is a tracert using my ISP's Fibre Primary DNS of 79.79.79.79 - yours may have a longer hop.
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15063]
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C:\WINDOWS\system32>tracert 79.79.79.79
Tracing route to public-dns-a.as9105.net [79.79.79.79]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 2 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 11 ms 7 ms 7 ms 88-109-96-1.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com [88.109.96.1]
3 7 ms 9 ms 11 ms public-dns-a.as9105.net [79.79.79.79]
Trace complete.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>
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