Unable to access certain website

[Billy Pilgrim]

Whenever I try to access various different websites on my PC on any browser I get and error saying "x's IP can not be found." I can go to the sites on other devices and I have tried changing my DNS could anyone help?

[Windows7ge]

Did you check your IP configuration? Did you verify that you have an active Internet connection?

You can try running a ping though DNS:

ping www.website.com

Try it with a website that works and a website that doesn't.

[Billy Pilgrim]

6 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Did you check your IP configuration? Did you verify that you have an active Internet connection?

You can try running a ping though DNS:

ping www.website.com

Try it with a website that works and a website that doesn't.

the command return data for websites that work, however gives an error with sites that don't:

"Ping request could not find host . Please check the name and try again."

 

I have ensured the url is correct

[Windows7ge]

10 minutes ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

the command return data for websites that work, however gives an error with sites that don't:

"Ping request could not find host . Please check the name and try again."

 

I have ensured the url is correct

When did you first notice this? Anything you may have done?

 

You can try flushing your DNS:

ipconfig /flushdns

But quite honestly it probably won't help.

 

Did you verify your DNS server of choice is active with:

ipconfig /all

This will show you your entire configuration including DNS1&2. Make sure they're the ones you picked.

[Billy Pilgrim]

8 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

When did you first notice this? Anything you may have done?

I don't remember

8 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

But quite honestly it probably won't help.

It didn't

 

8 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

This will show you your entire configuration including DNS1&2. Make sure they're the ones you picked.

It is currently set to google's DNS, which is what I first did to try to fix this.

[Windows7ge]

14 minutes ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

I don't remember

It didn't

It is currently set to google's DNS, which is what I first did to try to fix this.

Unfortunately for troubleshooting DNS that's all I've got, sorry.

[Billy Pilgrim]

On 8/31/2019 at 4:17 PM, Windows7ge said:

Unfortunately for troubleshooting DNS that's all I've got, sorry.

Ok, thanks for your time. Do you have any idea as to my next steps with this?

[Windows7ge]

30 minutes ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

Ok, thanks for your time. Do you have any idea as to my next steps with this?

If this was a network issue (such as all your devices having this error) then it'd be easier to troubleshoot (because there's only so much to go wrong). On Windows it could be anything. There was someone not long ago having this issue and it had something to do with their computer stopped registering the Router a created a P2P network with another computer on the network (169.254.X.X) but you stated your config is fine.

 

The be all and end all solution is to re-install Windows but that's super last resort.

 

This is a last ditch idea you can try is plug in a Ethernet NIC (or USB to Ethernet) and see if that helps. I'm wondering if the issue is Ethernet port specific or if it's at the OS level where it affects every NIC.