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Re: ping and tracert networking question

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Originally Posted by stevep001 View Post
I'm with others who are hypothesizing that you're having link level problems.
What is a "link level problem"? How does it fit the observed facts?


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DNS issues in ISPs get fixed very quickly, as working DNS is required for nearly everything else that ordinary people do on an internet connection.
The DNS hypothesis fit all the available facts, and ever since I changed my DNS (as Jared341 suggested) the problem has not recurred.