Manually entering DNS number on iPhone

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Manually entering DNS number on iPhone

For me at least it was a DNS issue. The iphone was getting the router's ip on top of the dns address. I noticed the web pages hung up at the first contact when the IP address is usually looked up on the DNS. I deleted the dns numbers on the dhcp panel then looked up my DNS numbers on my router. (For a belkin, point your browser to 192.168.2.1) I typed in the DNS ip address manually in the dhcp panel and I'm back online. And this is after adding in WPA security to a system previously completely open. The initial security change did nothing. The DNS manual entry fixed it all.

G4 PB 1.67, G4 IMac, G5 Imac, iBooks x 2, Mac OS X (10.4)

Posted on Jun 30, 2007 11:42 AM

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Jan 4, 2011 1:34 PM in response to Ricky Clay

This sounds promising. Can someone be a bit more specific about the steps taken to resolve this issue?

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Jan 4, 2011 1:34 PM in response to Ricky Clay

Wow, thank you, Rick.

For 16 hours now I've been trying everything in every forum to get this wifi problem fixed. Fortunately I, too, have a belkins wireless router, so I was able to use your instructions to the letter and manually retype in the DNS address, and voila, it worked!

But now I'm worried that this type of problem will happen every time the phone tries to jump on a wifi hotspot--have you had any experiences with this?

Thank you!

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Jan 4, 2011 1:35 PM in response to sharonc17

THIS NEEDS TO BE PINNED FOR BELKIN ROUTER PEOPLE.... IT WORKS...
THANK YOU

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attack7

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Jan 4, 2011 1:35 PM in response to Ricky Clay

This helped me too, +1 for stickying it for Belkin routers.

Thank you Ricky!

Matt

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cbenton

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Jan 4, 2011 1:35 PM in response to Ricky Clay

THANK YOU! I am not the most tech savvy person -- but your directions were a godsend! And while I was pleasently surprised with the speed of EDGE -- WIFI is in a league of its own!

Thanks again for posting your solution -- it's the first thing that has worked!

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jcdude

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Jan 4, 2011 1:35 PM in response to Ricky Clay

i had been having the same problem all day until i read this tip. this is an issue related to belkin routers. go to 192.168.2.1 and manually input your DNS servers. delete any extraneous numbers. works like a charm. dont waste your time turning your security on and off (as i have all afternoon...)

thanks to whoever figured this out

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Jan 4, 2011 1:35 PM in response to Ricky Clay

i have a belkin router where i am now but this solution isn't working for me. maybe i'm not doing the steps right? i did try umpteen times!

i can do email, but just not http or utube or weather, etc. i can get to the router page in my browser and that's it.

does the "dns" field really need to filled in? on my mac, its just optional

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Jan 4, 2011 1:35 PM in response to scriptkitten

nevermind. duh! 🙂 i fixed it...yay!

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