Thanks Chris, That's done the trick!! Cheers John. On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 17:30 +0000, Chris Wright wrote: > John Bradley wrote: > > Thanks Mate! That's helped quite a bit. I added one of New Zealand's > > DNS Server to the MODEM / Router's config and have managed to access a > > lot more websites. Still not able to access every site I try though. > > In most cases, if not all, entering the IP address rather than the URL, > > works. > > > > My Son uses XP on the same Router and doesn't have the same problem but > > does have timeouts occasionally. Seems as if the ISP here has a DSN > > Server that needs a bit of TLC. ;-) > > > > Thanks to everyone who made suggestions, I tried everything and have > > learnt a fair bit along the way. > > > Try using the DNS Servers at OpenDNS (http://www.opendns.com/) > > >