Your computer appears to be correctly configured, but the device or resource (DNS server) is not responding

[sjohnson1131]

My laptop has recently started disconnecting from the wifi router every minute or two. When it doesn't disconnect, it still loses a bar and whatever pages I'm on while give me an error saying 'DNS connectivity changed' or something along those lines--next time it shows it I'll edit this and give the exact error. I googled the problem and figured out how to diagnose the router connection and it gave me the message in the title. I did the instructions on flushing the DNS cache, but it's still happening. I'm on a Toshiba Satellite that's about 3 years old. Is this a problem with my router or my computer, and, either way, can someone help me fix it? Please explain everything in really dumbed-down terms, because I am not tech savvy. Thanks.

 

[i7Baby]

If this is on wifi try using ethernet cable instead.

 

[pcgaming98]

Its a router problem. Its the router's job to resolve web names into IP Addresses, which is the purpose of DNS. Did you try power cycling your network? Cut off all devices in your network (PCs included), wait 1 min, and plug your modem back in. Give that 1 min for it to properly start up. Then plug your router back in and give that a min to power up. Then power on all your PCs and see what that does.

 

[sjohnson1131]

Just power cycled, now waiting to see if it happens again.

Edit: It has been 13 minutes and no problems, which is a definite improvement. I'm going to guess the power cycle fixed whatever the problem was. Thank you!

 

[pcgaming98]

No problem at all. Be sure to mark my answer as the solution if it truly helped!