Why is DNS Server not responding?

DNS server isn't responding Why?

• I have taken BSNL broadband connection to my PC, when i will connect to the internet it will show DNS server isn't responding in Windows 7 Home premium. please give me best answer & solve my problem.

• Answer:

  The DNS Server might be down. To see if that is the case -- change your DNS to Google's public DNS Server. Here are the steps to do that (I took these from Google's site -- and I will post the link to the site in case you want to read more about this) 1. Go the Control Panel. 2. Click Network and Internet, then Network and Sharing Center, and click Change adapter settings. 3. Select the connection for which you want to configure Google Public DNS. For example: 4. To change the settings for an Ethernet connection, right-click Local Area Connection, and click Properties. 5. To change the settings for a wireless connection, right-click Wireless Network Connection, and click Properties. 6. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. 7. Select the Networking tab. Under This connection uses the following items, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) or Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) and then click Properties. 8. Click Advanced and select the DNS tab. If there are any DNS server IP addresses listed there, write them down for future reference, and remove them from this window. 9. Click OK. 10. Select Use the following DNS server addresses. If there are any IP addresses listed in the Preferred DNS server or Alternate DNS server, write them down for future reference. 11. Replace those addresses with the IP addresses of the Google DNS servers: For IPv4: 8.8.8.8 and/or 8.8.4.4. For IPv6: 2001:4860:4860::8888 and/or 2001:4860:4860::8844 12. Restart the connection you selected in step 3. 13. Test that your setup is working correctly 14. Repeat the procedure for additional network connections you want to change.