NETGEAR Router: DNS Server Not Responding - windows

I'm running Windows 7 64-bit Professional edition and I've been using NETGEAR Router WNR612v3 for a while now. I'm not a professional in networking, but apparently the DNS server all of my computers in this house use is not responding. All the computers network card settings are set to automatic, both in resolving an IP address and resolving a DNS server.
I've had this issue all morning and fixed it by making my main computers DNS server static listening to one of GOOGLEs public DNS server (208.67.222.222) and that works perfectly. I then put my computer back to automatically resolve a DNS server and went to NETGEARs control panel by accessing my default gateway address (192.168.x.x) and configured the DNS address settings. I set it to automatically get one from my ISP (Bahnhof SE). That didn't work, so I've set it to static and tested three addresses at a time using all of these:
213.80.98.2
213.80.101.3
208.67.222.222
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
with no avail. It seems that my computers just won't resolve the DNS server given by NETGEAR, or I'm just understanding this wrong. But the end result is that my computer is obviously not receiving the Public GOOGLE DNS server that I've set on the NETGEAR DNS Addresses configuration. Here are a few screen shots:
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Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance.

with the limited information you provided all I can do is speculate that the firmware on your router is outdated or faulty, try updating the firmware or connect to an open Wi-fi network to ensure that the router is the problem. You will have to find where the problem is to fix it. My bet is on the router based on the fact that several computers within your house are having the same issue, and when adding the dns server address statically on the computers it works. So update the firmware, if that doesn't work go buy another router.

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Using public IP addresses will always get you in trouble, try changing them to something like:
192.168.1.10 & 192.168.1.20
(Please read entire answer before modifying)
Also, i would recommend checking this link on the official microsoft forum. I know it's from windows 7, but i think the main problem you have is with the DNS configuration and it's very well explained there.
I'll summarise the link above here:
#Meinolf Weber's answer
If domain machines contain public DNS servers as 200.88.127.23 and 196.3.81.5 you will always have trouble.
Remove them on ALL domain machines and run ipconfig /flushdns and ipconfig /registerdns and reboot clients and domain member servers and restart the netlogon service on DCs instead reboot.
For internet access please configure the FORWARDERS in the DNS server properties in the DNS management console with the public DNS servers.
Explanation:
You can't join a machine to the domain using public IP because it is trying to locate your domain to the public IP which has not information of the private build domain.
Use only local IP in the clients NIC.
Hope it helps, if not please give more detailed information of the issue as well as the DNS configuration (screenshot or whatever you can).
EDIT 1: also check "time settings" on both machines, i know it might seem silly, but that sometimes gives DNS and DC issues. Check IPv6, could be another probable cause of the issues you're having (Go to the network and sharing center, modify the properties of the NIC and unselect TCP/IPv6).
I'd check first IPv6, that'll save you work if it's only that.
EDIT 2: again, i would recommend changing the IPs (if possible) to another network, as long as the 169.254.x.x is used (assigned) when there's no DHCP server, but as you say they can ping to each other, it may not be necessary the problem.
I can see there's no router in the network but, a Windows Server should be providing DHCP, otherwise things like DNS suffix don't work.
So check that:
- You have the DNS role installed and configured to support AD.
SOLVED on answer below
The explanation i would give for this is that "secure communication" is an often requirement, thing that internal network doesn't provide.

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I have installed xampp server on my windows 7.
I am connecting internet using HUAWEI Dongle.
I don't have any static IP address.i Want to access my php file from internet example I have connected to internet now I have dynamic IP address like 100.101.73.240 if some one enter 100.101.73.240/home.php in his browser address bar then my home.php page should open in his browser.
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Local Ip can't work over the internet. It's your intranet network. If you have dynamic internet IP, then you simply configure the Dynamic DNS service. Which you can configure your Internet Router with the following settings (provided by the Dynamic DNS service providers).
dyn.com
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If you want to share IP with someone from your local area network:
Go to cmd, run ipconfig command, and find your local IP, which should be like 192.168.xxx.yyy. You can easily share it with no worries it will change each time you reset your network.
If it's someone from external network:
You have no power to share your external IP if you have dynamic one, it will change too often, but still it should work for a short connection sessions. To obtain a stable address you would have to register a domain

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I want to create a TFTP server on my computer, and I found a program named TFTPD32 that can help me. But when I try to bind my local IP (192.168.X.X) to a public one as I see in a tutorial, it doesn't show as a possible choice in that program.
As far as I know, to make this to work you need to install a server OS like Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7 Ultimate is a client one.
Is there a way to configure Windows 7 Ultimate as a public server?
Or maybe I am doing something wrong?
P.S.: I am sorry for my bad English.
If you can get that working in a LAN environment, then the solution is what ElGalivan said - take a look at the NAT table in your router.
Typically you need to do NAT over the UDP port 69 to your sever LAN IP address.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_address_translation
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In the very unusual case that your host is directly attached to a public IP Tftpd32 sure will have that public IP available for binding.
In a more normal case your host will be behind a router/NAT etc then your host will only have private IPs (192.168.x.x) available. In this case you should forward certain IP ports in your router in order to let exterior users reaching your server services.
But please consider; you should never do this with TFTP; TFTP is a protocol not meant for Internet traffic. It is used in the early stages of PXE booting strategies in LANs (Local Area Networks).

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I have a high speed cable internet connection at home. I have D-link router, and I connect 2 computers, one is a desktop running Windows XP, the other is a laptop running Windows 7. I am perfectly able to use internet on both computers.
Now I want to host my personal web site from my home computer. I have already built the site that is running on my home network. Now I want to make it accessible from internet. I did all the procedures to open the appropriate ports on my router, allow incoming connections, and port forwarding setup, using the router's guide : http://www.dlink.com/-/media/Consumer_Products/DIR/DIR%20826L/Manual/DIR_826L_MANUAL_EN_UK.pdf .
However I am still not able to see my web site from public internet.
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Are you attempting to hit your WAN IPaddress from inside your house, aka, on the lan that the WAN would hit? It could be NAT Reflection/lack thereof getting in your way. Make sure you're trying to hit your WAN IP from a network outside of your local network. If you have a phone, turn off wifi, and use your phone.
Besides that, you've listed all of the basic steps necessary. Should the above not be the problem, I would start by checking your PCs firewall. In particular on Windows 7 checking to make sure you click real hard on that "public networks" button. Then just try and ping port 80, not load the webpage. If you can't ping, it suggests configuration issues with your router/connection. If you can, there's just some configuration that's effed up with your webserver.

How can I test my DNS and site configuration

I've received a few messages from users of my site that they can not access it from home.
They can access the server from the IP, but not by the domain name.
I think it has something to do with the way my DNS is configured. I setup my own DNS server about 4 years ago on my server, which I probably should not have done, and I'm not sure if everything is configured correctly. There are plenty of people who can access the site without any problems, but some users get 'server can not be found'.
Server Details: Windows 2003 co-located server at a small local hosting company.
Are there good tools or sites that can test and provide configuration recommendations? How do I test this problem when it works fine for me and so many other users? What type of questions should I ask users that can't access the site?
Can I provide / point to another DNS server that can be used if the first server isn't working?
Thanks!
Nevertheless here some pointers:
Questions that you can ask the users:
Run the following command: nslookup test.company.com. The result should be the IP they could access by IP. If it's a wrong IP or no IP, then this hostname A / CNAME record isn't propagated correctly to the outside world.
It could be a ipv4/v6 problem. Maybe the DNS resolves to a ipv6 IP by AAAA record and your ISP (or any provider inbetween) doesn't support ipv6 correctly yet. Under windows, you can ping -6 or ping -4 to see if it resolves to anything at all.
Possible workaround:
Tell your users to hardcode the IP of your server into their HOSTS file...
DNS problems are usually lying at the companies infrastructure though (e.g. not propagating the DNS notifications correctly, wrong DNS servers at your registrar, wrong DNS configuration on your DNS server...)
There's an excellent on-line resource to verify your DNS settings: intoDNS.com
If you think the problem is in your DNS server and you don't need it this way anyway, you can just turn your DNS to any DNS hosting - see my biased list. Setup your DNS records from scratch with any DNS provider and tell your domain registrar to use that provider nameservers. Often registrars themselves provide DNS servers as well.
As for questions to ask users, Khoi explained everything.

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