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Am I doing this right?

 

Cry until it comes back up..

Basically for most purposes your internet is down right now.. but anything that your computer already knows the IP for (like this forum with the live chat) will work.

Steam stuff would also work still if you had it open... and IRC as well.

 

Title: COMPLETE A SURVEY ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND CURRENT ISSUES | PANDA Requester: Emily Van Duyn [A1XMI1OVYNY7NU] (Contact) TO: [Comm: 1.00] [Pay: 2.00] [Fair: 3.00] [Fast: 2.00] [Reviews: 3] [ToS: 0] Description: Give us your opinions about communication, news, and current issues Time: 60 minutes HITs Available: 1 Reward: $0.75 Qualifications: Total approved HITs is not less than 500; HIT approval rate (%) is not less than 95; Location is US;

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I CANT COMPLETE YOUR SURVEY WHEN YOU'RE YELLING AT ME, EMILY.

 

kick it

 

awesome.

 

Use google DNS for now

https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using

 

Same thing that @ChrisTurk does when something bad is going on

 

Yeah switching his DNS could help... it depends at what point he is having a failure at though.

I do find it amusing talking on steam and IRC while my ISP's website says my internet is down though.

 

I cant open the site to switch DNS to use internet

 

LOL well I didn't think about that.

Windows
DNS settings are specified in the TCP/IP Properties window for the selected network connection.

Example: Changing DNS server settings on Windows 7

1. Go to the Control Panel.
2. Click Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center > Change adapter settings.
3. Select the connection for which you want to configure Google Public DNS. For example:
   
   • To change the settings for an Ethernet connection, right-click Local Area Connection > Properties.
   • To change the settings for a wireless connection, right-click Wireless Network Connection > Properties.
   If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
   
   
4. 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.
   
   
5. 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.
6. Click OK.
7. Select Use the following DNS server addresses. If there are any IP addresses listed in the Preferred DNS server orAlternate DNS server, write them down for future reference.
8. 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.
   • For IPv6-only: you can use Google Public DNS64 instead of the IPv6 addresses in the previous point.
9. Restart the connection you selected in step 3.
   
   
10. Test that your setup is working correctly; see Test your new settings below.
11. Repeat the procedure for additional network connections you want to change.

 

sending back the Jiggle task.

 

If he is still getting forum updates than it is likely the resolver of his ISP that is FUBAR. He still has internet access and if it is DNS just needs to point at a new resolver.

 

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HIT exported from Mturk Suite v1.21.10​

 

Title: Answer questions about content related to health insurance (~5 minutes) | PANDA Worker: Preview | Accept | Requester Requester: Online Insurance Study [A3P9PD1II2L31Y] (Contact) TO 1: [Pay: 5.00] [Fast: 5.00] [Comm: 0.00] [Fair: 5.00] [Reviews: 6] [ToS: 0] TO 2: Not Available Auto Approval: 3 days Time: 60 minutes HITs Available: 1 Reward: $1.25 Qualifications: Total approved HITs is greater than 100; Employment Status: Employed full time (35+ hours per week) is 1; HIT approval rate (%) is greater than 98; Location is US;

HIT exported from Mturk Suite v1.21.10​

1 min!

 

Made by someone that's never managed a large network.

 

now windows isnt responding thats nice

 

Ah you are right.. it is clearly a firewall issue.