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at_your_bidding_inc
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THE SOLUTION "TO SERVER NOT FOUND" FOR COMCAST USERS!

Jan 26, 2007 1:36 PM
HERE IS THE SOLUTION TO EVERYONE'S PROBLEMS!

I know I've been losing money not having eBay work properly, STOP LOSING YOURS!

All you have to do is to change the DNS settings to point to DNS outside of Comcast.

www.opendns.com can be used;
208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 are two
servers

Here's how:
1) Open Control Panel (Start -> Control Panel)
2) Select Network Connections
3) Select your active connection (I.e. Local Connection #1, Wireless Connection #1) whatever is your primary internet connection.
4) Right click, select properties.
5) Scroll through the list to select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
6. Under the General Tab, select use the following DNS server addresses.
7. Enter the preferred and alternate DNS addresses as listed above.
Preferred: 208.67.222.222 Alternate: 208.67.220.220
8. You're done. Your internet will disconnect and reconnect with the new DNS and viola! The problem is solved.

You can also use any other DNS servers you may know of, have access to, or know works for you BESIDES the Comcast DNS servers.

eBay is hard at work (I hope..) notifying Comcast of this problem, and for some of you it may be fixed before you can implement this change.

My computer is Windows XP 2003, settings or instructions may be different for other users. If you have questions or need help, I'd be more than happy to help you through it. You can e-mail me at ebay@atyourbidding.com, you can also feel free to bid on anything I have listed as thanks. :P
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at_your_bidding_inc
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THE SOLUTION "TO SERVER NOT FOUND" FOR COMCAST USERS!

Jan 26, 2007 3:24 PM
This needs to be pinned.
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at_your_bidding_inc
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THE SOLUTION "TO SERVER NOT FOUND" FOR COMCAST USERS!

Jan 26, 2007 7:54 PM
Bump. People keep reporting this problem. This is the solution. I worked with eBay all afternoon and this solves the problem!
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THE SOLUTION "TO SERVER NOT FOUND" FOR COMCAST USERS!

Jan 26, 2007 8:07 PM
This really isn't a solution as buyers will not mess with things like this. They just want to point and click, and if they can't do that they go else where. They also do not like to change settings or do they know about the comcast problem. We have the problem and gave up shopping on Ebay last night because of this problem. Ebay needs to Team up with Comcast and figure out the problem, only then will it be fixed.
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THE SOLUTION "TO SERVER NOT FOUND" FOR COMCAST USERS!

Jan 26, 2007 8:21 PM
I was gonna say that ^, but didn't want to upset OP. I do not want to try to change my settings. I just want it to work like it should. After this I may need therapy.:(
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at_your_bidding_inc
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Jan 26, 2007 8:21 PM
I'm sorry to hear that. I can't say that I really posted the solution for the buyers, I posted it for people like me who sell a lot and need to be able to access eBay this weekend. You can be bitter about it or you can be proactive about it and take 2 minutes to change 2 settings and be browsing eBay all weekend.

You can enjoy a weekend w/o eBay, or you can take the two minutes to follow my directions. You don't even have to change the settings back when the problem is fixed. DNS servers are very general.

Perhaps your business doesn't rely on eBay working, but mine does.
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Jan 26, 2007 8:28 PM
Ummm, yes it does. This IS my posting ID.

And NO, I do not feel comfotable AT ALL changing settings...sorry.
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Jan 26, 2007 8:31 PM
:8}comfortable
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at_your_bidding_inc
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Jan 26, 2007 8:33 PM
Absolutely no one is forcing you to change anything.

I simply TOOK THE TIME OUT OF MY BUSY DAY TO TRY AND HELP.

And look at what I got for it.
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Jan 26, 2007 8:34 PM
*sigh*

You can enjoy a weekend w/o eBay, or you can take the two minutes to follow my directions. You don't even have to change the settings back when the problem is fixed. DNS servers are very general.


I was only reponding to that commet. I am THRILLED someone is trying to help!!! Really!
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Jan 26, 2007 8:36 PM
When I see a "How To" 1-8 , I'm a little freaked out....
(computers are not my friends)...or printers, or fax machines...
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Jan 26, 2007 8:41 PM
Eh, whatever. :)

Knowing Comcast for the company it is, this problem will probably be around for a while, because it is THEIR problem, not a problem with eBay. I beleive it's in Comcast's DNS, which reside on Comcast's servers..... in Comcast buildings.

And they suck at pretty much everything they do (in my experience with commercial cable internet, anyway.)
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Jan 26, 2007 8:44 PM
I'd agree with you on printers. They have a mind of their own.
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Jan 26, 2007 9:19 PM
bidding, you did a nice thing. i hope it works :)

~^..^~ piney
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Jan 26, 2007 10:17 PM
that seems to be working for me.

keeping my fingers crossed.

thanks bunches to the OP!!
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