[Closed] Chromebook & "Resolving Host"

Stoner, on here knows all about Chromebooks.

Tried an alternative DNS?

[url= http://www.speedguide.net/faq/are-there-alternate-dns-servers-i-can-use-128 ]guide[/url]

" Tap on your MiniMe icon, lower right; then tap on your network; tap it again. In the Window that opens, select the Network tab. Then select "Use Google name servers..." Cleanly shut down the Browser and restart the machine."

Which DNS server are the Chromebooks using would be my first check.

Its not a DNS thing as I get the problem when trying to connect to a local IP address (router) (and I had tried swapping to google name servers)

It got really bad last night, and I ve already had issues this morning, but it is intermittent. The same sort of problem seemed to effect my tablet and phone too.

The problem is I've isolated causes as far as I can but cant find the source of the problem unless it's a combination of things.

Ive isolated for:
Router (swapped for another BT)
powerline master (turned off)
second powerline master (turned off)
single chromebook (tried a second)
chromebooks general (tried Mrs Stoner's windowze running chrome and while it works better it's still flaky)
laptops (android devices also affected)

I will probably spend the day setting it all up from scratch again. 🙁

Have you eliminated the powerline side of things completely by connecting to the router Wifi (assuming it's got Wifi) ?

Yes, same host resolution problem.

I will try and borrow a router from my neighbour today (none home hub)

Stoner, have you eliminated your local network as the issue yet? If not, use your phone as a hot spot and see if the problem goes away.

If no change then you could [url= http://smallbusiness.chron.com/resolve-host-issues-google-chrome-46829.html ]try this[/url] and also disable all your extensions.

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My chromebooks have been getting rpogressively worse at resolving addresses and connecting to webiste.

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Stoner, on here knows all about Chromebooks.

Cheers sb, yep done all that in the link

I'm pretty certain it's local network. The chromebook works fine elsewhere and I'm on my phone over bt wifi in the local cafe right now with no probs.

First thing I did was remove extensions to the if it was ghostery or adblocker.

I've had weird network issues when my phone/laptop has randomly connected to BT-Wifi instead of my home network. Nothing like that is it?

nah, when I walk in the house I tell devices to forget the BT Wifi SSIDs

Its not a DNS thing as I get the problem when trying to connect to a local IP address

It still might be trying to do some kind of reverse dns lookup.

Ive removed all powerline objects from the network and just been running various devices over the Router wifi without problem this morning.

I will slowly add back in the powerline network elements and see which bastard thing is bolloxing it all up!

I think Ive identified the offending device - one of the BT Hotspots, when not on the network all seems fine, once it's added, host resolution starts slowing down until finally stopping. I think it must have started interfering in IP addresses or something.

Diags on both BT Hotspots showed two different firmwares (and both not up to date) so have uploaded new latest to both and will see if it stabilises. All seems ok for now. If it's a hardware issue, then at least I know which one has the long walk of shame to the WEEE bin....

Now Ive just got to work out what device is sitting on the router that I cant identify...

Now Ive just got to work out what device is sitting on the router that I cant identify...

Actually if it's a HH5, the one we have seems to think there's all sorts of devices on the network that have not been there for weeks - I wouldn't worry about it.

I keep deleting it. it keeps coming back. spooky

Im in the middle of no-where. My neighbour might have something connected to it, but it's unlikely (I have no security on my Wifi) as he's not the kind to let his devices to unknown wifi.

can you ping it?

no, unreachable from crosh.

interestingly the router says that its IP assigment is static, not DHCP...hmmm

Ive deleted it again. will see if it comes back

Don't forget odd things like TV, Sky box, etc.

one of the BT Hotspots, when not on the network all seems fine, once it's added, host resolution starts slowing down until finally stopping. I think it must have started interfering in IP addresses or something

hah! Its back and being pinged.
if only it would ping in real life....

I had issues which was temporarily resolved by changing the wireless channel but always returned.

Worked out when I changed the 5g channel, the laptop was reconnecting to 2g which fixed it, until it decided to revert to 5g after a few hours.

Ended up splitting the 2g and 5g, renaming them as such, and then only entering the security key into everything for the 2g connection.

All fixed. The 5g wireless is realllyyy laggy to the point of being unusable...stuggles to even complete a speedtest.

Unidentified device...could it be a Chromecast, wifi printer or smart thermostat? My Chromecast didn't seem to need any credentials, the app on the phone must allow it to access the hub or something clever?

nope, all chromecasts are powered off
printer is accounted for
I can think of anything else in the house that has a wifi card. wierd

Stoner, install Fing on your phone and run a scan. That'll show you what devices are on the network.

wilco
EDIT: done fing.
Unfortunately it tells me no more about it than the wireless card manufacturer (Azure, oem-tastic) which Id already done from a Mac address database search.

OK. In Fing you can edit each device and give it a real name which makes life a little easier than looking at mac addresses.
I think you need to switch devices off one by one to find what the mystery device is.