Posted by Raymond Sanderson 2 on 10/06/2018 23:51:52:
Well 24hrs latter all good thanks gents.
Just so damn frustrating two machine 3 App's on tablet and one on PC none of which would show sings of life even after re-starting up to 4 times.
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Next time try switching off and restarting your router as well.
As no-one else has had bother with the service, the issue probably lies between you and it. It's unlikely to be your Tablet or PC – two different machines with the exactly same fault suggest it's not them. Look for something else.
Routers also go wrong. For example, to speed things up, rather than asking the address of a web site every time you use it, they ask once and store the result locally for a period of time, perhaps several days. This is great unless the stored address gets corrupted, in which case the link stops working until the cache is refreshed. Faults that mysteriously correct themselves may be explained by the router automatically refreshing older addresses. You can force a complete refresh by switching off, leaving the unit for several minutes and then switching back on again.
Reasons routers get corrupted include: getting too hot, dirty power, intermittent or noisy phone line or cable, hardware fault, old-age, and even cosmic rays!
Less likely is corruption caused by a fault on the provider side but they do happen, and also have that mysterious 'fixed itself' quality.
Dave