Fix for Cortana wifi issue !

[Mashnoon Ibtesum]

btw..does anyone have a aaris tg862 router?

 

[ajj3085]

Scroogle? Are you 12?

Changing your DNS settings does NOT redirect all your traffic through Google. DNS is a service for translating a hostname (e.g. ???????쏊) to an IP address. After that lookup is done, traffic flows as usual.

Changing your DNS settings may have negative consequences, for example if you use services specific to your ISP. It may break things in unexpected ways. Do it with care.

It does however send every dns name you ask for to them, and they can tie the origin of the request (your IP address) back to other things they know about you, such as the DoubleClick cookie or other tracking cookies you almost certainly have.

 

[anony_mouse]

It does however send every dns name you ask for to them, and they can tie the origin of the request (your IP address) back to other things they know about you, such as the DoubleClick cookie or other tracking cookies you almost certainly have.

The first part is correct. The second part is more difficult. It assumes:
- your IP address doesn't change - true for some people, but not for most.
- assuming you are using IPv4 and are behind a NAT (which you probably are), it assumes there is only one person using the broadband connection. If you are behind multiple layers of NAT (which is common in many parts of the world and on most mobile networks), you may be sharing an external IP address with thousands of other people.

Edit: as far as I know, the DNS provider (Google in this case) can't tell if either of the points above apply, which they probably will in most cases. So they can't reliably link a DNS lookup to a user. So I think you can safely use Google DNS without worrying about privacy issues. I'm happy to be corrected by a DNS expert if I'm wrong.

 

[Shadowlink1138]

Charter is my ISP in Ellensburg, WA. Cortana was not working over wifi but all other browsing and downloads worked fine. I configured my router to use OpenDNS. After first experiencing a complete loss of all internet connectivity across multiple devices, I restarted my router and cable modem. She's now working (and so is everything else). Thanks!

 

[Jason Drum]

This fixed the issue with Cortana for me, as I'm on TWC. I went to http://dnssearch.rr.com/prefs.php from my home network, and changed the first option to disable the search redirect. I found this on a blog from 2012 Disabling Time Warner DNS Search « Blog « Joshua Cu?llar.

Keeping this on the first page. I did this and it worked. Cortana working on home wifi just fine now. Thanks!!!

BTW, I'm on TWC outside of Cleveland.

 

[Etyrnus]

Keeping this on the first page. I did this and it worked. Cortana working on home wifi just fine now. Thanks!!!

BTW, I'm on TWC outside of Cleveland.

I was getting frustrated with the issue myself, and started searching for ways to fix it. I had tried the proxy DNS thing on my phone and it made it laggy and slow. So I started digging a little deeper and came across this, and wanted to share so others on TWC could see if it fixed it for them.

 

[wild-bill-hiccup]

Ive just purchased my first Windows Phone ( Nokia 630 ) and managed to set up Cortana , but I'm getting two Cortana voice messages

1. I Can't connect to the interet at the moment Try again in a little bit

2. Sorry the internet and I aren't talking right now


Ive set my home Wi-Fi router from 8.8.8. / 8.8.4.4 to 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 , and I can access the interent on my phone with a browser ok , via my Wi-Fi router , but still I am getting the two Cortana messages shown above , I think ive tried every thing I can think of to resolve this problem but no luck , so I just wondered if the's been an up date on this issue ?