In news:44364cc5$0$13569$5402220f@news.sunrise.ch,
Simon Felix <de@royalinc.ath.cx> typed:
> neither "nbtstat -R" nor "net stop dnscache"/"net start dnscache" made
> any difference.

Have you checked the hosts file?

Do you get the same ping results when the DNS Client Service is stopped?

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