Sometimes this happens with you that when you power on your the system, you are not able to connect it with the internet, and then you troubleshoot the same issues using the Windows Network Diagnostics tool. Maybe after completing this troubleshooting, you get an error message stated that “windows are not able to communicate with the Device” which is a primary DNS server.
These all issues are mainly occurred by the DNS i.e. Domain Name Server and you do not know how to deal with these errors. So, now you can easily fix those issues in your system with the following five solutions.
You just need to follow the below steps to solve these errors. Try all these methods until you find the best one for your system and these all work on Windows 8, 8.1, 7, 10.
How to Fix Windows can’t communicate with the device or resource?
In this article, we are going to discuss five methods that solve problems related to the Domain Name Server
Method 1: Obtain DNS server address and the IP address automatically
Step 1: The first step is to open the “Control Panel” in your system.
Step 2: Click on the “View by” option on the right top corner of the screen.
Step 3: Click on the “Large icons” in View by and then click on “Network and Sharing Center”.
Step 4: Click on the “Change adapter settings” the option that appears on the left side of the screen.
Step 5: Select the network you are using. Right-click on that network and select the “Properties” option.
Step 6: Click on the “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)” under the option “This network uses the following items” and then click on Properties.
Step 7: Next step is to click on the “Obtain an IP address automatically” and then click on the “Obtain DNS server address automatically”. Select the “Ok” option to save the changes.
Step 8: Repeat the all above mentioned steps for Version 6 of Internet Protocol (TCP/IPv6).
Step 9: Final step is to Restart your system, and check whether the issue is resolved or not.
Method 2: Change DNS to Google’s public DNS
Step 1: The first step is to click on the “Control Panel” option in your system.
Step 2: Click on the “View by” option on the right top corner of the screen.
Step 3: Click on the “Large icons” in View by and then click on “Network and Sharing Center”.
Step 4: Click on the “Change adapter settings” option that appears on the left side of the screen.
Step 5: Select the network you are using. Right-click on that network and select the “Properties” option.
Step 6: Click on the “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)” under the option “This network uses the following items” and then click on Properties.
Step 7: Click on the option “Use the following DNS server addresses” appear on your screen. There are two options after this, select the “Type 8.8.8.8.” in the Preferred DNS server and click on the option “ok” to save the changes.
Step 8: Final step is to Restart your system, and check whether the issue is resolved or not.
Method 3: Clear DNS cache
Step 1: The first step is to click on the Search bar that appears in the toolbox of the system.
Step 2: Type “Command Prompt” and then Right-click on the Command Prompt that appears after the search and selects the “Run as administrator” option.
Step 3: A dark the screen will appear on the screen with some words. Type “ipconfig /flushdns” in the same and then click on the “Enter” button.
Step 4: Final step is to check whether the issue is resolved or not.
Method 4: Modify the hosts file
Step 1: The first step is to open the “My computer” tab that appears on the desktop screen.
Step 2: Search C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc in the search bar of the My Computer tab.
Step 3: Open the hosts file available in the above-searched link and then Right-click on that.
Step 4: In the drop-down menu, there is an option “Open with” click on that and then select “Notepad”.
Step 5: Delete all the content from the file.
Step 6: Next step is to save the file. You can use Ctrl+S hotkey for the same( you need to click both the control key and S key of the keyword at the same time).
Step 7: Final step is to check whether the issue is resolved or not.
Conclusion
So, these are some of the solutions that can work on your system and these are related to the DNS server. We hope that these solutions help you to fix your issues or errors. Try all of them, until you get the best solution.