Problem connecting to Netflix - my solution

Recently I encountered an error when trying to open Netflix app on my Lenovo Android tablet. Netflix used to work flawlessly, but suddenly it stopped working on just one of my devices.

When trying to login, an error message appeared. The message was "There is a problem connecting to Netflix. Please try again later. If the problem persists, check that your device has the correct date and time and restart the Netflix application."

Actually, as the device is in Finnish locale, the message was "Netflix-yhteyden luomisessa oli ongelma. Yritä myöhemmin uudelleen. Jos ongelma ei poistu, tarkista että laitteessasi on oikea päivämäärä ja aika ja käynnistä Netflix-sovellus uudelleen."

I tried to reset my router, set the time and date for my router and devices etc, nothing helped. I removed Netflix app and reinstalled it. Everything else was working perfectly (net, games, etc) but still I was not able to connect to Netflix. And my kids were getting angry.

Finally I tried to check the DNS settings on my tablet. They pointed to my router, where I have Google's servers configured. Well, I thought, why not set the same IPs to the tablet as well.

So, I set up the Google name server IPs as DNS servers... and Netflix started to work again.

Steps to set up the DNS in Android 4.x devices:
1. Select "Settings"
2. Select "Wi-Fi"
3. Long tap your wifi network item - a pop up chooser will appear
4. Select "Modify network config"
5. Select "Show advanced options" - new options will appear
6. Select "IP settings" - select "Static" from drop down menu
7. Set "DNS1" to "8.8.8.8" (write down the original IP, in case you need it later)
8. Set "DNS2" to "8.8.4.4" (write down the original IP, in case you need it later)
9. Select "Save"
10. Start watching Netflix ;)

Windows 8 does not load web sites correctly - solution

I recently started using a Windows 8 laptop, and installed the suggested Windows 8.1 version in to it. For a brief moment everything seemed to be fine, until I noticed that from time to time some web sites did not load at all or loaded only partially, like the CSS styles were missing or some Flash content was missing. The web site loading succeeded randomly: the same site could load nicely after first reload but not anymore after second reload.

I spent hours trying to diagnose the problem and finally found the solution: change or add the DNS servers from your network card settings to use Google DNS servers. Crazy, I know, but it worked for me.

What is really strange is that I already had the Google DNS servers in my wireless D-Link router's settings. This was not enough on my Windows 8.1 laptop, I really had to add the DNS servers directly to the wireless network card settings! Maybe someone could explain to me how this can change the situation, I mean, what is the effective difference between DNS settings on the router and on the network card, if the servers are same (other than just the value location)?

Links:
https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using
http://www.eightforums.com/browsers-mail/33778-windows-8-1-not-loading-some-random-websites-correctly-2.html