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Originally Posted by David Goodman
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DNS = Domain Name Server - it translates human readable names to ip address. When you type the domain name in the browser, the system will hit DNS to find the IP address for that name, then go to the IP address. If you enter the IP address instead then it just goes directly to the server with that IP address. This is an extreme simplification of the process but that's the gist of it.
Using different networks will point you to different DNS servers.
Maybe DNS cache is stale. at a command prompt type ifconfig /flushdns and see if the works.
If not at a command prompt type nslookup
Do this for both your cox network and the other one you mentioned and post your results.