Re: Can't get to certain sites
From: Sharon (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/29/04
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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 05:10:03 -0700
Robert,
Excuse me, explain the "before Sharon hyjacked the
thread" remark. I thought everyone having the same
problem were suppose to respond on the same thread,
otherwise we have to search through dozens of threads for
the information. Correct me if I'm wrong.
>-----Original Message-----
>"Richard" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:573601c47444$d0cc13d0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>I searched through hidden files on the entire disk, in
all
>> directories, and found nothing called "host."
>>
>> The sites I can't get to actually belong to my
employer,
>> so our technology VP gave me the actual IP address. And
>> that worked! So I could get their at
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx
>> but not at http://www.sitename.com.
>>
>> The VP thinks there may be a site problem.
>
>
>Richard,
>
>A more likely explanation is a problem with your DNS
>or as Henri mentioned there may be an override.
>
>Since you have XP you could use nslookup to check it.
>E.g. open a command window and enter:
>
> nslookup
>
>Verify that there are no problems seeing the DNS
server address.
>Then enter the site name that you are having problems
with.
>Verify that that lookup is done quickly and shows the
same IP address
>as you were given to use manually.
>
>Before Sharon hijacked your thread Henri asked you if
you could ping
>the site. Oh, I guess that was you anonymously
reporting that you can't?
>That is not necessarily proof of a DNS problem
especially if nslookup
>returns a different IP address than the ping appears to
be using.
>If the latter happened it would be strong indication
that you have an override
>somewhere, either in HOSTS or in your dnscache. You
could clear
>the dnscache by entering this command in a command
window:
>
> ipconfig /flushdns
>
>BTW when you search for HOSTS do not use a period
>and especially do not use a period asterisk. The
HOSTS file has
>no extension and unfortunately that means it has no
period. It is safe
>however to search with HOSTS*
>
>
>HTH
>
>Robert
>---
>
>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>I don't know the IP address, but I did rename 2 HOSTS
>>>files - no help.
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Can you PING the site?
>>>>
>>>>At a DOS prompt execute
>>>>www.nameofthesite.com
>>>>
>>>>Do you get a positive response?
>>>>
>>>>Or look at this issue.
>>>>
>>>>It may be a HOSTS file problem.
>>>>Look for a file named HOSTS (no extension, could be
>>>hidden) rename it
>>>>OLDHOSTS.
>>>>
>>>>Or, you can open the file with Notepad
>>>>
>>>>Unless you have install or created this file, there
>>>should be only one
>>>>uncommented line in it and that is
>>>>"127.0.0.1 localhost" (no quotes)
>>>>
>>>>If there's anything else, either delete it or put a
>> semi-
>>>colon ( ; ) in
>>>>front of the lines you wish to eliminate.
>>>>There are viruses, spyware and Web accelerator
programs
>>>that will alter your
>>>>HOSTS file to prevent you from accessing certain
sites.
>>>>
>>>>You can use a simple batch file to rename the HOSTS
>>>file "on-the-fly".
>>>>Download: RenHosts.bat [right-click and select: Save
>>>Target As]
>>>>http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>
>>>>Henri Leboeuf
>>>>Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
>>>>===
>>>>"Richard" <rkoreto@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:499201c4738d$cfe6aa00$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>>>> There is a small group of sites I can't get to: I
get
>>>>> the "The page cannot be displayed: The page you are
>>>>> looking for is currently unavailable" error. All
these
>>>>> sites have different URLs but belong to the same
>>>>> corporation. This problem occurs in IE 6.0, the
latest
>>>>> Navigator and Opera. It happens even when I turn off
>> the
>>>>> firewall and reduce the security to lowest setting.
I
>> am
>>>>> using Windows XP. I own up-to-date virus software
and
>>>did
>>>>> a full scan--no viruses.
>>>>>
>>>>> Oddly, I can get to these sites in the daytime on my
>>>>> office machine with Windows 2000, but not evenings
>> with
>>>my
>>>>> home machine on Windows XP. Could they be shutting
down
>>>>> nights for maintenance?
>>>>>
>>>>> The Web host insists it's my computer or software
and
>> no
>>>>> one else is having trouble, but I think that can't
be
>>>>> right. I have experimented with scores of other
sites,
>>>>> from the simple to the complex, and these 5-6 are
the
>>>only
>>>>> ones I can't load. They are generally information
>> sites,
>>>>> with no apparent security and no need for passwords.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can this be my problem? Is the company that runs
these
>>>>> half dozen sites having trouble it doesn't want to
>> admit
>>>>> to?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>>.
>>>
>
>
>
>.
>
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