Limited Internet Access

Discussion in 'Networking and Computer Security' started by Waffle, Jul 15, 2005.

  1. Waffle

    Waffle Alpha Geek

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    ...and by limited, I actually mean this website.

    I can access *no* other website, I get the "Page could not be found" firefox popup.

    I can post, edit, send, PM, here, but nothing else works.

    Any suggestions...?
     
  2. zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG

    zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG HWF Guitar Freak

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    haha, its taking over you, you cant deny it haha

    wow, couldn't have picked a better site, this is rather weird though
     
  3. Sniper

    Sniper Administrator Staff Member

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    have you tried using IE? maybe you some how blocked all other sites? or maybe the ISP is having some problems!
     
  4. Exfoliate

    Exfoliate Geek Trainee

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    I can almost bet that it's an ISP prob. A similar thing happened to me a couple times, except all pages "could not be found", I could connect fine, just couldn't do anything. It sorted itself out in a few days though. You could get the latest version of FF I suppose and see it that helps, assuminig you don't have it already. You can also clear the old cache (seems to work for most things) and update your extensions too just for the heck of it but chances are it will just blow over soon.
    I take it HWF's is your home page?
     
  5. ThePenguinCometh

    ThePenguinCometh There is no escape

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    It could be a problem with your DNS server, HWF works because it's in your cache but nothing else does as Firefox can't look up the IP address. Try typing in the IP address of the site directly and see it that works, so for example for Google try http://66.249.85.104 in the address bar.
     
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  6. Waffle

    Waffle Alpha Geek

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    Thanks for the info, I went a day without any internet access except these forums, and thats so tragic, but it worked fine this morning, which is odd, but it seems ok now.

    Cheers :good:
     
  7. ThePenguinCometh

    ThePenguinCometh There is no escape

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    Ah yes, the old "Leave it for a bit and try it later" trick. It's quite amazing how often that trick actually works.
     
  8. max12590

    max12590 Masterful Geek

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    When I have problems with the internet the first thing I do is restart. that almost always fixes it.
     

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