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  • 11-11-2009 11:13pm
    #1
    MargeS
    Registered Users Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭


    I am unable to access one particular website all evening. It's just a forum site that I have accessed nearly every day for the past 2.5 years without any isssue, until tonight. I connect by wireless to the BB router.

    I've tried using firefox, and I get this error: The connection has timed out

    If I use IE I get this error: The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings.

    If I ping the site: the request times out
    I got its IP address from CentralOps and it doesn't work either. In the browser or pinging)
    If I try to access it using the wireless on my phone, the browser times out.

    I know the site is not down as the other half can access it from his work, as I asked him to test for me.

    What could be the problem here? :confused:


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,180 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    MargeS wrote: »
    I am unable to access one particular website all evening. It's just a forum site that I have accessed nearly every day for the past 2.5 years without any isssue, until tonight. I connect by wireless to the BB router.

    I've tried using firefox, and I get this error: The connection has timed out

    If I use IE I get this error: The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings.

    If I ping the site: the request times out
    I got its IP address from CentralOps and it doesn't work either. In the browser or pinging)
    If I try to access it using the wireless on my phone, the browser times out.

    I know the site is not down as the other half can access it from his work, as I asked him to test for me.

    What could be the problem here? :confused:

    Possibilities:

    it's IP address moved/changed and you have a stale DNS lookup for it. Use ipconfig /flushdns to dump your DNS cache.

    your particular route to it is broken, post the result of a traceroute

    it's blocked by your ISP, unlikely but not impossible since you didn't give the URL.

    There's always http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/


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    DECEiFER
    Registered Users Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭DECEiFER


    MargeS wrote: »
    I am unable to access one particular website all evening. It's just a forum site that I have accessed nearly every day for the past 2.5 years without any isssue, until tonight. I connect by wireless to the BB router.

    I've tried using firefox, and I get this error: The connection has timed out

    If I use IE I get this error: The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings.

    If I ping the site: the request times out
    I got its IP address from CentralOps and it doesn't work either. In the browser or pinging)
    If I try to access it using the wireless on my phone, the browser times out.

    I know the site is not down as the other half can access it from his work, as I asked him to test for me.

    What could be the problem here? :confused:
    Sounds like a DNS or routing issue.

    Let's take the easiest way of finding out; flush your DNS resolver cache. (sh1t, didn't read the first reply asking to do this also, ha ha)

    Open a Command Prompt window and type in "ipconfig /flushdns" (without the quotes). Try accessing the site again.

    Let us know how it goes, and if it fails, we can go from there and explore another little trick.


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    MargeS
    Registered Users Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭MargeS


    Spear wrote: »
    Possibilities:
    it's IP address moved/changed and you have a stale DNS lookup for it. Use ipconfig /flushdns to dump your DNS cache.
    Dump was successful. Still can't access site.
    Spear wrote: »
    your particular route to it is broken, post the result of a traceroute
    Tracing route to biker.ie [85.17.165.16]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     2 ms     2 ms     2 ms  192.168.1.254
  2    16 ms    16 ms    17 ms  89.19.64.130
  3    18 ms    17 ms    17 ms  89.19.64.201
  4    17 ms    17 ms    17 ms  89.19.64.177
  5     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  6     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  7     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  8     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  9     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 10     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 12     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 13     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 14     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 15     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 16     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 17     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 18     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 19     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 20     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 21     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 22     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 23     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 24     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 25     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 26     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 27     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 28     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 29     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 30     *        *        *     Request timed out.

Trace complete.
    Spear wrote: »
    There's always http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/
    It's down just for me!


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,180 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    MargeS wrote: »
    It's down just for me!

    The site's up fine, the problems with Vodafone, as nothing is getting beyond one of their nodes.


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    #6
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,180 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    And just below your thread we have this

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055737426


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    MargeS
    Registered Users Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭MargeS


    Thank you Spear. I see the vodafone support forum is down too, so there is now way to contact them at the mo. It's obviously country wide so! :rolleyes:

    Thanks again. Just annoying when it seemed only one site was effected. :o


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    DECEiFER
    Registered Users Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭DECEiFER


    From OpenDNS.org:
    208.67.222.222
    208.67.220.220



    Can you use those as your DNS server in the meantime and then report back?

    To do this, you must go to Network Connections (XP) / Network and Sharing Center (Vista and 7).

    Then open Local Area Connection, click on Properties. Go down to TCP/IP (IPv4) and hit Properties. Then manually enter the two DNS IP's on the bottom two fields respectfully.


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    lynchie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭lynchie


    DECEiFER wrote: »
    From OpenDNS.org:
    208.67.222.222
    208.67.220.220



    Can you use those as your DNS server in the meantime and then report back?

    To do this, you must go to Network Connections (XP) / Network and Sharing Center (Vista and 7).

    Then open Local Area Connection, click on Properties. Go down to TCP/IP (IPv4) and hit Properties. Then manually enter the two DNS IP's on the bottom two fields respectfully.

    OpenDNS wont sort this issue out as its a routing issue not a DNS resolution issue.


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    DECEiFER
    Registered Users Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭DECEiFER


    lynchie wrote: »
    OpenDNS wont sort this issue out as its a routing issue not a DNS resolution issue.
    That's a very good point, one I neglected to note in my haste. Assuming the DNS is doing its job, that IP in the traceroute is up-to-date (must check now). Then it would indeed by a routing issue.

    There's nothing that you can do, only wait for the problem to be resolved, which won't happen until tomorrow I'd imagine (could be wrong, though, as it could happen tonight or may not happen until next week!).


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    #11
    MargeS
    Registered Users Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭MargeS


    I've started using freeproxyserver.net to get to the site, and so far it's working. Thanks all for replying - much appreciated.


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    DECEiFER
    Registered Users Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭DECEiFER


    MargeS wrote: »
    I've started using freeproxyserver.net to get to the site, and so far it's working. Thanks all for replying - much appreciated.
    Excellent stuff, no problems. I hope Vodafone get their issues sorted soon.


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