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eBay rover links never work for me?

  • 03-05-2012 3:29pm
    #1
    runswithascript
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,811 ✭✭✭


    Often eBay sends mails to me with rover links in them, that is to say hyperlinks I can click that should open an eBay page with say an elert on them.

    They are usually in the format of:

    http://rover.ebay.com/rover/blahblahblah

    blahblahblah being cryptic letters and numbers to bring me to the page ebay is trying to show me.

    The problem is whenever I try to open these links from my Gmail using Firefox I get a 'Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at rover.ebay.com.' message.

    Pasting the link into IE gives a 'Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage' and an option to diagnose connection problems, all other pages seem to work fine.

    Importantly if I just make up web page I do not see the same message, I get a basic message from Ad-Aware saying the page does not exist.

    Any ideas?


Comments

  • #2
    fionny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭fionny


    If you could give us an actual link it would be great?

    I wonder though if it is your DNS server not being able to direct you correctly?

    What OS are you using?


  • #3
    runswithascript
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,811 ✭✭✭runswithascript


    fionny wrote: »
    If you could give us an actual link it would be great?

    I'm sure you have only honourable intentions, but I'm not sure pasting a link that will log people into my account would be a good idea :)

    It's a link to an item I purchased contained in a mail eBay sent me when I was asking the seller about it.

    Mails are coming from member@ebay.ie.
    fionny wrote: »
    I wonder though if it is your DNS server not being able to direct you correctly?


    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 89.101.160.4, 89.101.160.5

    I think they're the default UPC DNS.

    Although when I put an erroneous URL into a web browser and Ad-Aware page comes up. I also have Comodo Internet Security installed.
    fionny wrote: »
    What OS are you using?

    Windows XP at the moment, but I will check it on Xubuntu 11.10 if I still have the same problem, and the same DNS, and if it works I'll try again on windows with my security software disabled.

    Also, did you post your message since I first read it this morning? :)


  • #4
    fionny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭fionny


    I posted it at 13.16.

    It probably is your Firewall software, but you could try using google dns instead?

    8.8.8.8
    8.8.4.4

    Or if your a tin foil hat wearer use opendns.org ones.


  • #5
    runswithascript
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,811 ✭✭✭runswithascript


    fionny wrote: »
    I posted it at 13.16.

    It probably is your Firewall software, but you could try using google dns instead?

    8.8.8.8
    8.8.4.4

    Or if your a tin foil hat wearer use opendns.org ones.

    Someone else must have posted this morning and removed it.

    Will let you know how I get on with different dns, security software disabled, and linux.


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