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Server Not Found issue

  • 10-06-2012 10:57am
    #1
    Saint_Mel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭


    Apologies if this is in wrong forum, Mods please move if needed.

    Having bother with Server Not Found issue. Basicially I have a wireless network in the house. 2 laptops connected to it. When I look up a certain website (nothing dodgy btw, common enough site) I get "Server Not Found" .... but when I look up the same site on the other laptop it works fine.

    I flushed dns and ran virus checkers but same happening.

    Ant ideas?


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  • #2
    Saganist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,333 ✭✭✭Saganist


    Did you run an nslookup www.mysite.com on both the pc that is working and the one that isn't ?


  • #3
    Saint_Mel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭Saint_Mel


    Saganist wrote: »
    Did you run an nslookup www.mysite.com on both the pc that is working and the one that isn't ?

    ok, odd one now ... Server Not Found message coming up on both laptops ... but I can access the site from my phone which is also connected to the same wireless.

    nslookup gave
    DNS request timed out.
    timeout was 2 seconds.


  • #4
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Make sure the wireless on the laptop is turned on, some laptops have a wifi on/off switch on the side, others have a function key combination to enable/disable wifi. Tell us the model number of the problematic machine and we can go from there :P

    Nick

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  • #5
    Saint_Mel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭Saint_Mel


    Wireless working fine on both laptops. Can access other sites without any problems


  • #6
    Sup08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,688 ✭✭✭Sup08


    Is a paticular site your are looking up or any site.
    Has the website you are looking up got server issues and your able to look at the site because it is cached on your other devices.
    That is why it will appear abd then dissappear shortly from all devices.


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  • #7
    fionny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭fionny


    Try changing you DNS server to googles ones:

    8.8.8.8
    8.8.4.4

    Or OpenDNS is an option too.

    These are generally better then your ISP's one's anyway :)

    Windows 7 Instructions: http://mintywhite.com/windows-7/change-dns-server-windows-7/


  • #8
    Saint_Mel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭Saint_Mel


    fionny wrote: »
    Try changing you DNS server to googles ones:

    8.8.8.8
    8.8.4.4

    Or OpenDNS is an option too.

    These are generally better then your ISP's one's anyway :)

    Windows 7 Instructions: http://mintywhite.com/windows-7/change-dns-server-windows-7/

    Thanks a mill, that worked perfect


  • #9
    fionny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭fionny


    Your ISP may have been blocking that site then or their DNS servers were out of date. Google DNS is much faster I find.


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