Website will not Open

[101RRS]

Hi all,

I often use the classifed website listed below - the site has been opening OK but recently when I try to open it all I get is a blank white page with "Done" coming up on the bottom tool bar to indicate the page is open. I have firefox and IE and the same happens with both browsers. As I have no problem opening the site at work I assumed that the address must be wrong but when I use links from other sites the same happens and the site will not open.

Any ideas

http://allclassifieds.com.au/c/ac

Thanks

Gazzz

[Phoenix]

works for me. Tried deleting the old cookies?

[p38arover]

Works for me - even from here at work! Not blocked by SurfControl!

Ron

[weeds]

works for me

now the big question what are you looking at/for

[101RRS]

Hey guys - I know it works for you - it also works for me on any computer I use except my home computer - thats the point. Any ideas what might be causing the site to be unable to be opened from my own computer from various browers.

Cheers

Gazzz

[incisor]

what security package are you using ?

[101RRS]

what security package are you using ?

AVG - had it for years - the problem started last week.

[incisor]

had you just upgraded to 7.5 ?

[101RRS]

had you just upgraded to 7.5 ?

I have version 7.1.409

[HangOver]

Have you tried clearing the internet cache?
Then close the browser and try it again.


What version of IE & FF do you use?

[101RRS]

Have you tried clearing the internet cache?
Then close the browser and try it again.


What version of IE & FF do you use?

Haven't tried the cache specifically - is that part of 'disk cleanup" if so yes but if no will try when I get home tonite - I am running the latest versions of IE and FF. I only have the problem with the one website - all the others I use are OK

Thanks

For the assistance

Garry

[HangOver]

in IE go to tools menu > internet options >general tab :
Click on : delete cookies, delete files, clear history.
OK them all, close IE then try the page again
steve

[101RRS]

Nothing seems to work - guess I have to put it down as one of those things.

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions.
Garry

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Firefox2 will STOP you opening some sites known to be, er, naughty, and we're not talking porn here.

[101RRS]

Firefox2 will STOP you opening some sites known to be, er, naughty, and we're not talking porn here.

But it will not open with IE either:(

[Hunchy]

Garrycol,

I'm going to assume you have broadband at home & you're running through some sort of a router (phone line goes into one hole, network cable comes out of anothet & into your PC.

Some routers are too clever for themselves. They do what's called "dns caching", which means they store the address of websites you go to. What I think is happening is that your router is serving up the wrong address, or somehow has screwed itself into a knot, as far as that one site is concerned.

Quick fix is to turn your router off, wait a few seconds, then turn it on again.

You should also get into your router's admin screen & turn dns caching off, coz it doesn't help much anyway.

This screwed up dns thing is a problem with some d-link routers. Haven't seen it on others but you never know! It can be fixed with a firmware upgrade but that's always too much hassle & you can permanently break your router of something goes wrong.

[Aussie]

I would also suggest he runs the ipconfig /flushdns from a command prompt

Start>run> type cmd then type the above command in the dos window "black screen" that appears.

[101RRS]

Hunchy - I disconnected the power as suggested but it had no impact - I have a ADSL Broadband Modem (DSL - 302G).

I went into the modem setup but couldn't find anything titled DNS Caching. The one reference I could find to DNS was already disabled.

Aussie - Tried the command prompt but still no change.

Guys - thanks for your suggestions, I really do appreciate it.

Cheers

Gazzz

[shorty943]

Hunchy - I disconnected the power as suggested but it had no impact - I have a ADSL Broadband Modem (DSL - 302G).

I went into the modem setup but couldn't find anything titled DNS Caching. The one reference I could find to DNS was already disabled.

Aussie - Tried the command prompt but still no change.

Guys - thanks for your suggestions, I really do appreciate it.

Cheers

Gazzz

That just may be your problem. I ran into a similar hiccup 2 weeks ago. If the web site you want is on a different DNS, things can stop.

Check with your ISP for their "preferred DNS" IP address. Telstra's Big Pond is very good at this, they don't want you to know more than them. If you are with TBP, they don't like letting you go, they are locked to MS, binding contracts etc.

DNS is Domain Name Server. There are literaly thousands of Domains in the ether.

DNS IP address is essential.

Hope this eases your toubles.

regards shorty943.

[Aussie]

You can also try pinging the DNS name, this will give u an IP. Post the IP here and then we can ping the site and see if your DNS is screwed.

[ladas]

try putting


http://203.30.79.194

Into your browser and see if that works

Ladas

[p38arover]

I've had problems recently with sites that used to work no longer working.

In nearly all cases, it was PeerGuardian stopping access and I've had to disable Peer Guardian to access the sites.

Oddly enough, it happened last night on that link to the YouTube movie of the RR vs the H2 and Escalade, yet other YouTube links are not blocked.

A lot of other common sites are also blocked so if you are using Peer Guardian, try disabling it.

Ron