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Can't open a website

  • 17-12-2011 11:16am
    #1
    PAU
    Registered Users Posts: 247 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    Recently I got the new UPC router and everything is going great, but I can't seem to open one website that I go on.I can open it in work and on my phone but not on my pc, now that website recently moved servers would that be the problem?

    Cheers.


Comments

  • #2
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Likely a DNS issue. Change to Google DNS servers or
    openDNS.


  • #3
    PAU
    Registered Users Posts: 247 ✭✭PAU


    Are Google DNS servers good?


  • #4
    PAU
    Registered Users Posts: 247 ✭✭PAU


    Hi guys,

    Sorry for the bump, but I still can't open the odd website, I tried Google DNS and still no good, any other ideas??

    Cheers.


  • #5
    Irish Steve
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 6,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Steve


    Have you got any firewall software or popup blockers or similar that might be blocking the site you are trying to get to.

    Have you tried a google search for the site on the affected machine, and then gone to the link,

    Have you tried clearing the browser cache, and clearing the DNS cache on the machine that's affected. This might be a factor, given that you were saying the site had recently moved.

    Have you tried something like (windows) pathping or Ping plotter freeware to the site that's not responding.

    If they don't go through, the only other thing I can think of is that for some reason, your ISP has blocked the site at their end.

    Shore, if it was easy, everybody would be doin it.😁



  • #6
    nilhg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭nilhg


    I've come across a few situations where a virus/malware infection had changed the windows hosts file so that the user and/or security software couldn't access various sites in a sort of reverse application of this procedure.

    If nothing else works for you it might be worth opening up your hosts file in something like notepad++ and having a look.


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