Website doesn't open

[aaruni]

My forum - The Educational Forum - Index doesn't work on my dell inspiron. It works just fine on my macbook and even all my friends are able to access it. Just not my dell. Any help?

[Gearbox]

Opening for me. Is that the site alone or others too?

[clmlbx]

Problem is with your laptop not with Website.. tell us which browsers you tried and what errors you get..

[aaruni]

I tried with Safari, Firefox, Chrome and IE. The errors were like your computer cannot connect to the server or computer cannot connect to the network. All other sites are loading.

I run windows 7 64-bit home basic.

[tkin]

^^Change DNS to Google DNS.

[aaruni]

Problem is with your laptop not with Website.. tell us which browsers you tried and what errors you get..

[pratyush997]

Yeah changing DNS works as Tkin said .. or else try dns lookup

[aaruni]

I changed the DNS by following this guide. The site still doesn't open.

[pratyush997]

^^whats ur isp..if u use modem try changing dns in it

[aaruni]

I use You Broadband. I have a cable modem (PPPoE) and a wireless router.

[pratyush997]

^^What the brand and model no. of ur Router?

[aaruni]

D-Link Dir-615

And the website used to open. All of a sudden it doesn't

[clmlbx]

clean cache and history of Browser plus also clean all temporary files then try..

use ccleaner to do it

[pratyush997]

D-Link Dir-615

And the website used to open. All of a sudden it doesn't

IF IT ALL HAPPENED IN SUDDEN !then do what clmlbx said..if u can't open some particular website change the dns in router's advance setting.....

[aaruni]

Well, I can't open this particular website all of a sudden....

Just ran CCleaner. The site still doesn't open....

[pratyush997]

^ reset Router or ur network adapter

[clmlbx]

are you using any internet security with firewall.. if so disable it and try .. may be mistakenly you have blocked the website..

[RCuber]

open command prompt and execute the following command

ipconfig /flushdns

this should clear the DNS cache

then

ipconfig /renew

then run the following command and post the result back.

tracert <yourwebaddress>

[aaruni]

still doesn't work

@clmblx: my McAfee is long expired!

@pratyush997: but it is working on two other systems from the same router..

[clmlbx]

hey do you have any another OS installed or any live cd with you, boot from that and try opening that website

[RCuber]

ok open notepad and open this file "%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts"

share the content.

this is a DNS issue only..

[aaruni]

@clmblxOn my Dell Inspiron, I have only Win 7 Home Basic 64 bit. On my MacBook, I have Macintosh-Windows XP dual boot and Ubuntu 12.04 in virtual box. On my father's Dell Vostro, there is Windows 7 Business 64 bit.
The website works on all the systems except Dell Inspiron.

Got this in notepad:

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost

[RCuber]

ping your website/server from another system note down the ip address..
check if you are able to open that IP on your system.

if yes then make a entry into the "hosts" file you just checked. try adding the below like to the "hosts" file.

31.170.162.143 net63.net

EDIT: that above address is for your webhost. I used ping to check for IP

[Rishi.]

Have you blocked your I.P. address in the Control Panel of your Forum/Hosting , in case of static IP ?

BTW , you are using IPV6 ?? Since, I have heard of similiar issues with IPV6 networks.

[mrintech]

ping your website/server from another system note down the ip address..
check if you are able to open that IP on your system.

if yes then make a entry into the "hosts" file you just checked. try adding the below like to the "hosts" file.


EDIT: that above address is for your webhost. I used ping to check for IP

yep! this should work

AFAIK some software/tweak on your laptop is blocking the website/server IP Address (hosted on a free webhost) from opening.

[aaruni]

it still doesn't work. Now the file looks like:

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
31.170.162.143 net63.net

@Rishi.:How to know whether you are using IPv4 or IPv6?
@mrintech:I don't think I have any such software installed on my lappy.

[mrintech]

it still doesn't work. Now the file looks like:

@Rishi.:How to know whether you are using IPv4 or IPv6?
@mrintech:I don't think I have any such software installed on my lappy.

you need to hit TAB in between 31.170.162.143 and net63.net, not space

31.170.162.143<TAB>net63.net

or

31.170.162.143<TAB>educomm.net63.net

Example video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxq-9ed4tP4

[aaruni]

Just replaced the space with tab. Still doesn't open

[mrintech]

Just replaced the space with tab. Still doesn't open

Are you running Notepad as an Administrator?:



Because only Admin Mode can make changes to hosts file in Win 7

[aaruni]

I copy

%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

in run and then open with notepad. In the run window, it does come that the task will be created with administrator privileges...