Can't connect to certain web sites

[BP]

I just started having a problem yesterday.I can't connect to http://www.3dnow.net/ http://www.athlonoc.com/vbulletin/index.php http://www.spacebattles.com/ and a few others that I have stumbled upon.

I know that athalonoc.com and spacebattles.com start with the numbers 63.218 when they first come up on the status bar.Could there be an address problem?

I read through some of the posts here and someone had a similar problem.He couldn't connect to msn.com.Some of the replies were the MTX virus.I checked the regestry and it didn't have the mtx line in it.

Someone else suggested trying opening up c:\windows\host and here's what I got:

# Copyright (c) 1998 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP stack for Windows98
#
# 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



I don't know how this can help.Should I be using something other than wordpad to open it?

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Ladi]

Try going to a dos window and using tracert <address> to see if they all die at the same place. It's possible that a line is cut or a router down somewhere, so nothing you can do until they're back up.

~Ladi

 

[BP]

Yup that looks like it might be it.It gets to Chicago(24.128.191.13) and times out.

Thanks

 

[BP]

Now I'm not so sure,I went over to my parents and could connect to those sites.Thinking that things were OK,I came back here and the same thing,still can't get through.

I'm stumped.

Is there a way to force your way through to a site with different servers between you and the destination?

 

[Vinny N]

yes try using http://www.silentsurf.com

It was meant to be used for privacy, but also works as a slight rerouting service sometimes

 

[Ladi]

If your parents' tracert went through different routers (which is entirely possible depending on their location and ISP), then that would be why you can get to the sites at their place and not yours. There's no way for you to reroute your traffic except by using proxy servers and the like, as you don't control how your requests are routed, the routers do.

~Ladi

 

[BP]

Hey Vinny,that works.

That's a neat program

 

[BP]

Found out the real problem.

It seems that Roadrunner has about a dozen servers down around Chicago.

 

[Vinny N]

Yep servers do go down What else do you think encouraged me to find a temporary solution like silentsurf?