Cant get on some websites...network issue?

[Snowcatrm]

I am having trouble getting on to gmail most of the time. Sometimes I can log in to gmail, but I usualy cant read any emails. I also cant navigate ebay, hotmail and some other sites. Any idea why I cant get onto some sites?

 

[InlineFour]

is this on a home network or at an office type network?

 

[Snowcatrm]

office

 

[InlineFour]

the websties you're trying to access are probably blocked by your office.

 

[Snowcatrm]

My boss said he didnt tell the network guy to block anything

 

[InlineFour]

are there any error messages, like 'page cannot be displayed'?

 

[Snowcatrm]

no, just says it timed out

 

[jamesbond007]

In a command prompt window, try "ipconfig /flushdns", sans quotes. This will flush all of the domain names your system has resolved that are still in memory.

Although, I must admit, it does sound a bit like there is a URL/content filter in place at your office. Whether your boss told the IT guy to do it or not, I'd have a talk with your administrator and see what's up.

 

[amdskip]

Is there spyware on your computer?

 

[Snowcatrm]

It happens to everyone on the network. One girl can get onto myspace but no one else can. She is using an aol browser to get there. I tried using the AOL browser but it still wouldnt work. Someone was saying that the one girl could get onto myspace because she wasnt set up on the workgroup for the printer or something. It's not a spyware issue and sometimes clearing cookies helps on some sites. But gmail is a pain at best to read email. I can get to the main eBay page but then it locks up if I try to search or log in.

 

[Payton]

Is everything else slow? Maybe your tech guy is running torrents and taking all the bandwidth

 

[camara120]

Do a speedtest and post your results. Maybe someone at the company is hogging all the bandwidth or killing your router with too many connections like Payton suggested.

Also, try going to a command prompt and pinging www.gmail.com
Does it resolve to an IP address?
Does it get a reply back? Does it time out?

try doing a tracert to www.gmail.com too


This really sounds like something your IT guy should be handling though