BigSmooth
Lifer
So, I am no networking expert (obviously). 🙂 I have Frontier (formerly Verizon) FIOS internet service, and I am suddenly unable to access a few websites with generic "unable to load page" errors or a blank page.
Neither wireless nor wired connections work. Multiple OSes (Windows, Ubuntu, Android) and multiple browsers (Firefox, IE, Chromium, Android) all have the same problem.
The vast majority of websites and other connections work fine. I know the websites in question (such as slickdeals.net) are up, and I can access them on the same devices if I switch to a tethered 3G wireless connection.
I've tried changing the router's (Linksys WRTU54G-TM) settings to use Google's DNS servers instead of Frontier's. No effect. I have tried reducing the MTU, switching to static IPs instead of DHCP, and finally a factory settings reset... no change. After each of these attempts, I flushed my browser and DNS Cache, release/renewed the network adapters, and stopped/started the Windows DNS resolver service where applicable. And still, almost everything works fine, except for the same few sites.
One oddity: I can ping and tracert www.slickdeals.net from a Windows command prompt just fine. When I do the same thing from a Ubuntu terminal or using the router's built in diagnostic tool, the ping works but the traceroute times out despite apparently routing through the same servers - it appears to have problems once it hits Global Crossing's network.
Any ideas? I'm just plain confused at this point. :\
Neither wireless nor wired connections work. Multiple OSes (Windows, Ubuntu, Android) and multiple browsers (Firefox, IE, Chromium, Android) all have the same problem.
The vast majority of websites and other connections work fine. I know the websites in question (such as slickdeals.net) are up, and I can access them on the same devices if I switch to a tethered 3G wireless connection.
I've tried changing the router's (Linksys WRTU54G-TM) settings to use Google's DNS servers instead of Frontier's. No effect. I have tried reducing the MTU, switching to static IPs instead of DHCP, and finally a factory settings reset... no change. After each of these attempts, I flushed my browser and DNS Cache, release/renewed the network adapters, and stopped/started the Windows DNS resolver service where applicable. And still, almost everything works fine, except for the same few sites.
One oddity: I can ping and tracert www.slickdeals.net from a Windows command prompt just fine. When I do the same thing from a Ubuntu terminal or using the router's built in diagnostic tool, the ping works but the traceroute times out despite apparently routing through the same servers - it appears to have problems once it hits Global Crossing's network.
Any ideas? I'm just plain confused at this point. :\
