Why can't i access some websites...???

[vfxraven19]

I can't log on to Nvidia's homepage... but I could log on to the UK Nvidia site... but now, I can't log on to the UK site now... I tried logging on to Symeantec's site, but no good... Why is this happening? My friend could access the site, but I cannot...

This used to happen to me when trying to log on to Google, but now I can. I am using IE5.5 SP2, with Win98SE.... Any ideas on what to change?

 

[qjj]

I was facing this problem the other day...My ISP Verizon did not have enough IP addresses and my DSL router was not able to get the connection.

Once I restarted it, it just worked fine after that.

Q

 

[vfxraven19]

Hmmm, I have Earthlink DSL (through Verizon) and I have 3 PCs and 1 Mac. The Mac can access the sites my PC cannot. It can go through nvidia and Symantec... I have google working on all PCs, but why can't they access Nvidia and Symantec? This is kinda F***ED up...

 

[flashbacck]

check out the "hosts" file in your windows directory. It would be empty except for the localhost address. I had the same problem of not being able to access some sites, somehow my hosts file was editted. I forget exactly what the file does, but it makes you unable to connect to whatever sites are listed.

 

[Poof]

I forget exactly what the file does, but it makes you unable to connect to whatever sites are listed.

Awwww....

The "hosts" file is a TCP/IP hostname -> IP resolver file, which would normally be populated manually. Unless you manually put Symantec an NVidia's host/IP in that file, your machine SHOULD go to a DNS to resolve the name/address. Basically, OSes look to the "hosts" file first for addresses and then to DNS. And by default in windoze, the file is called "hosts.sam" and would then need to be edited and saved without the ".sam" extension in order for it to even be active and useable. If you only have "hosts.sam" and not "hosts" (without the .sam), then there's nothing to worry about regarding that file.

Make sure that the machine having problems is pointing to the correct DNS from your ISP. If you use DHCP to get an address for the machine, you can run the command "winipcfg" and look at the full listing of new settings for the machine. Also, IE may have old cached entries for those sites with IPs that are no longer valid. You might want to try clearing your cache files and history and trying again.