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Old February 23rd 05, 05:21 PM
ConfusedJ
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Looking for guidance here as I accept this may not be an IE issue. I have a
home network connecting through a DLink router to ADSL. All worked fne until
today (and no known changes made). Now I cannot access any part of the BA
website (www.britishairways.com or www.ba.com) as I get the "page
unavailable" screen. BUT - the website is working as I can access through a
dial up via a non-networked laptop and I get the same error on all PCs on the
network. All other websites that I try are fine so I am trying to think of a
(probably) router error that would effectively block just one site..!! I
have rebooted the router. I shall of course seek guidance on a Dlink forum
but hoped someone here might also be able to help
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Old February 24th 05, 03:39 AM
Galen
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In ,
ConfusedJ had this to say:

Looking for guidance here as I accept this may not be an IE issue. I
have a home network connecting through a DLink router to ADSL. All
worked fne until today (and no known changes made). Now I cannot
access any part of the BA website (www.britishairways.com or
www.ba.com) as I get the "page unavailable" screen. BUT - the
website is working as I can access through a dial up via a
non-networked laptop and I get the same error on all PCs on the
network. All other websites that I try are fine so I am trying to
think of a (probably) router error that would effectively block just
one site..!! I have rebooted the router. I shall of course seek
guidance on a Dlink forum but hoped someone here might also be able
to help


It could be blocked any number of ways, I was able to access the site here.
Perhaps you've got it blocked with a firewall? It's in your hosts file with
the 127.0.0.1 IP address. You could have used some "acceleration software"
that caches IP addresses for sites and the numeric address has changed. It
could have been temporarily unavailable at that time and you can try later?
You could just need to delete your temporary internet files for instance but
that's probably not it. You could try it and see. Without more information
I'm not really sure what to tell you but it could be any one of those, or
more, things.

Galen
--

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes


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Old February 24th 05, 10:03 AM
ConfusedJ
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Thanks Galen:

I had made no changes compared to the previous day when it was fine - it was
accessible through the Dlink NAT all the time and yes, the web site was up as
at the same time I could access it via a dial up. No acceleration sofware.
Will delete temp internet files but the problem was an all three PCs on the
network (two Win ME , one XP) - strange to say the least!

"Galen" wrote:

In ,
ConfusedJ had this to say:

Looking for guidance here as I accept this may not be an IE issue. I
have a home network connecting through a DLink router to ADSL. All
worked fne until today (and no known changes made). Now I cannot
access any part of the BA website (www.britishairways.com or
www.ba.com) as I get the "page unavailable" screen. BUT - the
website is working as I can access through a dial up via a
non-networked laptop and I get the same error on all PCs on the
network. All other websites that I try are fine so I am trying to
think of a (probably) router error that would effectively block just
one site..!! I have rebooted the router. I shall of course seek
guidance on a Dlink forum but hoped someone here might also be able
to help


It could be blocked any number of ways, I was able to access the site here.
Perhaps you've got it blocked with a firewall? It's in your hosts file with
the 127.0.0.1 IP address. You could have used some "acceleration software"
that caches IP addresses for sites and the numeric address has changed. It
could have been temporarily unavailable at that time and you can try later?
You could just need to delete your temporary internet files for instance but
that's probably not it. You could try it and see. Without more information
I'm not really sure what to tell you but it could be any one of those, or
more, things.

Galen
--

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes



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Old February 24th 05, 03:38 PM
Galen
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In ,
ConfusedJ had this to say:

I had made no changes compared to the previous day when it was fine -
it was accessible through the Dlink NAT all the time and yes, the web
site was up as at the same time I could access it via a dial up. No
acceleration sofware. Will delete temp internet files but the problem
was an all three PCs on the network (two Win ME , one XP) - strange
to say the least!


The router could be at fault but unless you specifically blocked the site(s)
it's probably not. It could be a temporary DNS issue with your ISP even, or
at least I'd hope it's temporary.

Galen
--

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes


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Old February 25th 05, 09:01 AM
ConfusedJ
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Galen

I think you hit it with the ISP DNS comment. I had not thought of that and
now, by magic, it is working again. When I accesed by dial up it was with a
different ISP to the one I use for ADSL (Frreserve)

Thanks for your input

J

"Galen" wrote:

In ,
ConfusedJ had this to say:

I had made no changes compared to the previous day when it was fine -
it was accessible through the Dlink NAT all the time and yes, the web
site was up as at the same time I could access it via a dial up. No
acceleration sofware. Will delete temp internet files but the problem
was an all three PCs on the network (two Win ME , one XP) - strange
to say the least!


The router could be at fault but unless you specifically blocked the site(s)
it's probably not. It could be a temporary DNS issue with your ISP even, or
at least I'd hope it's temporary.

Galen
--

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes



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Old February 25th 05, 04:08 PM
Galen
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In ,
ConfusedJ had this to say:


Galen

I think you hit it with the ISP DNS comment. I had not thought of
that and now, by magic, it is working again. When I accesed by dial
up it was with a different ISP to the one I use for ADSL (Frreserve)

Thanks for your input

J


No problem. What happens in MOST cases is the ISP checks one (or more) of
the DNS servers for the IP address or nameserver's IP address I guess I
should say. This IP may have changed and needed time to propagate to the new
address. The server could have been giving you an old address which would
eventually MAYBE route to the correct IP address if you allowed enough hops
in your TTL (Time to Live) settings. That's only a MAYBE however. It was
likely the DNS server or your ISP working out a bug or, alternatively, the
site changed IP addresses and hadn't the new one hadn't been resolved and
cached yet.

Galen
--

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes


  #7  
Old February 26th 05, 11:07 PM
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
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"ConfusedJ" wrote in message

Thanks Galen:

I had made no changes compared to the previous day when it was fine - it
was
accessible through the Dlink NAT all the time and yes, the web site was up
as
at the same time I could access it via a dial up. No acceleration
sofware.
Will delete temp internet files but the problem was an all three PCs on
the
network (two Win ME , one XP) - strange to say the least!

"Galen" wrote:

In ,
ConfusedJ had this to say:

Looking for guidance here as I accept this may not be an IE issue. I
have a home network connecting through a DLink router to ADSL. All
worked fne until today (and no known changes made). Now I cannot
access any part of the BA website (www.britishairways.com or
www.ba.com) as I get the "page unavailable" screen. BUT - the
website is working as I can access through a dial up via a
non-networked laptop and I get the same error on all PCs on the
network. All other websites that I try are fine so I am trying to
think of a (probably) router error that would effectively block just
one site..!! I have rebooted the router. I shall of course seek
guidance on a Dlink forum but hoped someone here might also be able
to help


It could be blocked any number of ways, I was able to access the site
here.
Perhaps you've got it blocked with a firewall? It's in your hosts file
with
the 127.0.0.1 IP address. You could have used some "acceleration
software"
that caches IP addresses for sites and the numeric address has changed.
It
could have been temporarily unavailable at that time and you can try
later?
You could just need to delete your temporary internet files for instance
but
that's probably not it. You could try it and see. Without more
information
I'm not really sure what to tell you but it could be any one of those, or
more, things.

Galen
--

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes


Did you actually check your HOSTS file?

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