problems when opening certain sites

[XtremeMaC]

Hi there

somedays I cannot open specific pages, but I most often can open msfn.org

how can I find what the problem is? I think its bc of the dns or something but I'm not quite sure. would this be caused by something on my comp? on my router? (my other computer cannot open those sites as well..)

for example as of now I cannot reach www.yahoo.com

I can ping it but neither ie nor opera opens it. it doesn't even load, I type the address click okay then in miliseconds I see the "page cannot be displayed" problem

my firewalls are disabled

any ideas?/suggestions?/

THanks

edit:

I tried it with another site.

I first wasn't even able to ping it. it'd say no host or something.

then minutes later I was able to ping but the website won't open.

I typed the ip of the webpage it won't open ???

there was a page to check the dns what was that?

futhermore I can open http://www.doom9.org but I cannot open http://forum.doom9.org/

Edited September 17, 2004 by XtremeMaC

[jaclaz]

How long ago started happening?

I have had same kind of probs, since two or three days ago, but as I have a satellite link, I blamed it.

Quite curiously trying to reload the site after a few seconds worked almost always.

jaclaz

[XtremeMaC]

well 2-3 days ago but at different interval

i mean at 1 hour it works few hours later it wont.

well those sites are working right now.

[jaclaz]

well, maybe then it's some flickering in DNS service or cluttering of "information highways".

I had the same kind of problem when the 9/11 terrorist attack happened.

To get some news from Europe I had to connect to ASIAN sites, as nothing WEST would work, due to everybody trying to connect to the States.

jaclaz

[XtremeMaC]

there I experience it again?? I don't understand this is killing me!

[nolookingca]

XP reinstall?

[Doggie]

it could be your ISP. sometimes they dont update their DNS records (Eg NTL in the uk in some areas) so contact them about it

[XtremeMaC]

heh nothing to do with a format or reinstall

I believe its an isp issue too but why? ( bugging me so much

I think gamehead200 had posted some pages to check dns's

I couldn't find them

does anyone have it? dns.org? was it that??

*hmm tries dns.org/.com but no..

Edited September 20, 2004 by XtremeMaC

[cancer10]

Hi there

somedays I cannot open specific pages, but I most often can open msfn.org

how can I find what the problem is? I think its bc of the dns or something but I'm not quite sure. would this be caused by something on my comp? on my router? (my other computer cannot open those sites as well..)

for example as of now I cannot reach www.yahoo.com

I can ping it but neither ie nor opera opens it. it doesn't even load, I type the address click okay then in miliseconds I see the "page cannot be displayed" problem

my firewalls are disabled

any ideas?/suggestions?/

THanks

edit:

I tried it with another site.

I first wasn't even able to ping it. it'd say no host or something.

then minutes later I was able to ping but the website won't open.

I typed the ip of the webpage it won't open ???

there was a page to check the dns what was that?

futhermore I can open http://www.doom9.org but I cannot open http://forum.doom9.org/

Which OS u r using?

[CoffeeFiend]

XP has a bad dns caching bug too... There's a regtweak for that. could also be your ISP. My ISP sucked so bad at I that I run DNS on my server instead... Works nicely.

[DigitalAZ]

XP has a bad dns caching bug too... There's a regtweak for that. could also be your ISP. My ISP sucked so bad at I that I run DNS on my server instead... Works nicely.

This fixes the XP DNS Caching bug

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters]
"NetFailureCacheTime"=dword:00000000
"NegativeSOACacheTime"=dword:00000000
"NegativeCacheTime"=dword:00000000

[XtremeMaC]

i'm using xp. i'll try the reg

thanks

[cancer10]

Did u installed the IE Service Packs, I also had the same problem but after installing the service pack I am fine with it.

[XtremeMaC]

well yes all the updates

1 comp using xp sp2 rtm

1 comp using xp sp2 2096

i've used that reg and some other tweaks, I'm not sure but they're working right now. but it might just be a lucky hour of the day...