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Problems with CNET Websites! by Chris4 on 10-09-2005 at 11:45 PM

It seems all websites owned by CNET do not exist.

Firefox

www.download.com screenshot
www.cnet.com screenshot
www.com.com screenshot
www.news.com screenshot

And I get "The page cannot be displayed" In Internet Explorer

I've had this for ages. Its up and down. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

I think i've posted here before aobut this, but got no solution.
It seems no one else has this problem but me ?
I don't understand it.. ?

RE: Problems with CNET Websites! by RebelSean on 10-10-2005 at 03:35 AM

Thats Internet Explorer's way of telling you it can't open it because of DNS problems. It happens quite often for me sometimes also, on certain websites. I don't know if this might help, but you can try it. In the command prompt type "ipconfig /flushdns". That will clear your DNS list, and get a new one from your ISP's server. If that doesn't help, get firefox .

RE: Problems with CNET Websites! by Chris4 on 10-10-2005 at 03:52 PM

Well, if you look carefully, I did say the screenshots are from Firefox..

Thanks for your help, I tried what you said and even after restart, no help.

RE: Problems with CNET Websites! by Millenium_edition on 10-10-2005 at 03:57 PM

also check the HOSTS file for entries blocking download.com. are you running a firewall?

can you try pinging download.com? (type "ping www.download.com" in a command prompt) and give the IP address you're getting (between [])

RE: Problems with CNET Websites! by Chris4 on 10-10-2005 at 04:03 PM

I'm running Windows Firewall only, which is not blocking any websites.
I tried pinging, the command promp came up for about 20 seconds, then disapeared?

Screenshot

RE: Problems with CNET Websites! by Mike on 10-10-2005 at 04:08 PM

Can you connect to http://216.239.115.131

If you can, that means that you have DNS resolving problems... :-/

RE: Problems with CNET Websites! by Millenium_edition on 10-10-2005 at 04:12 PM

quote:
Originally posted by chris4
I'm running Windows Firewall only, which is not blocking any websites.
I tried pinging, the command promp came up for about 20 seconds, then disapeared?

Screenshot

type "cmd" in the run box and then try pinging. typing "ping download.com" in a command prompt is not executing "ping download.com" from the run box. :dodgy:

RE: Problems with CNET Websites! by Chris4 on 10-10-2005 at 04:16 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mike
Can you connect to http://216.239.115.131

If you can, that means that you have DNS resolving problems...

just comes up same thing in firefox:

[Image: 25cd.png]

and "The page cannot be displayed" in internet explorer

.........

quote:
Originally posted by Millenium_edition

quote:
Originally posted by chris4
I'm running Windows Firewall only, which is not blocking any websites.
I tried pinging, the command promp came up for about 20 seconds, then disapeared?

Screenshot
type "cmd" in the run box and then try pinging. typing "ping download.com" in a command prompt is not executing "ping download.com" from the run box.

Oops.. sorry, didn't completely read it.

I get this when I type that in cmd...
"Ping Request could not find download.com. Please check the name and try again"

RE: Problems with CNET Websites! by user27089 on 10-10-2005 at 04:39 PM

It is all good here ...

Maybe the servers are just down in your area or something...

[Image: attachment.php?pid=549206]

RE: Problems with CNET Websites! by Chris4 on 10-10-2005 at 04:41 PM

I want to download stuff

They've always been like that though.........

RE: Problems with CNET Websites! by user27089 on 10-10-2005 at 04:42 PM

Have you tried opening the websites in Internet Explorer?

RE: Problems with CNET Websites! by Chris4 on 10-10-2005 at 04:50 PM

quote:
Originally posted by traxor
Have you tried opening the websites in Internet Explorer?

Please use your eyes.. i've mention it 2/3 times that i've tried in Internet Explroer and Firefox.

quote:
Originally posted by chris4

And I get "The page cannot be displayed" In Internet Explorer

quote:
Originally posted by chris4
Well, if you look carefully, I did say the screenshots are from Firefox..

RE: Problems with CNET Websites! by Millenium_edition on 10-10-2005 at 04:52 PM

traxor, can you please don't post about your own configuration, we know it's working, that's why he posted... and he already tried in IE, no luck...

you can use HOSTS to manually configure the server IP... click here to know how to do it.

basically you just have to add this line to the file

code:
download.com 216.239.115.148
www.download.com 216.239.115.148
cnet.com 216.239.115.131
www.cnet.com

if you need more IP addresses, just ask.

also note that this is a temporary issue and you should consider contacting your ISP about possible problems.

RE: Problems with CNET Websites! by Chris4 on 10-10-2005 at 05:04 PM

quote:
c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

How do I edit that file? I tried in notepad but then it just saves as host.txt and doesnt replace the file.

edit: Woo! Done it! Replaced the hosts file with the one provided on the site and Viola! works!

Hopefully thats the end of it and won't have any more problems!!!

Thanks everyone!!!