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Still problems with CNET sites by Chris4 on 11-03-2005 at 02:22 PM

I'm still having problems with viewing CNET sites [Please see Old Thread before posting]

Unfortunately, the solution that worked is not working now.

I was told to put this in the hosts file:

216.239.115.148 download.com
216.239.115.148 www.download.com
216.239.115.131 cnet.com
216.239.115.131 www.cnet.com

When that is in the host file (c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts), I can ping the CNET sites and it's successful. When it is not in the hosts file, ping is unsuccessful.

So, I put the code in the hosts file and I get a successful ping from download.com. So when I try and view it, I get this:
[Image: screenshot28uv.th.png]

And when the code isn't in the hosts file, the websites apparently doesn't exist.

It is the same in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera.

any (more) ideas? :P

Thanks in advance.

RE: Still problems with CNET sites by Millenium_edition on 11-03-2005 at 02:30 PM

have you contacted your isp about this yet?

RE: Still problems with CNET sites by ddunk on 11-03-2005 at 03:06 PM

It's because the CSS is on some weird site. ( http://i.d.com.com/css/dl/dl_global.css )

65.200.201.174 i.d.com.com

try adding that to your hosts file.

RE: Still problems with CNET sites by Chris4 on 11-03-2005 at 03:43 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Millenium_edition
65.200.201.174 i.d.com.com

No, I don't know how. I'm with NTL.

quote:
Originally posted by Ddunk
It's because the CSS is on some weird site. ( http://i.d.com.com/css/dl/dl_global.css )

65.200.201.174 i.d.com.com

try adding that to your hosts file.
Thank you! It works :D

Don't see why I should have to go thorugh all this trouble though?

edit: had to put
65.200.201.174 dw.com.com
on the list aswell because when I clicked on something I wanted to download it said it didn't exist.

and i.i.com.com to make cnet.com work! this is stupid

basically i've got to add every subdomain to make it work... :|
RE: Still problems with CNET sites by Millenium_edition on 11-03-2005 at 06:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by chris4
basically i've got to add every subdomain to make it work...
cnet probably uses a lot of other things (eg: stylesheet) located on subdomains... and since the hosts file doesn't accept wildcards ;)