Browser won't connect to a site but has done in past

[Richard]

My browser just never connects up to the www.itsignal.com
website. It has been a problem for a few days now but I
have accessed it frequently before that. Any other
internet pages work fine...

I have refreshed my cache and still no joy.

What should I do?

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Check for a file named HOSTS with no extension (not Hosts.sam). It may be a
hidden file. Open it with Notepad and remove any line referencing the site.
Or, rename HOSTS to OLDHOSTS

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[Guest]

This was the file I found under C:\WINDOWS\system32
\drivers\etc.....

The site is not mentioned in the file and the renaming
thing didn't seem to have an effect.

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP
for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host
names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP
address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the
corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by
at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted
on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#'
symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source
server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x
client host

127.0.0.1 localhost

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Well that HOSTS file isn't a problem.
And I can access the site.

In a Cmd window, enter
ipconfig /flushdns
then clear your TIF also, and re-boot.

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[Bill]

Did you ever get a fix for this? If so, please tell me
what it was.

Do you get 'done' in the status bar at the bottom of the
screen? I am having the same problem with www.delta.com. I
have used it many times before but lately it brings back a
blank screen and says 'done'.

Thanks.

 

[H Leboeuf]

It may be a HOSTS file problem.
Look also for a file named HOSTS (no extension, could be hidden) rename it
OLDHOSTS.

If you did not create the file, then you may have parasites, or you are
using a web accelerator program that would be causing this problem.

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

I am having the same problem with www.delta.com.

I have used it many times before but lately it brings back
a blank screen and says 'done'.

See if the problem is the JavaScript.
E.g. set your Security options to Prompt
and then see if you get prompts.

FWIW I get two prompts before I see anything from that page.
So if you are seeing nothing it might be an indication that your
JavaScript support is broken. In any case replying No to all prompts
might be a useful circumvention for you.

If you don't get any prompts check to see what is in View Source.
If the source is empty too it is perhaps an indication of a problem
with DNS or your cache. Try pressing Ctrl-F5 to eliminate the latter
possibility. To test if DNS is the problem open a command window
and enter these commands:

nslookup www.delta.com
ping www.delta.com -n 1
telnet www.delta.com 80
GET /

(That last line is what you can type when telnet clears the screen.)

If the address that nslookup finds is different from the one that ping
is using that could be an indication of a problem being caused by your
HOSTS file (or on NTx your dnscache). Then, even assuming the ping
is using the correct address and it is not blocked, all it proves is that that
server name has a defined address; it doesn't show that there is actually
a server there ready to receive HTTP requests; so that's what the telnet
request does; it proves that an HTTP request can be responded to
by that site.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle