Can not get to a certain website

[johnfli]

Ok, this has be baffeled.
There is a website that my compnay needs to be able to get to for our
business needs.
When I open IE and type inteh URL, I get a message saying that the DNS
couldn't find an entry for it.
but yet, if I go to the command prompt and ping it, it displays an IP
address on time, but says "No Response" for the 4 tries that it does. I
have had people from nearby companies see if they can go to teh site (and
they all can)
I even included the public DNS server IP address's they use just incase it
is an issue with my ISP.
Still nothing.

Anybody have any ideas on what I can do to try to figure out teh problem??

 

[Sparker9]

My guess: I'd suspect the presence of a HOSTS file in your system that contains the URL and it's directing your query to the wrong place.

Search for one and open it with Notepad.

It should contain data in this format:

127.0.0.1 localhost
204.127.12.39 www.worldnet.att.net

 

[johnfli]

Nope, I checked teh hosts file and did a search just to make sure a didn't
miss it.
Heck, I even manually added the entry. Still I get teh same result.
The thing is, the error page comes up real fast, so it isn't sitting around
looking for teh site.



My guess: I'd suspect the presence of a HOSTS file in your system that
contains the URL and it's directing your query to the wrong place.

Search for one and open it with Notepad.

It should contain data in this format:

127.0.0.1 localhost
204.127.12.39 www.worldnet.att.net

 

[Sparker9]

Has someone validated the IP address that you're using or is it the one that you get from a ping?

If you provide the URL and IP address in your next post, I will check both.

Sparker9

 

[anonymous]

Are you going through a firewall? Maybe there are certain
sites blocked at it.