XP machines finding old web site

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John O'Hagan

I am trying to upgrade our organization's website which is hosted remotely.
The website has very recently been moved by the host to a new server with
new IP address. The old site is still on the original server and
accessable. All of my XP machines continue to log on to the "old"
website. We have a small network (7 machines) with a DSL router connecting
to the outside. However one lone W98 machine on the network gets into the
new location. Other computers outside the network both XP and other OS can
get to the new location. It seems as though just the XP machines on the
network which were previously logged on to the old site can't resolve the
domain name to the correct IP address. Any thoughts and suggestions would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
 
Hi, John:
Well I wish I had an answer for you, but I am having
exactly the same problem - my posting should be up soon.
My only difference, though, is that my XP Pro will read
the correct web site for my new domain email account - I
just wish I knew why one will and the other won't. I'll
be watching to see if anyone answers either your question
or mine. Good luck.
Jan Smith
 
I am trying to upgrade our organization's website which is hosted remotely.
The website has very recently been moved by the host to a new server with
new IP address. The old site is still on the original server and
accessable. All of my XP machines continue to log on to the "old"
website. We have a small network (7 machines) with a DSL router connecting
to the outside. However one lone W98 machine on the network gets into the
new location. Other computers outside the network both XP and other OS can
get to the new location. It seems as though just the XP machines on the
network which were previously logged on to the old site can't resolve the
domain name to the correct IP address. Any thoughts and suggestions would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Try clearing the IE cache. This will force IE to actually go to the site to
get the page rather than loading a stored copy on your computer.
 
Can they get to the new site's IP number? If so, then
they are getting the name of the site still mapped to the
old IP number.

If that is the case, check and be sure that they didn't
have the IP number of the old site, placed into their
hosts file (\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts), as if
it's there, it will pull that before checking on the
nameserver.

Also, try hooking up one of the PC's that still try to go
to the old IP, to another network connection (someone's
cable modem for example) to see if the problem follows
the PC.
 
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