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AR15.COM
1/9/2010 7:47:55 PM EDT
Cruising the web today and started having issues connecting to sites. I am using Firefox 3.5.7 on a windows 64 bit XP system.





For instance, connecting to Foxnews.com has a never ending page load and is not isolated to just foxnews.





The only site that has worked consistently is AR15.com.





Only things I could think of to do to resolve the issue is clearing the cache and rebooting.


Any other ideas?



ETA: The really odd thing is facebook will not load from my bookmark location but if I click on a link from an external application (mail) it loads just fine.

1/10/2010 7:05:20 AM EDT
[#1]
bump
1/10/2010 7:08:34 AM EDT
[#2]
Sounds like you need to flush your DNS.



Without getting technical, have you reset the PC lately?
1/10/2010 7:17:19 AM EDT
[#3]
Reboot ...
Delete Temp Files,(Browser temp files and OS temp files.) ....
Reboot
1/10/2010 7:18:50 AM EDT
[#4]



Quoted:


Sounds like you need to flush your DNS.



Without getting technical, have you reset the PC lately?


Reboot? Yes. Reset?



 
1/10/2010 7:19:13 AM EDT
[#5]



Quoted:


Reboot ...

Delete Temp Files,(Browser temp files and OS temp files.) ....

Reboot



Done yesterday, did not help.



 
1/10/2010 7:30:14 AM EDT
[#6]



Quoted:





Quoted:

Sounds like you need to flush your DNS.



Without getting technical, have you reset the PC lately?


Reboot? Yes. Reset?

 


get to a command prompt and enter:



ipconfig /flushdns



press enter...
besides that I would reset your router/switches...





 
1/10/2010 8:21:22 AM EDT
[#7]
Hedonist, thanks for the help.

The DNS reset did not work unfortunately.

I attempted it twice with a system reboot once and a full power down for a few minutes.



No routers to reset. I am on a USB data connection.



I just dont understand why AR15.com loads perfectly normal and most anything else I try does not.



Any further ideas?
1/10/2010 8:37:38 AM EDT
[#8]
USB data connection? Can you elaborate a bit on that?
1/10/2010 8:55:01 AM EDT
[#9]



Quoted:


USB data connection? Can you elaborate a bit on that?


I would link you to it but I cant get that site to load.



It is an Alltel EV-DO Huawei mobile device. Plugs into a USB port.



 
1/10/2010 8:55:14 AM EDT
[#10]
See if the websites hang when using this http://anonymouse.org/anonwww.html
1/10/2010 9:03:26 AM EDT
[#11]



Quoted:


See if the websites hang when using this http://anonymouse.org/anonwww.html


Wont load.



 
1/10/2010 9:11:09 AM EDT
[#12]
Disable the anti virus software and try to connect again
1/10/2010 9:17:33 AM EDT
[#13]
Running Avast.

I disabled it and still...



Foxnews.com

facebook.com



those seem to be the only two with issues now.



I have also tried the sites in IE with the same results.



Does anyone think this may not actually be my computer or settings but maybe my provider?
1/10/2010 9:20:13 AM EDT
[#14]
bring up a command prompt and run

tracert www.foxnews.com


and then

tracert www.facebook.com


post the results.
1/10/2010 9:25:46 AM EDT
[#15]



Quoted:


Hedonist, thanks for the help.

The DNS reset did not work unfortunately.

I attempted it twice with a system reboot once and a full power down for a few minutes.



No routers to reset. I am on a USB data connection.



I just dont understand why AR15.com loads perfectly normal and most anything else I try does not.



Any further ideas?


This has happened to many of us in the past, and usually a reset of equipment, a repair of internet connection, or a power on/off fixes it.



Something may have infected your system somehow, or corruption of your TCPIP configuration may have occurred.



At least you have ARFCOM.



 
1/10/2010 9:27:13 AM EDT
[#16]
Ping google.com, and a few others

Post results
1/10/2010 9:37:21 AM EDT
[#17]
Block the pop ups, a lot of stuff is always loaded on the news sites
1/10/2010 11:07:19 AM EDT
[#18]
Run nslookup, at the prompt enter some sites you can not get to. Please post the response.



example below:





C:\>nslookup

*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.2.1: Non-existent domain

*** Default servers are not available

Default Server:  UnKnown

Address:  192.168.2.1



> www.symantec.com

Server:  UnKnown

Address:  192.168.2.1



Non-authoritative answer:

Name:    a568.d.akamai.net

Addresses:  64.208.249.56, 64.208.249.42, 64.208.249.32, 64.208.249.57

         64.208.249.41, 64.208.249.49, 64.208.249.50, 64.208.249.18, 64.208.249

.48

Aliases:  www.symantec.com, www.symantec.d4p.net

         symantec.georedirector.akadns.net



> exit



C:\>




1/10/2010 12:12:30 PM EDT
[#19]
I cant copy out of the 'run' window, and cannot upload any screen shots.



Pings to google, ar15.com, facebook, and foxnews all get similar results.

I am 99% certain it is my ISP giving me issues as a few friends in the area with the same ISP cant access the same sites.



Thank you all for the help. Learned a little more about figuring out what is going on.