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lighthope1
Senior
8 years ago

Unable to connect to certain sites

I've noticed that I am unable to connect to Yahoo recently, and Wikipedia loads veeeerrrrrryyyyy slllllooooooowwwww if at all.   Since these sites don't seem to be having problems themselves, I was...
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  • MarkJFine's avatar
    MarkJFine
    8 years ago

    Hmmm. Will it work if you reboot everything? And by everything, I mean: Modem, router (if a separate one is used) and the device(s) you're using to go to these sites. It almost sounds like whatever DNS you're pointing to has a corrupt lookup entry (or entries). It's either that or you're somehow triggering a firewall somewhere, and that's not a usual occurrence.

lighthope1's avatar
lighthope1
Senior
MarkJFine wrote:

I realize this is a heck of a way to try and diagnose a problem, but...

If after the link either fails or refuses to finish (basically sits continually waiting for a response from a server), have you tried a hard-refresh?

Yes.  No different results.  Continues to hang/no response.

 

Interestingly, if I use a proxy, I can connect.  Though the proxy I use strips down a lot of the site for privacy reasons.

 

http://www.yahoo.com

 

No joy.

 

https://ixquick-proxy.com/do/spg/proxy?ep=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&epile=4q6n41784r7n41344q4445784s4638344p6q746p65513q3q&edata=754c6e7b1578657e1b4cfcdea6e4eec1&ek=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&ekdata=a842ceef0bed587cf118f66f257daaeb

 

Is good

MarkJFine's avatar
MarkJFine
Professor
8 years ago

Hmmm. Will it work if you reboot everything? And by everything, I mean: Modem, router (if a separate one is used) and the device(s) you're using to go to these sites. It almost sounds like whatever DNS you're pointing to has a corrupt lookup entry (or entries). It's either that or you're somehow triggering a firewall somewhere, and that's not a usual occurrence.

  • lighthope1's avatar
    lighthope1
    Senior
    8 years ago
    MarkJFine wrote:

    Hmmm. Will it work if you reboot everything? And by everything, I mean: Modem, router (if a separate one is used) and the device(s) you're using to go to these sites. It almost sounds like whatever DNS you're pointing to has a corrupt lookup entry (or entries). It's either that or you're somehow triggering a firewall somewhere, and that's not a usual occurrence.

    Rebooting the modem solved the problem. 

  • MarkJFine's avatar
    MarkJFine
    Professor
    8 years ago

    Outstanding. I love it when things work.