Armenak Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Why is it that I can visit and browse HyeForum perfectly right now but am unable to connect to Google or Wikipedia? MSN.com and most other websites are working as well. So what on earth is wrong with Google and Wikipedia? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 It might be a DNS problem. Try this in your browser to get to google: http://72.14.203.104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armenak Posted December 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 It worked! What's going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Ok. DNS stands for "Domain Name Service". It is what converts a name like "google.com" to an actual IP address that the "internet" can then use to connect and route you to the server. What all this means is that for you, for some reason, DNS is not functioning properly which means when you type google.com, your computer doesn't have a good way to translate to to the actual IP address and connect to it. There could be two reasons for this: 1. Your internet service provider's DNS servers are down. 2. Your computer is not configured properly. Since you seem to be able to connect to some sites and not to others, I am willing to bet it's a temporary problem with your internet service provider. If you have cable or DSL, you might want to turn off your modem and turn it back on to let it reset. Also, do this to your computer and other routers you may have at home/office. One thing you could try on your pc is to type this command in the cmd prompt (start->run->"cmd"->OK): ipconfig /flushdns This is a harmless command. Of course I am assuming you have windows xp. If you need more detail on any step feel free to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armenak Posted December 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Thanks Sip. I tried the flushdns thing but still can't connect to Google. At least the IP thing works though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armenak Posted December 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 And everything is now back to normal. What the heaven. Thanks for the help anyway Sip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 As sip said, probably a DNS issue at the ISP level. It happens sometimes. Glad things are ok... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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