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> Am I the only one who can't access www.guardian.co.uk?
computerwannabe
post Sep 20 2009, 07:08 PM
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I have not been able to access the Guardian's website for a while now. I can access other uk news sites just fine (I'm in the US), so that's not the problem. Mozilla tells me that "Firefox can't find the server at www.guardian.co.uk.", and IE says "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" and gives me an opportunity to "diagnose connection problems"

When I choose to diagnose the problem it says that "The Domain Name Server may be down", it also says "Windows found a problem that cannot be repaired automatically".

I do not get the same results with any other website. It is also not limited to my computer, as my daughter's laptop gets the same results, so it must be something with the internet connection.

I get my internet via a netgear router with a built in firewall, and am connected to it by ethernet cable. I called my ISP tech support and they could not help me since I am able to access the internet just fine.

Any ideas? huh.gif

Thanks!
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- computerwannabe   Am I the only one who can't access www.guardian.co.uk?   Sep 20 2009, 07:08 PM
- - Ztruker   Try it again. Perhaps they were having problems. I...   Sep 21 2009, 09:42 AM
- - computerwannabe   Thanks for the help! When I tried to go to ...   Sep 21 2009, 11:05 AM
- - computerwannabe   Nope, I closed the browser, flushed the DNS cache,...   Sep 21 2009, 11:08 AM
- - Ztruker   Hmmm, do you have a hosts file that is redirecting...   Sep 21 2009, 11:24 AM
- - computerwannabe   I gave it a whirl, and this is what I got: 127....   Sep 21 2009, 11:37 AM
- - computerwannabe   I did some research, and it seems the second line ...   Sep 21 2009, 12:03 PM
- - Ztruker   I know this is unlikely but let's eliminate so...   Sep 21 2009, 01:11 PM
- - computerwannabe   **sigh** That wasn't it either... I bypassed...   Sep 22 2009, 01:18 PM
- - Doug   Hi computerwannabe and Ztruker Just for a compari...   Sep 22 2009, 05:09 PM
- - computerwannabe   I haven't installed openDNS yet, but while get...   Sep 23 2009, 06:28 PM
- - Doug   Blocked for you from your ISP's resources, but...   Sep 23 2009, 08:01 PM
- - paws   Hi computerwannabe, I just checked the guardian si...   Sep 24 2009, 03:56 AM
- - computerwannabe   Doug: I haven't tried openDNS because I am ne...   Sep 24 2009, 09:00 AM
- - computerwannabe   This may have been a stupid thing to do, but I tri...   Sep 24 2009, 09:12 AM
- - paws   OK, are you running any parental control or simila...   Sep 24 2009, 04:03 PM
- - computerwannabe   My computer is only a few weeks old, so no old par...   Sep 25 2009, 04:16 AM
- - paws   Yes, it might be wise to double check them. QUOTE ...   Sep 25 2009, 04:30 AM
- - computerwannabe   I just turned off the firewall, and I still was un...   Sep 25 2009, 04:38 AM
- - paws   Hi you are welcome, did the system restore do the ...   Sep 25 2009, 04:54 AM
- - computerwannabe   No, it didn't fix it. :-(   Sep 25 2009, 01:20 PM
- - Doug   Have you tried OpenDNS ?   Sep 25 2009, 01:21 PM
- - guardianreader   You are not the only one computerwannabe. I have t...   Nov 6 2009, 11:01 AM
- - ymitchell   QUOTE (computerwannabe @ Sep 20 2009, 08...   Feb 13 2010, 10:17 AM
- - Ztruker   When I ping www.guardian.co.uk, I get this IP add...   Feb 14 2010, 01:16 PM
- - Duey   maybe trying the mobile phone version will let you...   Feb 21 2010, 06:22 PM


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