Posted on 07/06/2009 2:54:01 PM PDT by sushiman
Unplgged modem and then plugged in again . No change .
” ipconfig /flushdns “
I entered this and clicked on MOVIE PLUS in favorites and ir now comes up . All others besides FR still down .
By the way, you can go wherever you want on the Internet by handling your own DNS queries.
Goto http://network-tools.com/, select Network Lookup, and type the URL of the site you want to visit (e.g. www.freerepublic.com) into the box and click Go. Once you have the site's numerical IP address, just copy that into your browser's address window instead of the usual http:// info, and hit enter.
Cannot access and other sites .
did you try the “release/renew” option? That sounds promising at this point. I should’ve added that if it fails it may also be a problem right in your router, since that’s probably your DHCP box, unless you’ve got some other boxes plugged in behind it. Have you got anything else there besides that? A wireless access point or a switch or firewall device of any kind?
If so... it’s a good thing to try just rebooting them all, and go in order from outside-in, that is, from the Internet toward your computer, and reboot that last. Let each come up fully before you do the next one.
If that doesn’t do it, then I think it’s time to talk to your ISP helpdesk and see if they’ve got an outage of some kind. It’s not uncommon.
The IP address for network-tools.com is 67.222.132.196
Before going to too much trouble you should know that IE8 is causing a number of some strange problems. The red X is generally a security feature. Do you have a yellow bar under your Links box.? It may be asking if you want to download (load) the pictures.
BTW, I'm becoming partial to Spyware Terminator. It has saved a number of my machines with pesky malware. You have the restore point option, but with IE8, I'd leave that as a last resort.
Good luck.
Had to leave for work . Once I got to school ( I teach JHS ) I found out that the whole town was without service . ISP trouble . I couldn’t call them when I was yakking with you guys as it was too early . Nobody answers the phone until 9 , which it is now . Anyway , thanks for all the advice , etc...I learned a few things today from you guys !
Thanks all . Love Freepers !
Pesaroso -hasta luego
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