access problems

[briggie]

Originally Posted by clivvy

hang Pete, i thoguht you said flushing the dns didnt work? but here you say it did, but still have access problems...im confused...im going to assuem you still get "this page connot be displayed". When you open a new browser window, do you get a "recorving your last session" message, or is it normal?

also, as other have suggested, it will be well worth trying Opera or Firefox, to eliminate the possibility its IE being a cock.

if you are saying access is random, then thats different, and probably NOT your laptop, might be something to do with Three's service/dns settings etc, another option is to change your DNS to someone else, such as google, to see if that works..

it seems that i can gain access to this site sometimes , perhaps the 3 network has scruples ?

[cncfabs]

Originally Posted by briggie

it seems that i can gain access to this site sometimes , perhaps the 3 network has scruples ?

Having the same on my home connection since site upgrade originally thought site had closed not good for new members who may think the same

[clivvy]

it could be that something has gone wrong with the sites dns records, perhaps they havent replicated correctly or something with the service providers i dunno..

[Deleted account DD]

I was told on the dongles some sites have different protocols to allow access and may hang when theyre trying to decide if its a mobile phone or a normal router trying to access and therefore how to display.

We use a "3" dongle on the laptop when we're away, the missus uses (or used to use) ie mostly , i always use firefox. She has more access problems than me which seems to back up the theory that its worth swapping to firefox/mozzilla (better browser anyway)

We also have mobiles on voda, o2 & Tmobile that produsce erratic and inconsistant results when in the woolybacks, all to do with signal. Not an exact science and produces very unscientific results.

[rustic]

For those of you reading this thread and thinking what is DNS then this link may help.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/dns.htm

[Bat21]

Guys, I am 99.9% certain that the DNS problems are not this end. During the move to the new server I kept the same IP address and DNS server names. This seems to be isolated incidents with some ISPs

You can resolve this issue on you PC by following the steps below:-

• Using windows explorer (not internet explorer) find the Hosts file which is located in the c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc directory.
• Right click this file and then left click on properties.
• Near the bottom in the Attributes section, make sure the Read-only box is un-ticked. If it is ticked, remove the tick and click OK.
• Now double click the Hosts file and open with Notepad. Go to the bottom of the text and add the line:-
  65.38.186.188 (then press the Tab key) www.nissan4x4ownersclub.com
  Now save and close this file.
  If this file was originally read only, follow the steps above to put the tick back in the correct box.
• Now reboot your PC and all should work

[cncfabs]

Originally Posted by Bat21

Guys, I am 99.9% certain that the DNS problems are not this end. During the move to the new server I kept the same IP address and DNS server names. This seems to be isolated incidents with some ISPs

You can resolve this issue on you PC by following the steps below:-

• Using windows explorer (not internet explorer) find the Hosts file which is located in the c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc directory.
• Right click this file and then left click on properties.
• Near the bottom in the Attributes section, make sure the Read-only box is un-ticked. If it is ticked, remove the tick and click OK.
• Now double click the Hosts file and open with Notepad. Go to the bottom of the text and add the line:-
  65.38.186.188 (then press the Tab key) www.nissan4x4ownersclub.com
  Now save and close this file.
  If this file was originally read only, follow the steps above to put the tick back in the correct box.
• Now reboot your PC and all should work

Tried to do that but it says unable to create the file

[Bat21]

Originally Posted by cncfabs

Tried to do that but it says unable to create the file

Did you follow the third step?

• Near the bottom in the Attributes section, make sure the Read-only box is un-ticked. If it is ticked, remove the tick and click OK.

[cncfabs]

Originally Posted by Bat21

Did you follow the third step?

• Near the bottom in the Attributes section, make sure the Read-only box is un-ticked. If it is ticked, remove the tick and click OK.

Yes did that wasnt checked anyway

[Bat21]

Originally Posted by cncfabs

Yes did that wasnt checked anyway

Sounds like you haven't got admin rights to your PC if it isn't letting you save the Hosts file.

[mikep]

Originally Posted by briggie

im on holiday in norfolk as most of you know , so im using a dongle , its great for all sites , except it seems this one ,i can access every site no problems , but have a heck of a lot of trouble trying to get in here , all i get is a message that says " internet explorer cannot display the page " ..... but occasionally i can get in the forum ...... i have no problems accessing any other site , only this one .... HELP

Hi Briggie
I originally thought that Zippy was blocking your posts count,but since your initial post mentioning difficulty with your "dongle" you have managed at least a further 6 hits!
Have a nice Hol.
Mikep.

[cncfabs]

Originally Posted by Bat21

Sounds like you haven't got admin rights to your PC if it isn't letting you save the Hosts file.

Yes just checked i am the administrator

[clivvy]

Originally Posted by cncfabs

Yes just checked i am the administrator

what operating system have you got, XP, Vista or Windows 7?

[Bat21]

Originally Posted by cncfabs

Tried to do that but it says unable to create the file

Originally Posted by cncfabs

Yes just checked i am the administrator

It is odd that the message says unable to create the file as you are not creating it, you are simply editing and saving it.

[cncfabs]

Originally Posted by Bat21

It is odd that the message says unable to create the file as you are not creating it, you are simply editing and saving it.

Done exactly as described thats what it says when you try to save it. Im running vista 64 bit