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OT: network genius'
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:13 am
by funky shit
Why is it, that some sites will load sometimes, but not others.
The site im talking about, is
rapidshare.com.
Tried two web browsers, tried two different computers.
The site just will not load but it was working perfectly last night.
Getting fed up, happens quite a lot.
Our setup is a modem/router.

Re: OT: network genius'
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:41 am
by twisted-space
Could be your isp is having dns problems, try setting your modem/router to use opendns, or some other dns provider
open dns server addresses are
208.67.222.222,
208.67.220.220
Could be your isp is blocking rapidshare.
Could be you have a dodgy modem/router.
Could be you have a virus/trojan on your system.
Could be any number of things in fact.
BTW a modem and a router are 2 seperate things usually, although some routers also contain a modem.
Re: OT: network genius'
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:46 am
by blakbeltjonez
not that i'm a genius, but i would suspect the DNS servers - most likely you have not specified a DNS server, and your ISP uses it's own (which are automatically entered into your own internet settings when you select DHCP, rather than setting things up manually). sometimes ISP DNS servers can take a while to get fully up-to-date.
so, switch your DNS entries to a good public DNS server - there's a list
here and see if that doesn't help things.
Re: OT: network genius'
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:27 am
by funky shit
cheers dudes

Re: OT: network genius'
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:43 am
by sherman
twisted-space wrote:Could be your isp is having dns problems, try setting your modem/router to use opendns, or some other dns provider
open dns server addresses are
208.67.222.222,
208.67.220.220
or 4.2.2.4 if you need to remember one off the top of your head
