...will not open for me. Been this way since yesterday for some reason. I can see the home page, but when I click of the link for the forum at the tope left I keep getting a blank page saying it won't connect.
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...will not open for me. Been this way since yesterday for some reason. I can see the home page, but when I click of the link for the forum at the tope left I keep getting a blank page saying it won't connect.
Works fine for me :dunno:
Hi Bill,
I just tried it and no issues at all. Try clearing your history and browse cache then try it again...
Tried that too. Still won't work. It worked fine a few days ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobbyG
Check your Firewall
I would if I knew how lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by FourEyes45
I haven't changed anything on my end and the site worked fine a few days ago, so I don't see why there would be an issue on my end...but I'm no computer guru.
Have you used another browser ??
They're not letting me in either. You're not alone
Are you reffering to the piece of metal that seperates the engine compartment from the cockpit? I hardly see how that will help, but if you say so I'll go look at mineQuote:
Originally Posted by FourEyes45
What am I suppose to look for anyway? :)
Im not very good on Puters ---I went to my security center and reset all to default.....
I have two other browsers...that I rarely use because I don't like them. I've changed nothing on this browser and it was working. I can view the hom page, how-to's, sale pages, but not the forum. I don't think the issue is on my end.Quote:
Originally Posted by killrwheels@autogeek
Has to be on your end if everyone else is able to see it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoytman
What URL are you going to when you try to access the forum? If you click on this link, what does it say?
Autopia Forums - Auto Detailing & Car Discussion Forum
Charlie, it's a blank page that indicates it's taking forever to load and then this:
"Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage
What you can try:
Diagnose Connection Problems
More information"
"Network diagnostics pinged the remote host but did not recieve a response."
It tried making a repair, but failed. Maybe it is on my end. I'll try restarting my computer and see what happens.
I'm going to try restarting my computer. I've ran the diagnostics and it keeps telling me there's still a problem with
Open your command prompt and try the following:
ipconfig /flushdns
Close and re-open your browser.
Restarted my computer and it's still not loading the forum page.
That's strange. I only visit that forum a few times a week tops while I visit AGO multiple times a day, everday. You'd think if it's doing it on one forum it would do it on another.
I'd open it if I knew where it was, or what you were talking about. Do you mean to type that into the search function after clicking on the start button?Quote:
Originally Posted by rwright
Sorry about that. Click Start--Search--type the letters CMD--when the command prompt opens type this exactly with a space between the first word and the forward slash ipconfig /flushdns -- then close command prompt and browser if open and launch your web browser again. What this does is clear the cache on your local router just like clearing your cache on your web browser. I can explain more in depth if needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoytman
Are you using a cable modem of some sort? You might want to power cycle the modem.
Agreed. Failing that, try:Quote:
Originally Posted by rwright
netsh winsock reset
Then reboot and try loading the page again.
I should tell you I'm running Vista.Quote:
Originally Posted by rwright
I clicked start, typed CMD and a few things showed up so I clicked on the CMD and a dialog box opened with a flashing cursor> ...<like that where I copied and pasted what you said. No dice. "The requested operation requires elevation." (No typo)
No dice here either. I'm going to try my Firefox browser and see if that works.Quote:
Originally Posted by C. Charles Hahn
It works with Vista, I'm using it right now. You need to turn off User Account Control. Click Start--Control Panel--click User Accounts and Family Safety title--click User Accounts title--click Turn User Account Control On or Off. After you turn this off try to launch the command prompt again and run that command. I really hope this works for you after all this!
I thought you already tried other browsers?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoytman
Wow - just checked out Autopia - very nice looking forum :dblthumb2:
If you are using vista or win 7 and you receive the elevation message:
Click Start and in the Search bar type "CMD".
Once the search returns the CMD result, right click on the entry and choose "Run As Administrator".
A command window will open with elevated priveledges and you can run the necessary commands. A few to try:
nbtstat -R
ipconfig /flushdns *then* ipconfig /registerdns
Edit: you can also attempt to use a different DNS server in your testing. A few public servers are:
4.4.4.4
4.4.8.8
4.2.2.1
To change your DNS settings:
Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and sharing center > Manage network connections
Right click your local area network connection and choose 'Properties'.
Click the 'Networking' tab and then 'Internet Protocol version 4 (ipv4)'
You will see an area to specify DNS settings. To manually set a server, click 'Use the following DNS server addresses' and enter one of the addresses above.
Save your settings and exit all windows. Then try the forums again.
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In post number 11 I said that I had other browsers. I hadn't tried them until a minute ago. Firefox will open the home page, but not the forum itself. I'll try your other suggestion next.Quote:
Originally Posted by rwright
When you say "the home page," what home page are you referring to?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoytman
Autopia Car Care Products - Car Detailing Supplies, Car Wax, Car Polishers, Auto Detailing
or
Autopia Forums - Auto Detailing & Car Discussion Forum
I did this and then tried the prompts given in your post number 14. It said it was succesful, but I still could access the forum.Quote:
Originally Posted by rwright
I had to click on a checked box, as there was no off/on. It just said it was on at the top off the page and I assumed unchecking the box would work. It promted me to restart when I unchecked it.
Won't I need to go back and make sure to check the box again? I assume the box has been checked for who knows how long and that it should be rechecked to go back to previous settings.
I can get to the above link, but when I click on the forum tab to open the forum it will not open the page. It's white and blank forever until it says it can't make the connection.Quote:
Originally Posted by C. Charles Hahn
It still doesn't make sense that I can open every other forum I get on, except for autopia car care.
It's DSL and I turned the power box off/on and still no dice. I guess it's not meant for me to view that forum.Quote:
Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy
What is the exact error code that is returned?
Also, please try the custom DNS settings I detailed in my previous post. The forum link is different than the main page, and service providers can sometimes have corrupted DNS entries.
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No error code is given. See post 13 for what the blank page ends up saying. Reseting the local area network is done, but there's still a problem with the connection at autopiayadayadayada (72.284.yada, yada, yada), though I don't think that's the error code. Wouldn't it say, "error code ...(numbers here)?"
I've had enough for this evening.
How about you Flash? You get in yet?
I hear ya. Take a stab tomorrow. Ensure that you do try an alternate DNS server and let me know what happens. You can PM me and tomorrow night I can try some phone support if needed. If you are seeing a reset connection, it can be a number of things and trying to go around your service provider may help.
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Nope! :help:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoytman
what url are you using?
I don't know the same one I've been using I guess. You mean the address right?Quote:
Originally Posted by admin
All of my settings are back as they were before all of this started. I just came home from being gone all day, I went the autopia home page, clicked on the forum link to go to the forum...
...and it loaded without a hitch. Go figure. As a result I still don't think the issue was on my end.
Well there you go! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Hoytman
More seriously, if the problem wasn't on your machine, it was still likely close to your end. Either between you and your ISP or between your ISP and autopia.org. You might want to do a tracert autopia.org from a cmd line to get an idea of the multiple steps (hops in IT lingo) your data takes between you and autopia. Then if things go bad again, run the same command and compare. That way you can get an idea if one of your ISP's routers is having a brain fart or if the problem is on the other side of your ISP. In any event, if a lot of other people report success reaching the site, it's not very likely that there's a server problem with that site, is it? Another tool to use is nslookup. nslookup autopia.org should spit out a 32 bit address (shown as xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx=a number between 0 and 254). You can also run tracert on this number. Or tracert -d (this takes DNS out of the picture.) With these tools you should be able to get an idea if a problem is DNS related or a problem somewhere along the path between you and the site ou want to reach.
Dude you're going to have to slow down and speak english if you're wanting to help me. LOL! If it isn't do this, do that, or click this, then that, I am totally lost. Besides, if it's working now, why try and fix what isn't broken.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rix6
Am I supposed to type in "nslookup autopia.org" somehwere? What the heck is a tracert anyway? Am I suppose to type in "tracert autopia.org...never mind I think I got that one. I can follow is just like I did last night.
How do you guys know all of this stuff?
EDIT:
12 steps in the tracert.
nslookup...what do I do with the numbers, I wrote them down? xxx.xxx.x.x and xx.xxx.xxx.xx
tracert -d ... Not sure I understand how to do that one.