ping: cannot resolve ... unknown host / no browser access to ONLY ONE SITE!
Three days ago, I could connect to
http://statcounter.com.
Starting three days ago out of the blue, all browsers stopped allowing that site to load. Ping (network utility) can't find it.
I CAN connect to every other site I've tried on both safari, firefox, explorer on os x 10.4.2, 10.3.9 + explorer & firefox on a little used pc with xp -- none connected to that one site but did to all the others I tried. What should I be looking for?
I know statcounter.com is up and running because I accessed it through a proxy site, other friends have accessed it from west coast and elsewhere, they emailed me back confirming they have had no network outages, and I've pinged it successfully from DNSStuff.com
[background: As from the beginning on this imac (for which I've reinstalled sys software a couple of times), there are lots of stalls/hangs -- it's supposed to be a 5mbps DSL but connection speed is slow, sluggish and sometimes downright crappy -- I can't tell any diff from before when I had 1.5 mpbs -- safari stalls, 10.4.2 stalls, everything hangs and I get lots of Spinning Beach Balls, which I've gotten since I bought this **** thing 3 months ago and before I had 5mbps DSL ... it is slow on startup and is practically no different than the startup on my G3-350 running a powerlogix g3-1ghz. They startup almost exactly the same time > ~ 1 minute. How can that be?]
Anyway, regarding not being able to connect to one particular site: My ISP insists it's on my end in the browser -- it's in ALL these browsers on two different operating systems? Where? How? They know nothing about macs and os X (the provider is Sprint of http://sprintsuks.com)
Turned off firewall -- no go. Checked little snitch -- nothing there. Turned it off too, still no luck. Unhooked ethernet hub/switch and connected imac ethernet directly to the modem. Still no connection to StatCounter.com -- but able to connect here and all my other sites!
Created new user, still no connect to statcounter.com -- I've done all the recommended troubeshooting tips. I've read dozens and dozens of postings on this forum and others. Plus articles, troubleshooting tips at tons of places. I can't find the answer to this particular problem.
Obviously I am not a programmer, unix geek or technical, engineer, etc type of person -- I don't know where to go next. Is there something going on with DNS resolution or some sort of network loopback or what? I don't get it.
Help anyone? thanks.
Oh yeah -- i even tried Opera but that didn't get to the server either.
imac g5 2/20 & B/W G3 (upgraded cpu) Mac OS X (10.4.2)
Starting three days ago out of the blue, all browsers stopped allowing that site to load. Ping (network utility) can't find it.
I CAN connect to every other site I've tried on both safari, firefox, explorer on os x 10.4.2, 10.3.9 + explorer & firefox on a little used pc with xp -- none connected to that one site but did to all the others I tried. What should I be looking for?
I know statcounter.com is up and running because I accessed it through a proxy site, other friends have accessed it from west coast and elsewhere, they emailed me back confirming they have had no network outages, and I've pinged it successfully from DNSStuff.com
[background: As from the beginning on this imac (for which I've reinstalled sys software a couple of times), there are lots of stalls/hangs -- it's supposed to be a 5mbps DSL but connection speed is slow, sluggish and sometimes downright crappy -- I can't tell any diff from before when I had 1.5 mpbs -- safari stalls, 10.4.2 stalls, everything hangs and I get lots of Spinning Beach Balls, which I've gotten since I bought this **** thing 3 months ago and before I had 5mbps DSL ... it is slow on startup and is practically no different than the startup on my G3-350 running a powerlogix g3-1ghz. They startup almost exactly the same time > ~ 1 minute. How can that be?]
Anyway, regarding not being able to connect to one particular site: My ISP insists it's on my end in the browser -- it's in ALL these browsers on two different operating systems? Where? How? They know nothing about macs and os X (the provider is Sprint of http://sprintsuks.com)
Turned off firewall -- no go. Checked little snitch -- nothing there. Turned it off too, still no luck. Unhooked ethernet hub/switch and connected imac ethernet directly to the modem. Still no connection to StatCounter.com -- but able to connect here and all my other sites!
Created new user, still no connect to statcounter.com -- I've done all the recommended troubeshooting tips. I've read dozens and dozens of postings on this forum and others. Plus articles, troubleshooting tips at tons of places. I can't find the answer to this particular problem.
Obviously I am not a programmer, unix geek or technical, engineer, etc type of person -- I don't know where to go next. Is there something going on with DNS resolution or some sort of network loopback or what? I don't get it.
Help anyone? thanks.
Oh yeah -- i even tried Opera but that didn't get to the server either.
imac g5 2/20 & B/W G3 (upgraded cpu) Mac OS X (10.4.2)
