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Blocked websites/unable to
Chick
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in Techie Stuff
Hi everyone,
I got a new laptop the other week, now connected to internet wirelessly...everything going ok except there are certain websites that I cannot visit. The message that pops up is that the 'link appears broken'
Can anyone advise whether it's just a settings thing that needs changing on the laptop? The websites are obscure or anything e.g. one that wont come up is bbc.co.uk
Any ideas? it is getting really annoying...I have a firewall etc, but I'm not sure why I can visit most websites although still have ones I can't access.
Thanks in advance!
I got a new laptop the other week, now connected to internet wirelessly...everything going ok except there are certain websites that I cannot visit. The message that pops up is that the 'link appears broken'
Can anyone advise whether it's just a settings thing that needs changing on the laptop? The websites are obscure or anything e.g. one that wont come up is bbc.co.uk
Any ideas? it is getting really annoying...I have a firewall etc, but I'm not sure why I can visit most websites although still have ones I can't access.
Thanks in advance!
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Do you have any other PC's that are connected or you can connect to the
web ? If so can they view the webpages you cant see on your laptop ?"I may be dead, but I'm still pretty. Which is more than I can say for you."- Buffy (Prophecy Girl)0 -
Ah yes, my partner has a PC on which I am able to view & use all the websites which appear to be blocked on my laptop...so it's not a website problem and that's why I'm thinking that something about the websites are being blocked by my laptop!0
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goto bbc.co.uk and press control+F5
Type this into your browser 212.58.224.138 and tell me if the site comes up.
Log into your router and find out what your MTU size is.0 -
Followed those instructions- the site doesn't come up but I got this:
http://212.58.224.138/ saying 'Sorry, the address you have found is not currently a public BBC server'
Not sure how I log into my router or found out what MTU size is?0 -
What router you have? Any idea?
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Followed those instructions- the site doesn't come up but I got this:
http://212.58.224.138/ saying 'Sorry, the address you have found is not currently a public BBC server'
Not sure how I log into my router or found out what MTU size is?
hmm are you using windows XP?
click start > click run > type cmd > click ok > type in ping bbc.co.uk tell me what happens
then type telnet bbc.co.uk 80 and press enter you will get a blank scree, type get (u wont c what u type) and press enter and report what happens.0 -
Have had password problems & been away, thanks for the replies...
Am using windows vista- presume that is pretty similar to XP, will it make any difference?
Will double check what router we've got when I get home tonight...0
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