Certain web sites not loading

albertross_2

naughty, naughty..

find your ip address while attached to them

http://www.ipchicken.com/

Do a reverse DNS lookup here:

http://www.dnsstuff.com/

Is the ssid anything obvious netgear, linksys?

you could login to their router config screen, but that is probably going a bit too far, I'd be annoyed if my neighbours tried it.

It's illegal as well..

pin

you could login to their router config screen, but that is probably going a bit too far, I'd be annoyed if my neighbours tried it.

So would I!! but then I've got WPA and a MAC thingy as well.

I only really want to find out what ISP the other person is using.

albertross_2

The DNS stuff page tells my my isp on the top right..

pin

albertross wrote:

The DNS stuff page tells my my isp on the top right..

OK, worked out the person uses the different ISP from me, now where to go from there?

BTW used the IP chicken thing!

Sleepy_2

I had the same problem and it drove me nuts - mainly due to the fact that I was unable to access the MSE Forums !

I did a quick test... I disconnected Broadband, and used one of the 0845 dialup numbers to test (0845 604 1528) - http://www.surfanytime.co.uk/ - Username : surf Password : surf

Sure enough it worked. Disconnected and reconnected Broadband again and it stopped working again. I now knew my PC was OK and it was my ISP.

Someone advised to change the DNS Server on the router, I changed the DNS Server entry to that of my old ISP, entering Zens DNS Server (https://www.zen.co.uk) - 212.23.6.100 - rebooted the Router and PC and I havent had a problem since.

albertross_2

Do you know the url of the pages you can't get to?

did you try turning off the hardware firewall off briefly?

or the tcpview util might give some clues

irnbru_2

pin wrote:

OK, so I try riding someone elses wireless connection. I can log on. So the problem is either router or ISP (I guess).

Are you unable to use their router with your ISP?

The 604T page is here.

Here's a couple of things to try:

Disable DNS cache

virgin_isp_send_email_issue

I'd then upgrade the firmware.

If it's your ISP then I would suspect a transparent cache problem. However, your problem relates to a form submit (POST in http) rather than a request (GET in http) for which caches are designed.

Your ISP will probably want you to try someone else's router on your connection. However, if you regale them with everything you've done to attempt to solve it at your end then they may just be up for doing their own checks without making you exhaustively check everything.