Problem accessing Code Project [SOLVED]
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Hello people! I have trouble accessing the site, the browser gave me "host not found", i kept trying for some time thinking it's some temporary problem but no change, then i tried a few "is this site online" pages and noticed that some of them says it is offline while some of them says it is online. I tried using nslookup to see what happens and it gave me "request timeout"-s, which i guess indicates that it indeed is some DNS lookup problem. Then i dig around some and found the IP for the site and tried accessing the site that way which more or less works. So i see the site but it seems to answer very slowly, the style sheets don't seem to get downloaded either (the site looks "scrambled", no coloring either, just black text on white background with a few images here and there). Did anyone of you also experience issues or knows what might be happening? Sorry if i am not asking at the right message board but hey, i'm glad i could get this far at all.
> The problem with computers is that they do what you tell them to do and not what you want them to do. < > If it doesn't matter, it's antimatter.<
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Hello people! I have trouble accessing the site, the browser gave me "host not found", i kept trying for some time thinking it's some temporary problem but no change, then i tried a few "is this site online" pages and noticed that some of them says it is offline while some of them says it is online. I tried using nslookup to see what happens and it gave me "request timeout"-s, which i guess indicates that it indeed is some DNS lookup problem. Then i dig around some and found the IP for the site and tried accessing the site that way which more or less works. So i see the site but it seems to answer very slowly, the style sheets don't seem to get downloaded either (the site looks "scrambled", no coloring either, just black text on white background with a few images here and there). Did anyone of you also experience issues or knows what might be happening? Sorry if i am not asking at the right message board but hey, i'm glad i could get this far at all.
> The problem with computers is that they do what you tell them to do and not what you want them to do. < > If it doesn't matter, it's antimatter.<
Well, That is certainly a DNS error message. You could probably add a temporary static entry into your hosts file which on Windows is located at
\Windows\System32\drivers\etc. If the problem goes away after this then it was certainly a DNS problem.Code-o-mat wrote:
Did anyone of you also experience issues or knows what might be happening?
You should probably investigate to see if it is malware causing the problem. The
nslookuputility would be useful here. You could try adding some additional public DNS servers. Best Wishes, -David Delaune -
Hello people! I have trouble accessing the site, the browser gave me "host not found", i kept trying for some time thinking it's some temporary problem but no change, then i tried a few "is this site online" pages and noticed that some of them says it is offline while some of them says it is online. I tried using nslookup to see what happens and it gave me "request timeout"-s, which i guess indicates that it indeed is some DNS lookup problem. Then i dig around some and found the IP for the site and tried accessing the site that way which more or less works. So i see the site but it seems to answer very slowly, the style sheets don't seem to get downloaded either (the site looks "scrambled", no coloring either, just black text on white background with a few images here and there). Did anyone of you also experience issues or knows what might be happening? Sorry if i am not asking at the right message board but hey, i'm glad i could get this far at all.
> The problem with computers is that they do what you tell them to do and not what you want them to do. < > If it doesn't matter, it's antimatter.<
I had the same problem - and am not the only one. I had assumed it was a DNS problem, so I changed DNS and haven't had a problem since. It may not be though...see here http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4243316/I-am-not-able-to-open-www-codeproject-com-website-.aspx[^]
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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I had the same problem - and am not the only one. I had assumed it was a DNS problem, so I changed DNS and haven't had a problem since. It may not be though...see here http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4243316/I-am-not-able-to-open-www-codeproject-com-website-.aspx[^]
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
Hmmm, I think I found the problem.[^] The only reason changing DNS servers works is probably because the private subnet entry has not propagated yet. Once all of the DNS servers in the world have cached the private subnet... the lights will go out. Even though the refresh time is set to 7200 seconds... many caching DNS servers will ignore that. Look on the bright side... the server load will be reduced and we who know about the problem can enjoy faster page load for the next few days. :) Best Wishes, -David Delaune
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Hmmm, I think I found the problem.[^] The only reason changing DNS servers works is probably because the private subnet entry has not propagated yet. Once all of the DNS servers in the world have cached the private subnet... the lights will go out. Even though the refresh time is set to 7200 seconds... many caching DNS servers will ignore that. Look on the bright side... the server load will be reduced and we who know about the problem can enjoy faster page load for the next few days. :) Best Wishes, -David Delaune
Randor wrote:
the server load will be reduced and we who know about the problem can enjoy faster page load for the next few days
That's cruel! :laugh:
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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Hmmm, I think I found the problem.[^] The only reason changing DNS servers works is probably because the private subnet entry has not propagated yet. Once all of the DNS servers in the world have cached the private subnet... the lights will go out. Even though the refresh time is set to 7200 seconds... many caching DNS servers will ignore that. Look on the bright side... the server load will be reduced and we who know about the problem can enjoy faster page load for the next few days. :) Best Wishes, -David Delaune
I reloded the site, was still behaving the same way, i started reading the comments, clicked your link and i got the site the "normal way" in a new tab, then i reloaded this mesageboard too and presto. So i guess the DNS problem "disappeared" between the two loads. Thanks for your answer. :)
> The problem with computers is that they do what you tell them to do and not what you want them to do. < > If it doesn't matter, it's antimatter.<
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Hello people! I have trouble accessing the site, the browser gave me "host not found", i kept trying for some time thinking it's some temporary problem but no change, then i tried a few "is this site online" pages and noticed that some of them says it is offline while some of them says it is online. I tried using nslookup to see what happens and it gave me "request timeout"-s, which i guess indicates that it indeed is some DNS lookup problem. Then i dig around some and found the IP for the site and tried accessing the site that way which more or less works. So i see the site but it seems to answer very slowly, the style sheets don't seem to get downloaded either (the site looks "scrambled", no coloring either, just black text on white background with a few images here and there). Did anyone of you also experience issues or knows what might be happening? Sorry if i am not asking at the right message board but hey, i'm glad i could get this far at all.
> The problem with computers is that they do what you tell them to do and not what you want them to do. < > If it doesn't matter, it's antimatter.<
Reboot, or clear your DNS.
ipconfig /flushdnsIIRC. -
I had the same problem - and am not the only one. I had assumed it was a DNS problem, so I changed DNS and haven't had a problem since. It may not be though...see here http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4243316/I-am-not-able-to-open-www-codeproject-com-website-.aspx[^]
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
While i was browsing through the answers i got for this post of mine it "suddenly popped back" to normal. I guess the DNS network got updated. Thanks for your answer.
> The problem with computers is that they do what you tell them to do and not what you want them to do. < > If it doesn't matter, it's antimatter.<
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Reboot, or clear your DNS.
ipconfig /flushdnsIIRC.Yeah, i did that earlier, didn't help, but now things seems to be back to normal again, i suspect the DNS server(s) got updated.
> The problem with computers is that they do what you tell them to do and not what you want them to do. < > If it doesn't matter, it's antimatter.<
