Can't access specific websites
 

Despite having pretty much the whole web at my fingertips, every so often I get the 'Internet Explorer cannot display webpage' screen

I've tried using other browsers, system restore, cleared cookies, cleared cache, powered modem off and on again, checked for viruses and spyware ..yatta yatta. The same error screen appears for these specific websites.

The DNS resolve perfectly into IP addresses but, using one site as an example, when I ping it - it times out and all 4 packets are lost. When I traceroute the site, it gets stuck on the 14th hop and times out. The problem appears to be with a network in the Czech republic called http://www.masterinter.net. It looks to me as though the machines in masterinter.net are taking up the data packets from my computer and trashing them.

Does anyone know of any routing or bogon filtering issues with the IP addresses being doled out by VM (my IP address begins with 82.23.x.x)?

Would changing my IP address solve the problem? (I have seen Chris W's and eth01's cunning methodologies - all thanks to them.

Would using a proxy server in my LAN settings solve the problem? If so can anyone point me in the direction of a working VM proxy server? (I'm based in London).

Many thanks

Re: Can't access specific websites
 

:welcome: to the forum.

I have moved your post out of the articles section (which is reserved for reference articles) into the main forum, which is for queries and help.

Re: Can't access specific websites
 

I've been getting this too.... and I even tried a different DNS provider, different browsers... after first scanning my machine for all the usual suspects.

Yesterday I clicked to open several pages on this site (open in background tab... Opera) and they all sat there doing nothing... even on reloads/refresh. No other programs downloading or uploading, at the time...

It mostly happens after 4pm....