Unable to view specific site

[scrotnig]

On sunday I was unable to access my own website. (I'm not posting the URL as it might look like I am spamming). I tried everything I could, I could access all other sites ok, I was even able to access someone else's website that I happen to know is on the same server as mine! Numerous reports to the hosts failed to resolve it as they said they could get in ok.

Then I changed my ntl proxy to a manually specified one, and the site appeared.

I felt a bit of a charlie and put it down to a fluke. However, yesterday, the same thing happened again, I was able to access any website except my own. This was with the same manual proxy specified. So I changed it again, and the problem was fixed.

Tonight it's happened twice more, and I've had to change proxies twice more. On each occasion, if I revert to one of the previously-used proxies, the problem is still there. This defies all logic...how can only one site be affected like this? And sooner or later I am going to run out of proxies.

Does anyone have the foggiest idea what might be going on? I'm 2mb SACM Bromley by the way.

[IanUK]

Oh the joy of the Proxies

Its not just one site - this happens all the time with many sites including betanews/ebuyer/msn groups and many many more..

Sadly its a daily occurance for some of us to keep rotating proxies just to get sites to display

[Halcyon]

Yep sounds like a proxy problem.
Try a different proxy. There is a list avialable HERE

Have you changed anything on the site ? (i.e. added something that might upset the cache servers).

[scrotnig]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Have you changed anything on the site ? (i.e. added something that might upset the cache servers).

Not that I can think of. It's just a vBulletin-based forum with a few hacks, same as here.

[simbr]

It sounds rather like someone on the remote network is playing whack-a-mole and blocking each new proxy as you use it for some reason.