Have you tried with any other browser? Or you'd really like it to work with IE you could install a proxy on your computer which IE uses to gets to the site.
On 13 Sep 2002 18:05:19 -0000 Irene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Thank you Burton.I tried to reload the page again and again and I also > tried the reboot magic, no different. :( > > It is not a https site. no SSL involved. It is just a bbs site. Currently > I have to use telnet to get into the site. When I tried telnet xxx.xxx.xxx > 80, it said connection lost. Seems the http port only closed on this > machine. I can browser the site using http in all the other computers. > > Frustrated. :( > > Any more suggestions? > > Irene > > >Received: (qmail 19688 invoked from network); 13 Sep 2002 16:52:12 -0000 > >Received: from outgoing2.securityfocus.com (HELO > outgoing.securityfocus.com) (66.38.151.26) > > by mail.securityfocus.com with SMTP; 13 Sep 2002 16:52:12 -0000 > >Received: from lists.securityfocus.com (lists.securityfocus.com > [66.38.151.19]) > > by outgoing.securityfocus.com (Postfix) with QMQP > > id 851D28F293; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 09:09:13 -0600 (MDT) > >Mailing-List: contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]; run by ezmlm > >Precedence: bulk > >List-Id: <security-basics.list-id.securityfocus.com> > >List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >List-Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Delivered-To: moderator for [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Received: (qmail 24355 invoked from network); 13 Sep 2002 15:28:54 -0000 > >From: "Burton M. Strauss III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Cc: "Irene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: help with network problem > >Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 10:46:37 -0500 > >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >X-Priority: 3 (Normal) > >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) > >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (added by > vader.se.ilan.cogent.net) > >Importance: Normal > >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 > > > >While ping serves to test tcp/ip connectivity (is there a machine there?), > >it doesn't mean that the web server is up, nor answering queries, etc. > > > >However, if you can ping the server from home and can ping & browse from > >other sites, then it's probably not a tcp/ip problem. > > > >The next likely suspect is the browser. I have seen similar problems with > >IE6, where there appear to be some case(s) where the handshake setting up > >the session doesn't work. > > > > * Try pressing the STOP button and then ENTER. For me, this often makes > >it work, but no clue why. > > > > * Try closing the browser (ALL open sessions) and restarting - it > appears > >that negative information (e.g. page not available) is cached... so once > it > >fails, it's failed until the cache entry expires. > > > >If this is an https:// site, there is also a (little used) ssl option > called > >TLS. Some of the implementations and servers have problems with it. Try > >turning it off (Tools | Internet Options | Advanced -- then search > for "Use > >TLS v1". > > > >-----Burton > > > > > >Some background... Web and ping actually are very different protocols -- > >see this (http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/Topics/81.htm) for some background. > > > >"Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), documented in RFC 792, is a > >required protocol tightly integrated with IP. ICMP messages, delivered in > IP > >packets, are used for out-of-band messages related to network operation or > >mis-operation. Of course, since ICMP uses IP, ICMP packet delivery is > >unreliable, so hosts can't count on receiving ICMP packets for any network > >problem." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >On Thursday 12 September 2002 02:24 pm, Irene wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Recently, I have found that I am not able to browser one website at > home. > >> ( Only that website so far). I am able to ping it and got reply really > >> fast, but when I use IE to browser it, it just keeps going and going and > >> never stops. No even general "page not found" error message. I can > access > >> that website in some other places. The other computers on the same LAN > can > >> access that website. I tried to put ip address instead of domain name, > but > >> it doesnt make any difference. I have updated my IE to IE6 and put all > the > >> patches and checked all the options in advance options. Doesnt help. I > >> dont know what to do with it. I do can telnet to that site though. > >> > >> Does anyone have a clue? Isnt it weird? > >> > >> Thank you for the help in advance. > >> > >> Irene > > > >-- > >---------- > >Matt Hemingway > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://www.pcnalert.com > >626-585-2788 x136 > >---------- > > > > >
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