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    Can't access Geocities

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by codeoverride, Nov 23, 2007.

  1. codeoverride

    codeoverride Notebook Evangelist

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    For some reason I can't access geocities or any geocities based site from home. I took my laptop to work where I was able to connect so I'm guessing the problem is not my computer. The problem has persisted for over a week. Any ideas on how to fix it?

    Thanks! :)
     
    codeoverride, Nov 23, 2007
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  2. nobscot6

    nobscot6 Wise One

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    more infor pls

    who is your isp?

    are you on a wireless network at home??

    OS, etc
     
    nobscot6, Nov 23, 2007
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  3. codeoverride

    codeoverride Notebook Evangelist

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    I just moved to Dublin, Ireland. The ISP is NTL ( http://www.upc.ie)

    The network is wireless at home.

    Running on OS X Leopard

    This is the error message for www.geocities.com
    "Safari can’t open the page “ http://www.geocities.com/” because the server unexpectedly dropped the connection, which sometimes occurs when the server is busy. You might be able to open the page later."

    I have tried it with Firefox and that doesn't work either.. but like I said, I took the computer to work and didn't have any problems accessing geocities-based sites.. so I dunno :confused:
     
    codeoverride, Nov 23, 2007
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  4. blue68f100

    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    On your router, change your MTU to 1492 and see if it helps.
     
    blue68f100, Nov 23, 2007
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  5. codeoverride

    codeoverride Notebook Evangelist

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    Changing the MTU to 1492 didn't help :(
     
    codeoverride, Nov 24, 2007
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  6. kegobeer

    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    Contact your ISP - they may be blocking that entire range of IP addresses.
     
    kegobeer, Nov 24, 2007
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