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Public => Public Discussion => Topic started by: lockwood on 29 June, 2008, 08:29:24 pm

Title: Tech help!
Post by: lockwood on 29 June, 2008, 08:29:24 pm: Ok, Friday I couldn't get on Facebook. It was annoying, but I thought it would fix itself. The next day, my sister said she could not get on Facebook with her PC either. So I dug up another computer and tried that. Didn't work - several other sites also suddenly stopped loading. I don't understand what's wrong. We're all on the same network (I'm hardwired to the router). I guess it's something to do with the connection. But why do some sites work? I 'ping www.facebook.com' (http://www.facebook.com) and got Request Timed Out.

I don't get it! I don't know if you have the answers, but any suggestions would be great!

Help me, Mox, you're my only hope.

Lockwood
(LOTRO)
Title: Tech help!
Post by: Satchamoo on 30 June, 2008, 08:51:27 am: Just slash your wrists mate theres no hope
Title: Tech help!
Post by: Amadreruil on 30 June, 2008, 10:48:41 am: Facebook is rubbish anyway.. *shrug*
Title: Tech help!
Post by: ZombieB on 30 June, 2008, 12:10:21 pm: Facebook has been shut down and all information has been confiscated by CIA.

Full story @ CNN (http://pandadan.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/noob.jpg)

It might come back up though - so try again later on?
Title: Tech help!
Post by: Tabasco on 30 June, 2008, 12:32:27 pm: I had a similar problem about a year ago. Resetting the router helped me sometimes but I had to buy a new one at the end.

We also have a subforum for tech problems. You might want to post there. I think you can expect more constructive posts there.

Tab
Title: Tech help!
Post by: ZombieB on 30 June, 2008, 01:37:50 pm: Could try resetting router - or a router to facebook is down - or facebook is down - or your machines have been hijacked by a virus and decides to point www.facebook.com somewhere else.

Most likely its a ISP routing issue where certain routes to targets are having problems.

You could download a traceroute program and run a check to see where it stops.
Title: Tech help!
Post by: Civill on 30 June, 2008, 01:46:09 pm: Quote from: ZombieB
Could try resetting router - or a router to facebook is down - or facebook is down - or your machines have been hijacked by a virus and decides to point www.facebook.com somewhere else.

Most likely its a ISP routing issue where certain routes to targets are having problems.

You could download a traceroute program and run a check to see where it stops.

Just use the one in windows command prompt?

Edit:

the command to traceroute www.google.com is:
tracert www.google.com
Title: Tech help!
Post by: ZombieB on 30 June, 2008, 01:58:18 pm: Quote from: Civill
Just use the one in windows command prompt?

Yeh you could I suppose.
Title: Tech help!
Post by: The Flange on 30 June, 2008, 03:37:07 pm: Quote from: ZombieB
Yeh you could I suppose.
You tell him Zomb....
Title: Tech help!
Post by: Satchamoo on 30 June, 2008, 10:49:08 pm: Check out this I saw vid on this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU) lockwood
Title: Tech help!
Post by: Civill on 01 July, 2008, 12:05:29 am: Quote from: Satchamoo
Check out this I saw vid on this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU) lockwood

You really are a blessing for the community aren't you.
Thank god we have members like you.
Title: Tech help!
Post by: lockwood on 01 July, 2008, 07:53:22 pm: Quote from: Satchamoo
Check out this I saw vid on this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU) lockwood

Haha
Title: Tech help!
Post by: Exigo on 01 July, 2008, 11:00:27 pm: check the host file to see if any noobs have added facebook.com to tha list..

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\host.something
Title: Tech help!
Post by: lockwood on 02 July, 2008, 09:58:22 am: Thx - I think I might have done that but will try as soon as I get back. Thank you all for the help so far
Title: Tech help!
Post by: Satchamoo on 02 July, 2008, 08:40:33 pm: Quote from: Civill
You really are a blessing for the community aren't you.
Thank god we have members like you.