12-24-2005, 06:38 PM
A couple days ago, I was in the middle of browsing a site, when suddenly, I could no longer connect. My requests simply time out. So I try to visit another site, thinking it was down, but this other site also had the same problem. The problem has persisted for nearly 48 hours now.
I do not know why this happenned, and those are the only two sites that do this. The sites are unrelated. One is for a video game, the other is my school's forums. I've spoken with the admin of the video game site, and he doesn't know what's wrong (I'm not blocked, in other words).
I've scanned my computer with Ad-Aware, Spybot, Norton Antivirus, etc., and all came up with nothing. My hosts file has no unusual entries, and I disabled my firewall to no avail. In short, I can't find out why this is happenning. The sites are not down, either. I have checked in both Firefox and IE and get the same problem.
I am using Windows XP Pro. Everything is up-to-date. I am using a Wireless connection. There would be no reason for my ISP to suddenly block both sites from access (I use Qwest DSL), especially since one site is a small private site.
Anyone have any ideas?
If this isn't fixed today, I think I may have to contact my ISP and see what's up.
I do not know why this happenned, and those are the only two sites that do this. The sites are unrelated. One is for a video game, the other is my school's forums. I've spoken with the admin of the video game site, and he doesn't know what's wrong (I'm not blocked, in other words).
I've scanned my computer with Ad-Aware, Spybot, Norton Antivirus, etc., and all came up with nothing. My hosts file has no unusual entries, and I disabled my firewall to no avail. In short, I can't find out why this is happenning. The sites are not down, either. I have checked in both Firefox and IE and get the same problem.
I am using Windows XP Pro. Everything is up-to-date. I am using a Wireless connection. There would be no reason for my ISP to suddenly block both sites from access (I use Qwest DSL), especially since one site is a small private site.
Anyone have any ideas?
If this isn't fixed today, I think I may have to contact my ISP and see what's up.