Parental control? I just clicked on the link, hough I didn't see anything objectionable to me, it could be that for whatever reason there is some limits being enforced somewhere (IP and laptop address). ~) Tamas Rudnai wrote: > So as I understood when you do an nslookup on a particular URL then it > returns with the *correct* IP? But when doing that so with any > browser, then it goes somewhere else? What does ipconfig /all says? > (is the DNS server correct?) Do you have a proxy set up in your > browser? Do you have any plug-in / add-on / toolbar installed? Could > you download the HTML with wget or curl or even with google chrome? > > Tamas > > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Richard Prosser wrote: > >> Just wondering if anyone can illuminate me. >> >> We have just bought my daughter a Sony Vaio laptop. Comes complete >> with windows7 and IE etc. etc. >> >> Now all went well at first but then I got the complaint that she >> couldn't access a particular website . No message, just >> a long load time and then timeout. >> >> So I try on my laptop and it works fine. I try pinging the site on my >> daughters machine & the IP address returns OK - so DNS is working OK! >> >> Tried using the raw IP addresses. No Go. >> >> I try my sons laptop and my desktop all OK, but my daughters is >> definitely not getting it. Maybe an activeX / security issue - >> apparently not after disabling most of the protection. >> >> Maybe an IE issue - so downloaded Firefox. Nope. Still no go. >> >> Eventually I tried changing the DNS servers anyway. Still No go. >> >> Then I added the OpenDNS servers to the DNS list and everthing came >> right - until the next day when it failed again. So this time I moved >> the OpenDNS servers to the top of the list and, again it worked - & >> apparently still is. >> >> Now Why did the correct IP address get resolved by the ping, but not >> the browser - some sort of redirect? And why did I have to add >> additional DNS servers to get it work at all? >> >> My system here uses a router/ADSL modem that is normally setup as the >> primary DNS server and which itself has my ISP's DNS servers for >> lookup. And I can't change this - the firmware has it locked in. So >> I've set up my machines to at least use one different DNS as well. But >> my son's laptop will just be using the standard setup - and that >> worked OK. >> >> Note: OpenDNS was the only server that worked. The new google servers >> also failed. >> >> Thanks, Any understanding would be appreciated in case I get a repeat. >> >> Richard Prosser >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> >> > > > > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist