Site loading problems

[JCC]

Another thing you guyz should do is to flush the DNS cache. What the DNS does it store your most viewed URLs and the IP address for those websites on a local server....for many people....its the local server for your internet provider. (Verizon DSL, COMCAST, etc) That server is responsible for controlling & establishing your connection to the internet. Over time the IP address become corrupt or unreachable.

Hit the start menu, then RUN....type in CMD.....at the DOS prompt, type IPCONFIG /FLUSHDNS.

This removes old IP address and allows new stuff to be stored. Hope this helps.

[Jamie]

Originally Posted by Dark Engine

Have you tried any other browsers? I switched to firefox awhile ago and I've never had any problems. Also, try clearing out your cache, cookies, history and all that other mess. I would also try running disk cleanup and have it get rid of everything you need. Make sure it whipes your temp folders, I've seen that folder having adverse effects if it get's to large. I doubt a defrag would help, but it wouldn't hurt to run it if it's been awhile.

I suggest keeping everything that you need, not deleting it.

Originally Posted by JCC

Another thing you guyz should do is to flush the DNS cache. What the DNS does it store your most viewed URLs and the IP address for those websites on a local server....for many people....its the local server for your internet provider. (Verizon DSL, COMCAST, etc) That server is responsible for controlling & establishing your connection to the internet. Over time the IP address become corrupt or unreachable.

Hit the start menu, then RUN....type in CMD.....at the DOS prompt, type IPCONFIG /FLUSHDNS.

This removes old IP address and allows new stuff to be stored. Hope this helps.

Good suggestion. If the usual newbie browser cleaning and corruption checking doesn't work this often helps.

[Rev]

FYI - Just lost the connection to this site (no others) for about 10 minutes. Pages simply would not load (note: my PC is not the issue).

After 10 minutes it was fine again.

[Dark Engine]

Originally Posted by Jamie

I suggest keeping everything that you need, not deleting it.

Bleh, you know what I mean. Post edited accordingly.

Originally Posted by Jamie

Good suggestion. If the usual newbie browser cleaning and corruption checking doesn't work this often helps.

I haven't used ipconfig in forever. Then again, most issues with my connection I can fix with regedit or my router so I usually access that and fix everything.
DOS, the good ol' days of computers... I resented the mouse/icon interface for awhile when 3.1 became mainstream.