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From: Peter James on 1 Aug 2010 11:02
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> Peter James <pfjames2000(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm using an Intel iMac 3.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with OS X v 10.6.04
> > along with Safari v 5.0.1 and occasionally Camino v 2.0.3.
> >
> > My system firewall is turned off, and I'm using the firewall built in to
> > my Belkin wired router.
> >
> > I am unable to open certain sites, as an example:
> >
> > http://mapwow.com/
> >
> > http://www.wowwiki.com/Portal:Main
>
> When you say "can't open" what actually hapens when you try?
Safari and Camino both just hang after tryping in the URL. I've waited
for up to 10 minutes with no result. The browser just hangs there.
> >
> > Could there be any other settings that might be refusing me access to
> > these sites within the OS?
> > I've checked the Belkin router and I can't find any settings that
> > disallow these sites.
> >
> > I do see that in the Belkln router settings is a series of settings that
> > would allow me to set these sites as "allowed". But it would seem that
> > I need the web address starting something like 192, etc to enter them.
> > Where would I find these?
>
> You can find the IP address by opening Terminal.app and typing "host"
> followed by the web address (or, rather, the bit after the 'http://' and
> upto the '.com'
>
> Example:
>
> host mapwow.com
> host www.wowwiki.com
>
>
> The first one gives:
>
> mapwow.com has address 67.207.148.157
> mapwow.com mail is handled by 0 mx1.sub3.homie.mail.dreamhost.com.
> mapwow.com mail is handled by 0 mx2.sub3.homie.mail.dreamhost.com.
Strange. Using terminal for mapwow.com gives me 62.207.148.157 and for
wowwiki I get two IP addresses of 83.223.112.139 and 83.223.112.142
Why the difference between the addresses I got and the one's you
provided?
>
> and the second one gives:
>
> www.wowwiki.com is an alias for wowwiki.com.
> wowwiki.com has address 208.174.57.186
>
> You can ignore the lines that say other stuff.
>
> Jim


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From: WelshGas on 1 Aug 2010 11:30
On 01/08/2010 16:02, in article
1jmjyyx.1ku33bn1kp6lz4N%pfjames2000(a)googlemail.com, "Peter James"
<pfjames2000(a)googlemail.com> wrote:

> "Graham J" <graham(a)invalid> wrote:
>
>> "Peter James" <pfjames2000(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1jmjmr0.1k8q1zmwfav5cN%pfjames2000(a)googlemail.com...
>>> I'm using an Intel iMac 3.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with OS X v 10.6.04
>>> along with Safari v 5.0.1 and occasionally Camino v 2.0.3.
>>>
>>> My system firewall is turned off, and I'm using the firewall built in to
>>> my Belkin wired router.
>>>
>>> I am unable to open certain sites, as an example:
>>>
>>> http://mapwow.com/
>>>
>>> http://www.wowwiki.com/Portal:Main
>>>
>>> Could there be any other settings that might be refusing me access to
>>> these sites within the OS?
>>> I've checked the Belkin router and I can't find any settings that
>>> disallow these sites.
>>>
>>> I do see that in the Belkln router settings is a series of settings that
>>> would allow me to set these sites as "allowed". But it would seem that
>>> I need the web address starting something like 192, etc to enter them.
>>> Where would I find these?
>>>
>>> Thank you for any replies, I am getting a bit desperate on this.
>>
>> What happens why you try a different computer connected to the same router,
>> or the same computer connected to a different router, or even a different
>> router and a different computer connected to the same phone line & ISP?
> I can't do that as I don't have the resources to do it. The strange
> thing is that I've just changed my old G5 iMac for this machine three
> months back. Before that the router behaved perfectly. Never a
> problem.

So we have established that you changed the Computer 3 months ago, BUT not
the router.
I presume you were able to get to these sites with the old computer?
Since changing computer have you been able to load the sites or is this the
first time you have tried?
If this is the first time you have tried, have you changed anything on the
router since changing the computers?
Have you rebooted the router?
Have you emptied the cache or reset Safari - See under Menu Safari

Both sites open fine here using the same computer setup with a Belkin
router.

These are On-Line Gaming sites - Does your ISP allow them?

--
Welsh Gas
Remove usual to reply direct.
paulatwoodsforddotcodotuk

From: Chris Ridd on 1 Aug 2010 12:41
On 2010-08-01 16:30:02 +0100, WelshGas said:

> On 01/08/2010 16:02, in article
> 1jmjyyx.1ku33bn1kp6lz4N%pfjames2000(a)googlemail.com, "Peter James"
> <pfjames2000(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> I can't do that as I don't have the resources to do it. The strange
>> thing is that I've just changed my old G5 iMac for this machine three
>> months back. Before that the router behaved perfectly. Never a
>> problem.
>
> So we have established that you changed the Computer 3 months ago, BUT not
> the router.
> I presume you were able to get to these sites with the old computer?
> Since changing computer have you been able to load the sites or is this the
> first time you have tried?
> If this is the first time you have tried, have you changed anything on the
> router since changing the computers?
> Have you rebooted the router?
> Have you emptied the cache or reset Safari - See under Menu Safari
>
> Both sites open fine here using the same computer setup with a Belkin
> router.
>
> These are On-Line Gaming sites - Does your ISP allow them?

Does disabling IPv6 on your Mac help?
--
Chris

From: isw on 1 Aug 2010 14:54
In article <1jmjmr0.1k8q1zmwfav5cN%pfjames2000(a)googlemail.com>,
pfjames2000(a)googlemail.com (Peter James) wrote:

> I'm using an Intel iMac 3.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with OS X v 10.6.04
> along with Safari v 5.0.1 and occasionally Camino v 2.0.3.
>
> My system firewall is turned off, and I'm using the firewall built in to
> my Belkin wired router.
>
> I am unable to open certain sites, as an example:
>
> http://mapwow.com/
>
> http://www.wowwiki.com/Portal:Main
>
> Could there be any other settings that might be refusing me access to
> these sites within the OS?
> I've checked the Belkin router and I can't find any settings that
> disallow these sites.

Might be a DNS problem. Open Preferences/Network, select Advanced ...,
and then select DNS.

Add a couple of well-known public servers to your list of DNS Servers
and see if that helps.

You can find lists online, and it would be best to use ones near you,
but here are the ones on my list:

156.154.70.1
208.67.220.220
4.2.2.2

An open-source utility called "namebench" can help you find the best DNS
for you to use.

--

Isaac
From: Mike Lane on 1 Aug 2010 18:19
isw wrote on Aug 1, 2010:

> In article <1jmjmr0.1k8q1zmwfav5cN%pfjames2000(a)googlemail.com>,
> pfjames2000(a)googlemail.com (Peter James) wrote:
>
>> I'm using an Intel iMac 3.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with OS X v 10.6.04
>> along with Safari v 5.0.1 and occasionally Camino v 2.0.3.
>>
>> My system firewall is turned off, and I'm using the firewall built in to
>> my Belkin wired router.
>>
>> I am unable to open certain sites, as an example:
>>
>> http://mapwow.com/
>>
>> http://www.wowwiki.com/Portal:Main
>>
>> Could there be any other settings that might be refusing me access to
>> these sites within the OS?
>> I've checked the Belkin router and I can't find any settings that
>> disallow these sites.
>
> Might be a DNS problem. Open Preferences/Network, select Advanced ...,
> and then select DNS.
>
> Add a couple of well-known public servers to your list of DNS Servers
> and see if that helps.
>
> You can find lists online, and it would be best to use ones near you,
> but here are the ones on my list:
>
> 156.154.70.1
> 208.67.220.220
> 4.2.2.2
>
> An open-source utility called "namebench" can help you find the best DNS
> for you to use.
>

I had a problem accessing a particular website (Agile Web Solutions).
Changing my DNS setting to Google Public DNS solved the problem:
http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/

--
Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
mike_lane at mac dot com

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