Slayer 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2004 Yesterday, after going home, I attempted to get on TSM (as I usually do), but I received the message "could not access forums.thesmartmarks.com" After asking a couple fellow board members if the board was down and having them tell me they could access it just fine, I went to my other computer to check, just to make sure it wasn't an issue with the first comp (like how the cookies were preventing me from anon-login), again, same issue. "Connection timed out trying to access forums.thesmartmarks.com" Then, just to make sure it wasn't maybe a temporary issue, I attempted to access TSM again this morning before leaving for work (where I am now) and the same thing happened. What the hell is wrong? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2004 Update: I also brought my comp to work today to work on technical stuff, and I tested it out and can access TSM fine from it on this network, so it's not a software issue. Something about IP resolution maybe? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IllustriousOne 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2004 Do you run AOL or any variant of it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dazed Report post Posted May 27, 2004 Hit Start, and then "run". Type CMD into the box, and type: ping google.com [enter] This will bring up a bunch of stats (hopefully) or will time out (doubtful) Then try: ping thesmartmarks.com [enter] Hopefully you'll get the stats again Finally: ping forums.thesmartmarks.com [enter] And tell me if it times out or whether you get a bunch of stats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2004 Do you run AOL or any variant of it? Negative. I use DSL (SBC) at home and a university server at work Nik, I'll try you're idea when I get home, but that won't be for another couple hours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IllustriousOne 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2004 Oo, now that he says that, you might try... Open CMD: Type cd\ to get to a reg. C prompt. Type ipconfig /flushdns Following that, totally clear your browser cache. EDIT: Fixed a syntax error. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cobainwasmurdered Report post Posted May 27, 2004 there are so many jokes to make here. Why can't this be someone else? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2004 there are so many jokes to make here. Why can't this be someone else? Are you trying to ask me out? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cobainwasmurdered Report post Posted May 27, 2004 no comment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted May 28, 2004 After following IO's suggestion, as well as restarting my router and reconnecting thru a different IP, the problem seems to be fixed now So apparently TSM didn't like whatever IP I had before... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cobainwasmurdered Report post Posted May 28, 2004 After following IO's suggestion, as well as restarting my router and reconnecting thru a different IP, the problem seems to be fixed now So apparently TSM didn't like whatever IP I had before... Prince PauL! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
griffinmills 0 Report post Posted June 16, 2004 After following IO's suggestion, as well as restarting my router and reconnecting thru a different IP, the problem seems to be fixed now So apparently TSM didn't like whatever IP I had before... I can second that, smartmarks.com and forums.smartmarks.com both crap out when you have certain SBC IP's. Another way to test it is to use http://www.anonymizer.com/index.cgi at the top of the page you can type in IP's. Sometimes I can get to sites that have banned the random SBC DSL IP you get assigned. Generally a reboot of the modem will get you a new IP but leave it off for a few seconds to help insure it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
