cant access website

[johnnyrico]

Hi, theres a website which when i try to access doesnt work, it just gives me server not found msg. Now i asked my friend to see if he can enter the site and well he can, it works for him but not for me. How do i fix the problem, i can enter any other website but somewhy i cant enter this one. Some time ago i could enter it but this thing just comes and goes. one day i can enter the next i cant it was a while ago. Now i just cant enter... I got firefox 1.5

 

[Verve]

What is the site?

Try using Internet Explorer (do you have it?).

Open IE -> Tools -> Internet Options -> Delete your cookies and temporary internet files.

Likewise, in firefox, go to Tools -> Clear Private Data -> Select all the boxes and clear them.

See if this works

 

[willsteele]

I had a similiar issue a few days ago with my site host. There are three major potential issues: you, them and the middle man.

1) you: you might have issues on your machine. To test for the site without the browser, trying pinging the IP address. If you get a full return, you know you're getting data from the site, so look elsewhere.
2) middle man: it might be your ISP. Depending on what time of day and the size/quality of your ISP, there could be problems they don't make public.
3) them: is the size on a good host? If so, are they upgrading? A bad host can be unstable in their up time and you feel the down side of that. A site in regular upgrades (depending on the developer) will take pages down and leave empty spots while building/upgrading.