paddypower Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) when I am using Firefox or Chrome, suddenly over the past few days, 90% of my log on efforts to various websites get rejected with the same error message. something along the lines of ''unable to connect to this website', check your firewall, etc'. if I keep tapping on the repeat box, eventually I get connected. this is occuring with the most common used sites, such as BBC, Guardian, even Aseannow. tia. (PS i am using Win 10 v. 22H2) Edited March 22, 2023 by paddypower spell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Reset your network. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) Let's rule out network problems. Open up a terminal window (Command Prompt, PowerShell) and type in:ping -t account.bbc.com If you get a return like in the screen shot, then your DNS and network are working and your problems lies outside of network issues. You can break out of the "ping" command by using Control-C. If you get something that looks like the returns below, you have network issues on your end. Post what you see and we can go from there. To me it sounds as though you have intermittent network issues. Edited March 22, 2023 by connda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Also, do you use a VPN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G Rex Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 I have recently started using a VPN (and switched on ‘cleanweb’) specifically for this site. It works very well to stop pop-ups and ads. Hallelujah. However - many other sites I visit are slow to connect (or will not) - so I often have to pause the Surfing shark while I connect. A small price to pay IMO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddypower Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/22/2023 at 11:52 AM, connda said: Also, do you use a VPN? yep - Proton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 8 minutes ago, paddypower said: yep - Proton Have you run the network checks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddypower Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/22/2023 at 11:50 AM, connda said: Let's rule out network problems. Open up a terminal window (Command Prompt, PowerShell) and type in:ping -t account.bbc.com If you get a return like in the screen shot, then your DNS and network are working and your problems lies outside of network issues. You can break out of the "ping" command by using Control-C. If you get something that looks like the returns below, you have network issues on your end. Post what you see and we can go from there. To me it sounds as though you have intermittent network issues. Here is what I am getting (screen captute) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunHeineken Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Clear cache, cookies, history etc. Maybe use a program like Crap Cleaner to make this easy. Shut down computer. Power cycle your modem / router and wait a few minutes. Turn on your computer and try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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