JetsetBkk Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I haven't been able to get to the http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ site. Anyone else have this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I just clicked on your link. No problems with reaching their website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crabdog Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Fine for me on ToT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 (edited) No prob. ToT. Fifa corruption inquiry: Sepp Blatter under pressure35 minutes ago What exactly do you see? (error message, timeout, can't find, ...) Do you see this?: http://203.113.26.210/ This is "blocked". Edited May 28, 2015 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Link opens fine for me...I'm on True in Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 No prob. ToT. Fifa corruption inquiry: Sepp Blatter under pressure 35 minutes ago What exactly do you see? (error message, timeout, can't find, ...) Do you see this?: http://203.113.26.210/ This is "blocked". For a long time I've been redirecting w3.mict.go.th to 127.0.0.1 in my "hosts" file. But I just tried the Daily Mail... ("http://www.dailymail.co.uk" - a known blocked site) and I do get the MICT page. So that particular redirection isn't working any more. Maybe I need to add the IP address (203.113.26.210) to my hosts file as well. But that doesn't help me get through to the BBC. While waiting for the BBC page to load, the tab says "Connecting to www.bbc.co.uk" for a minute or so and then I get: "Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at www.bbc.co.uk." If I use the TOR Browser, I can get through. I'm on 3BB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 I just clicked on your link. No problems with reaching their website Which ISP are you on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Maybe I need to add the IP address (203.113.26.210) to my hosts file as well. But that doesn't help me get through to the BBC. Please not! A misunderstanding. Click on the link and you would see what you would get if the site is blocked by MICT. The "green page": http://203.113.26.210/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 (edited) Can you do a ping to bbc.co.uk? ping bbc.co.uk Should look similar to this (just text in English): Ping wird ausgeführt für bbc.co.uk [212.58.246.104] mit 32 Bytes Daten:Antwort von 212.58.246.104: Bytes=32 Zeit=366ms TTL=49Antwort von 212.58.246.104: Bytes=32 Zeit=366ms TTL=49Antwort von 212.58.246.104: Bytes=32 Zeit=518ms TTL=49Antwort von 212.58.246.104: Bytes=32 Zeit=396ms TTL=49 Edited May 28, 2015 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Can you do a ping to bbc.co.uk? ping bbc.co.uk Should look similar to this (just text in English): Ping wird ausgeführt für bbc.co.uk [212.58.246.104] mit 32 Bytes Daten: Antwort von 212.58.246.104: Bytes=32 Zeit=366ms TTL=49 Antwort von 212.58.246.104: Bytes=32 Zeit=366ms TTL=49 Antwort von 212.58.246.104: Bytes=32 Zeit=518ms TTL=49 Antwort von 212.58.246.104: Bytes=32 Zeit=396ms TTL=49 C:\Documents and Settings\JS>ping bbc.co.uk Pinging bbc.co.uk [212.58.246.103] with 32 bytes of data: Destination host unreachable. Destination host unreachable. Destination host unreachable. Destination host unreachable. Ping statistics for 212.58.246.103: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss), Hmm. Not good. re. the green page - yes I know which one you mean. The idea of adding it to the hosts file is to get an instant blank response when trying to access a blocked site rather than wait ages for the MICT page to load, as it is often very slow to respond. So, I wonder why 3BB won't let me through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 I just put in a call to 3BB call centre. They are looking into it. I blame that Jonathan Head and his Rohingya reports.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad97 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I just clicked on your link. No problems with reaching their website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 (edited) I just clicked on your link. No problems with reaching their website Which ISP are you on? (3BB called at 8:25am to say they are working on it. Ouch, yawn...) Edited May 29, 2015 by JetsetBkk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I have 3BB and had no problems with Chrome. I just tried it with Firefox and had no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginkas Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Something wrong at your end, methinks. I'm on 3BB and have had no trouble getting the BBC news page, yesterday and this morning. Certainly not being blocked by 3BB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 3BB, Firefox, in the boonies, nooooooo problem using your link... Ah - same as me, except not in the boonies. Anyway, I just found the problem and apologised to 3BB as it is not their problem - it is mine. Although my Desktop could not get to the BBC, my Netbook could. I should've tried that earlier. So in my Desktop I renamed the "hosts" file in "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc", rebooted and now I can get to the BBC on my Desktop. This Hosts file hasn't changed in about 5 years, so it's a mystery as to why it should now cause a problem. I'll go through it removing anything that looks like it may be linked to the BBC and see if I can find the entry that is stopping my access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Something wrong at your end, methinks. I'm on 3BB and have had no trouble getting the BBC news page, yesterday and this morning. Certainly not being blocked by 3BB. Correct. ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 No problem for me clicking your link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 I couldn't find the entry in my hosts file that was stopping access to www.bbc.co.uk, so I renamed the file back again to "hosts" expecting the same problem - no access to the BBC. But even though I'm now using the same hosts file, I can still get to the BBC! I even replaced the file that I had renamed with the identical one from my last backup. Still I can get to the BBC. So although the hosts file was stopping access, once I removed it by renaming it and got access to the BBC, putting back the hosts file has not stopped me getting to the BBC again. (Each of these changes were followed by a complete re-start of the PC). I tried ipconfig: /flushdns, /releasedns, /renewdns, but still I can access the BBC. One oddity: Before, bbc.co.uk resolved to 212.58.246.103: C:\Documents and Settings\JS>ping bbc.co.uk Pinging bbc.co.uk [212.58.246.103] with 32 bytes of data: Destination host unreachable. Destination host unreachable. Destination host unreachable. Destination host unreachable. Ping statistics for 212.58.246.103: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss) Now, bbc.co.uk resolves to a different name and IP adress: C:\Documents and Settings\JS>ping www.bbc.co.uk Pinging www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.244.66] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 212.58.244.66: bytes=32 time=301ms TTL=48 Reply from 212.58.244.66: bytes=32 time=302ms TTL=48 Reply from 212.58.244.66: bytes=32 time=301ms TTL=48 Reply from 212.58.244.66: bytes=32 time=301ms TTL=48 Ping statistics for 212.58.244.66: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 301ms, Maximum = 302ms, Average = 301ms - but I can successfully ping the old IP address that used to fail! Do an ADW clean (free).... Gave it a go after all my tests above - only a PUP detected and deleted, nothing major I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Blatter's probably paid someone to block it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 (edited) Found it! Nothing to do with any of the above. Peerblock was blocking the BBC. Lord knows why that has changed. I've been using it for years and it didn't used to block the BBC on my PC. And that explains why the Netbook would get to the BBC ok - I don't run peerblock on it. I'll be leaving now. Sorry. Edited May 29, 2015 by JetsetBkk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 As the OP has solved the problem, we'll close this now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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