I tried to get to The World of Woodturners site today and getting "site can't be reached" errors. Probably just a temporary problem but thought I would ask.
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anyone try to get on the WOW's site today?
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I just logged on after reading your post, all is well.
I was on earlier - all good for me...
I've seen all kinds of weird after spending 25 years in the computer biz but this is weird. I am still getting the same message on three computers and two different browsers.
Dave try typing in the url fresh and not using the saved one.
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Check your nameservers? Try google's nameservers? If you had a linux machine, grab and install MTR (Matt's TraceRoute) and try pinging the IP address (nslookup domain.com 8.8.8.8) 8.8.8.8 is google dns server...
I had trouble for a couple hours a couple days ago, but no problems any time today
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typing the link directly in doesn't work. Even the link from a google search doesn't work. I have cleared cache and rebooted my system to no avail. perhaps tomorrow whatever's going on will be resolved.
I had an issue earlier but am able to get on now.
When I went to log on early in the morning the site was down but I've seen that a few times and I new it would be back up in a while. When I was done with my computer chores it was back up.
Yes, the morning of 7/13 I could not access the site. Later that day it was back up and running
thanks for the all the replies. I haven't been able to access for . tried rebooting my router but still no go. I'll post when/if I am able to get back in.
day 3 and still can't connect. tried changing DNS servers but still getting "site can't be reached" error . ran a ping to www.thewows.com ( It pinged 38.65.96.131) and got "destination port not reachable" can someone help me and run a ping and let me know what happens?
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That means that have ICMP turned off for responding to pings. That IP is resolving correctly, so it isn't a DNS issue. If you open up developer tools in the browser (Ctrl+Shift+I , or just right click and "Inspect" some element) perhaps there is some information the console tab?
thanks but console tab has "no issues" besides it's happening on three different windows computers on both chrome and edge and also on my chromebook! I am stumped and missing The WOWS! I'm going to take my laptop to another location and try it
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Good idea. I once had the strangest problem with our internet service and spent many hours investigating and several more hours convincing a service tech there was an issue. Without going into significant details, there was a bad relay modem at one of the hops between my home and work. If during the hops it hit that modem with an even number in the last octet, it worked fine, if the packets hit that hop with an odd number, 100% packet loss. I had logs and logs of traceroutes and I finally convinced the tech, he called a guy, that guy reset the device and everything worked.
Thanks Paul. Interesting. I haven't been able to try it today but tomorrow morning when I make my donut run, I'll connect to their wifi and see what happens. If it's good there, the next step is to call my ISP (Hyperfiber).
By any chance are you using a previously typed address that is wrong? Try typing it again instead of relying on what could have been previously entered incorrectly.