[Ti] Problem Accessing a Specific Website

[Scott Strehlow]

Jerry,

According to http://whois.domaintools.com/bbt.com, that site is on a  
dedicated server with the IP 208.11.12.253.  Try going to http:// 
208.11.12.253 and see if the site comes up.  It does for me.  If so,  
then you are having trouble somewhere in the DNS process.  You might  
try a different DNS server location and then try the URL again.  If  
it still doesn't work, then your machine may have somehow gotten that  
URL into the hosts file.

Open /private/etc/hosts in TextEdit.  Most people's should look like  
this:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1	localhost
255.255.255.255	broadcasthost
::1             localhost

If you have other items in there, that may be ok, but the important  
one to look for is bbt.com.  If it is there, it must be removed.  You  
need root privilege to edit this file.  Open a terminal and type "man  
hosts" for more info.

Scott



On Mar 14, 2008, at 9:55 AM, Obrecht, Jerry A wrote:

> Hi, all.  I am running 10.4.11 on a TiBook.  There is one website, my
> bank's, which I cannot get into.  Whenever I try, I get an immediate
> error from the browser that says to the effect that the server has
> dropped the connection.  This happens with either Safari, Camino, or
> Firefox, and has been happening for some time, in fact since I first
> upgraded to 10.4.6.  I do not experience a problem using a Windows
> machine with IE or Firefox.
>
> Would you all mind verifying access to the website yourselves,
> www.bbt.com , and letting me know what may be mis-set on my TiBook
> before I complain to the bank?
>
> Thanks in advance, and apologies for cross posting: hoping to reach a
> wide audience.
>
> Jerry
>
>
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