imoc does not work on my pc

[Alex_Dunn]

whats firefox???

[raptor95GTS]

whats firefox???

its a new browser for the internet that is (so far) claimed to be better than Internet Explorer get it here http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ and clikc download.

I had some issues with this site with Internet Explorer but its ok now

[Nelly]

How abot tools/internet options/security and check the list of restricted sites, & set all the zones back to defaults. Guarenteed to work

[jonno]

If your getting a 404 error it means that the browser is most likely pointing at the wrong webserver. Which wither points to DNS or an iffy local hosts file.

Do ping "www.imoc.co.uk" and post back the ip address.

[Alex_Dunn]

i just installed firefox and put in imoc and it came up with bad request invaled hostname

[jonno]

ping www.imoc.co.uk and tell me what it says

[Alex_Dunn]

how do u ping it???

[jonno]

ok,

Open a command shell, (Start -> Run -> Type CMD then press enter)



When the black box appears type "ping www.imoc.co.uk" and tell me what the number says... I have highlighted it in red here...

[Alex_Dunn]

it came up with [213.171.193.29] with 32 mb of data, does this mean ne thing??

[BenF]

it came up with [213.171.193.29] with 32 mb of data, does this mean ne thing??

Aaah, now we're getting somewhere. That address is wrong, the IP address should be

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Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    www.imoc.co.uk
Address:  213.171.219.195

Did you do Neil Johnson's hack to add www.imoc.co.uk to your local 'hosts' file? If so, remove that entry as it points to the old NT server we were hosted from.

[jonno]

it came up with [213.171.193.29] with 32 mb of data, does this mean ne thing??

OK, at least that shows why its not working, the next step is to find out exactly where the problem is.

For the next test, open a cmd shell again (start -> run -> cmd -> enter), and type "nslookup www.imoc.co.uk" and report back what that says

I really only need the bits i have highlighted in red.

[jonno]

While we are tracing this fault, it would be handy to get the ouput of your "ipconfig /all" screen. From a cmd shell, just type the following...

ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt

then email me the c:\ipconfig.txt file so I can have a look.

Neil.

[Chris \'aka rustboy\' Amm]

it came up with [213.171.193.29] with 32 mb of data, does this mean ne thing??

Aaah, now we're getting somewhere. That address is wrong, the IP address should be

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Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    www.imoc.co.uk
Address:  213.171.219.195

Did you do Neil Johnson's hack to add www.imoc.co.uk to your local 'hosts' file? If so, remove that entry as it points to the old NT server we were hosted from.

lol i think your going to have to dumb it down to how he actually does that ben as that means nothing to most but me here i think :p

[Alex_Dunn]

ok latest results

server: jd.mshome.net

Address: 213.171.219.195

and you have mail of the ipconfig

[Tony jinxy froude]

And thats what makes IMOC so special & the best forum on the net !! well done Jonno, top advice , Jinxy

[jonno]

OK, the fact that nslookup is correct means that your DNS settings are correct. The fact that your ping setting is wrong means that your local hosts file is probably wrong.

Open the your c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file (Start -> Run - > "notepad c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts") and look for a line like this...

213.171.219.195 www.imoc.co.uk

If you find one comment it out completely by putting a "#" at the font.

#213.171.219.195 www.imoc.co.uk

Then save the file and try accessing the website again.

Neil.

[BenF]

Nice one Neil ..

[JohnnyC]

Open the your c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file (Start -> Run - > "notepad c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts") and look for a line like this...

Was hoping this would solve my longstanding problem of accessing http://www.borland.com - my ISP (Tiscali, who are hopeless BTW) could only tell me to put in the IP address directly into my web browser and couldn't explain why it didn't work.

The Windows file in question though is pretty much empty so it didn't help.

Also, when if I connect via dial-up (a different ISP too) - the Borland site works. So I figure that my computer isn't at fault

[Alex_Dunn]

Finally it works!!! big thanks to jonno and all who helped me do this!!!!! now i can send some pictures from my poc and dont have to keep goin downstairs to log into imoc!! thanxs again