That's right, the last 2 listed domains have no name listed. But I wonder, why tracert www.essentiallyforwomen.com.au did not work, but tracert 8.6.19.68 does. Ok, two things you can try now. First, open a command prompt and do a ipconfig /flushdns to clear all old and possibly wrong entries from the windows dns cache. Then again try: tracert www.essentiallyforwomen.com.au If this doesn't work, try is without www.: tracert essentiallyforwomen.com.au And then post back. Please send a reply, if you solved the problem !!!

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Ok, tried that. Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver cache. But then tracert gave the same "unable to resolve target system name" for both essentiallyforwomen.com.au and the www version. I have sent an email to my modem manufacturer, to see if they have any suggestions. If that works, I will post back. And happy to try any other suggestions you have....

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I guess, that it is a different matter. You may try another DNS server. Maybe, the problem is located at your ISP. Something like filtering websites or a DNS problem itself. Try the following DNS server in your network card configuration: 194.25.0.68 Maybe that helps. Paul Please send a reply, if you solved the problem !!!

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Hi Paul, Well I tried 194.25.0.68 as the DNS Server in my network card and that works!! What does that mean? What (or where) is 194.25.0.68? Does it mean the problem is my ISP? Thanks for your help, Aileen

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hi pauls covered quite a bit here already, can you from command prompt, ping 8.6.19.68 ? the .au web host appears to be in west side USA coast nr San francisco, so not an Australian site the .au suggests. it took 33 hops for me UK to get there maybe yours is timing out, try this on the mini. http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/v... suprisingly the last ip address paul posted bounced across the world to the US then back to europe guten morgen!

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Hi 1stepbeyond, thanks for your suggestions. Yes, I can ping 8.6.19.68, on all computers, at all times. The site I am having trouble with is an Australian site but hosted in the US. yougetsignal.com give some interesting information. It told me it took 13 hops to get to essentiallyforwomen.com.au, so I guess it's not timing out.... ?

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Using the alternative DNS server IP address provided by Paul in my network card configuration solved the problem..... I am trying to understand the significance of that ... and can I keep using this DNS server??? I am guessing not, so I need to work out what to do long-term :-) Where does the DNS server value usually come from? What does it represent? And why does one allow me to see this site when another does not? This is a whole new area of knowledge for me... a kind of "looking under the covers" when I've never had to do that before.... I do appreciate your time and effort in sharing what you know. Thanks for all replies on this.

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Oh, so I think, that I'm right. All around the world the governments put pressure upon the ISPs to filter servers in the internet, to "fight against terrorism or child porn" (they say). But what really happens in my opinion, is censorship. So several servers gets added to the blacklist of the providers, that has nothing to do with terrorism, child porn. The fact is, this all has to do with politics and economy. The DNS server I gave to you, is located in Germany. You can use this server furthermore. You also can use this server as the first DNS server and in addition, your ISPs DNS as a second DNS server in the settings of your network card. Please send a reply, if you solved the problem !!!

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hi all just a follow up Aileenf a coffee / Tea and a read http://computer.howstuffworks.com/d... Aileen & Paulsep have you heard of , used open DNS server service? https://www.opendns.com/start/ step-by-step video link, seems reasonable. i'd appreciate your thoughts paul . :)

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Thanks for all this help. I'll give those sites a read. Paul, I'd love to think you're right about government pressure for ISP censorship.... but since my mini has internet access also via an Australian ISP, my suspicion is that it is an oversight on behalf of my ISP rather than deliberate... I shall certainly be taking it up with them. Thanks.

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Hopefully it's an oversight !!! But now you are aware on how to avoid such issues :-) Please send a reply, if you solved the problem !!!

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Hi, I know this thread has not been active for a while but just wanted to share that I am experiencing the same problem exactly, only that the blocked site is for my work email provider. Given that I work remotely and abroad, it is critical I get my emails on time, I pretty much depend on them to do my work... My ISP said they will fix it but is there a workaround that? I dealt with the issue yesterday and it got fixed and then today it's the same thing all over again - tracing, flushing, pinging, restarting routers, resetting adapters, resetting DNS server manually, nothing worked this time. The website is still not available. I have no idea how long they will take to resolve this, would you make a suggestion on what to do? I can see someone suggested entering a completely different DNS, is that safe, can it be done, where would I get a number for that? thanks a lot in advance.

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