Rather Pissed At Firefox

[filkertom]

Okay, now I'm getting cranky.

I'm not sure what the hell it is, but neither of my computers can get to TSO, with any program, no matter what I do. Uninstall, reinstall, strip the registries... phuque. All because I took advantage of the new versions of things.

This is exactly why I don't use MS Audo Update. Stupid me, I trusted Firefox... and their various plug-in programmers. And now I can't reach my own goddamn web page. And I know Firefox is part of the cause-and-effect chain because I was, briefly, able to get to TSO on the laptop, and it showed the revision I put up this morning... and then I updated my plug-ins and pfffft.

Anybody got any ideas? I understand I have a web page out there.

Update: Many thanks for all the help. I completely shut down everything, and now I seem to have TSO back at last on both computers. Phew. Now all I've gotta do is frickin' reinstall my plugins....

... and Adblock and Filterset.G both work without keeping me from TSO. Ah-yup, it was a network problem. Again, phew. Thanks, guys.

Comments

[jeffreycornish.livejournal.com]

Tom,

Just wondering,

if you click on Start->Run, type 'cmd' and click okay, and then type 'ping tomsmithonline.com' and enter, what sort of result do you get?

[figmo.livejournal.com]

I'm looking at TSO from Firefox on a Windows box right now. (It looks great, btw!)

I suspect the problem isn't your computers, but a networking problem. Are both of your computers desktop computers, or are either of them laptop units?

If one is a laptop unit, take it to where you can hook up to a different network. If you still can't hook up, it's probably your computer.

If they're both desktop units, or if there's no easy way for you to hook into a different network, I recommend a similar approach to jeffreycornish's. In the cmd window, enter:

tracert tomsmithonline.com

This will give you a view of where the connection isn't happening. I suspect the problem is either your router or some other problem between your two computers and the Internet.

[jeffreycornish.livejournal.com]

Well, that is just strange. ping should be there. If I recall it is an option in XP.

Okay, try 'tracert tomsmithonline.com'

Failing that do a 'ipconfig /flushdns'

I'm thinking that the DNS resolver cache in windows is messed up. This fixed loads of 'cannot get muh innnernet pages' when I worked at Speakeasy.net in support.

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

Aww, there-there, Tom.

Here, this'll cheer you up! :)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qyfz2DFZ9OA&search=muppets

[darkwolf69.livejournal.com]

I don't use a lot of plugins, myself, for this very reason. I can get to TSO via Firefox, so here's my (pain in the ass) suggestion:

Disable all your plugins. See if you can get to TSO. If you can, enable your plugins one and a time until you can't. Then you'll know what plugin barfed on your website.

If you still can't get to TSO with all plugins disabled, firefox might not be the problem. You should probably ping and traceroute the path to TSO before futzing with the plugins.

Good luck!

[poltr1]

The webpage is coming in loud and clear over here, starting with the Flash animation page.

What happens if you skip the Flash intro and go right to index1.htm -- same thing?

I'm with you on the auto update philosophy. I don't programs going behind my back and updating themselves in stealth mode. I want to know when stuff is updated or even happening.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Well, once I got to the right folder (it came up in my docs & settings), I got:

pinging tomsmithonline.com [72.29.75.103] with 32 bytes of data

Reply from 72.29.75.103: bytes=32 time=47ms TIL-49
Reply from 72.29.75.103: bytes=32 time=44ms TIL-49
Reply from 72.29.75.103: bytes=32 time=44ms TIL-49
Reply from 72.29.75.103: bytes=32 time=45ms TIL-49

Ping statistics for 72.29.75.103:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 [0% loss]
Approximate round-trip times in milliseconds:
Minimum = 44ms, Maximum = 47ms, Average = 45ms

And... I don't seem to have a text cursor. At least, not in LJ.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Tried 'tracert', and in sixteen hops it got to pico.surpasshosting.com, which is where TSO resides. Tried 'ipconfig /flushdns' and it said it was successful... but I still can't get to it.

Something occurs to me, from what figmo said below. I'm gonna try and shut down the entire thing -- power off everything for at least ten minutes. (Good thing I've got the new PC Gamer, Maximum PC, Wired, and my Cook's Illustrated 2004 and 2005 compilations. ;) Back in a bit, so to speak.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

I can't get to any page, no way, no how, no browser.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

As you said. I had assumed it was the Filterset.G plugin because the problem started after I updated it on both computers. However, something else in the overall network got bolluxed, and turning the whole system physically off to give it time to reset fresh turned out to be the solution.

[thingunderthest.livejournal.com]

I just sent a script to your filkertom at yahoo.com address that might help diagnosing.

[louisadkins.livejournal.com]

Sometimes data can become stuck in memory. Annoying, but glad you got up and going!