Trouble:
We have received many problems in which some sites are not reachable on bsnl dataone or mtnl broadband connection. I myself faced such problem on my own connection. It may has happened with you sometime, when you are not able to access some of the web sites on the other hand all other webs sites are opening properly.
Most common reason for this is wrong dns server entries in your LAN connection properties, or sometimes the DNS server entries might be correct but due to certain errors, the DNS servers used by your connection are not able to locate the web-pages that are not visible to you.
Let’s see how can we fix this issue.
Fix:
In order to solve the problem you need to try alternative DNS servers like OpenDNS , AT&T dns servers or Spectranet dns servers etc.
These are some dns servers sets which you can try (for every set follows the order: primary dns,secondary dns).
- Open DNS servers: 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220
- AT&T DNS servers: 4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2
- Spectranet DNS servers: 203.122.63.152, 203.122.63.154
How to change dns servers in network connections?
1. Open Start >> Control Panel >> Network Connections.
2. Find your internet connection in “LAN or High-Speed Internet”
3. Right click on connection and select properties.(see the image below to see what happens next).
4. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (tcp/ipv4) and press Properties button. On this screen change the DNS servers by using any one of the dns server settings specified above (as shown in the image below).
Try all the dns server settings one by one at least one of them will work for you.
If you still you are not able access those sites then check if those sites may be blocked by some firewall program or Internet security program installed on your system.
Updated on 30 Nov 2008:
For windows vista users, who might be finding some difficulty in locating the TCP IP properties as described in step 1 , 2 and 3, here is the way.
1. Goto Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Manage Network Connections as shown below:
2. This will open a network connection window as shown below, now just right click on the network connection that you use and click properties, rest of the procedure is same as for Windows XP as shown in steps above
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I was planning to write about this issue but you are faster then me….
superb solution. at the first attempt (with open servers) got thru to all sites previously not opening.
good solution
I have faced this issue when opening Orkut….All other sites open properly except this….
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BRILLIANT!!!! worked like a charm, THANKS!!!!! you saved my day!
Brilliant!! Thank you, thank you, after two days of chasing rainbows and a load of suggestions which did not work…YOU solved the problem.
So easy, but you do need to know…..
thanks again
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i could not access my gmail home page. it shows that the page cannot be display. what should i do.
Thank God for you. Used the Open DNS option and it worked.
I’ve spent bloomin ages going through solutions and bits of my comp I’d rather not go, but nothing worked.
You are a star!!!!!
help me i have i problem in display of internet pages it is not normal like the begining
hi, i have the same “Internet explorer cannot display web-page” problem; but how do i fix it in vista? don’t seem to be able to find the NOTEBOOK LAN PROPERTIES.
please advise.
thank you.
olivier
@olivier
I have updated the post to include the steps for windows Vista
I hope it will help, in case of any more queries, please leave a comment.
coool!!! this worked
i could not access youtube.com home page
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On windows vista
1. Go to control panel, open ‘Programs and Features’
2. Click to show installed updates (right pane)
3. Local the windows update kb963027 and uninstall it
4. Reboot
After you reboot, ie should work normally.
Dude.!!!
Thanks.!!! I was looking for something like that, because, I use the VMWARE solution over a RHEL 5 and the DNS registers, sometimes don’t work in the clients…
Now I use your solution in the clients, and work live heaven.!!
Thanks .!
Hi. I have the same problem, but the “internet explorer cannot open the webpage” shows up on, not some, but all of the websites. What do I have to do? Thank you in advance, I hope!
I found the DNS server input section on Vista, but when I enter the DNS server options, I keep getting feedback that the DNS server is invalid. I can almost predict when I get page cannot be displayed, and it doesn’t matter what website it is. Images also fluctuate with laoding problems. Still lost.
Many Thanks for this great solution..!
whenever i open internet explorer, after few minutes it’s showing not respondig, so. how can i solve this problem from internet explore
How to open blocking perticular website in internet explorer
You are my hero and i am forever in your debt.
thnx its helps me
HI…
Thank you so much… this information was very useful for me as I was trying very hard to find out why our own company website is not opening…i tried this and it worked. Thanks once again.
I was SOOOOOO happy because it worked. I could not access my company webmail for hour’s, and this process fixed the problem right away.
im on the Network Connection and i dont have Internet Protocol Version 4 (tcp/ipv4) all i have is Internet Protocol (tcp/ip), so i tried the
*Open DNS servers208.67.222.222,208.67.220.220
*AT&T DNS servers: 4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2
*Spectranet DNS servers: 203.122.63.152, 203.122.63.154
but it didnt work on my other computer still says Internet Explorer Cannot Display Webpage, and i have a window xp. help me somebody
I just ran a completecan using malware software and came up with nothing. The problem with google searches and google URLs remains.
thank you very much. your solution works perfectly for me.
thanks a lot once again.
HI please help with a solution My laptop is on the company network I can access any website but not the url to connect to my RAS server error can not open webpage.But when I use a another pc I can connect to my RAS server.
thanks icek
none of the fixes above worked for me
i need to keep using Firefox
but im building a website and need to check it in both browsers
IE keeps giving me the error
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