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I can't access my own website even though other people on other computers have no problems. This has happened to me several times in the past and I have never figured out what causes it or fixes it.

I have cleared my cache and turned off my McAfee firewall, but still nothing works. If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated.

-Matt

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Given ’s note that the site loads after switching networks and ’ suggestion of a network problem, the most likely causes are DNS/routing differences, an ISP or router-level block, or a local hosts/proxy misconfiguration. The checklist below is ordered to quickly identify where the failure happens and produce results useful to an ISP or host admin.

Quick diagnostic commands (run in an elevated Command Prompt):

nslookup yourdomain.tld
nslookup yourdomain.tld 8.8.8.8
tracert yourdomain.tld
ping yourdomain.tld
  • If nslookup returns different IPs from your network vs a public DNS (8.8.8.8 or 1.1.1.1), it’s a DNS propagation or ISP DNS issue.
  • If tracert stops inside your ISP’s network (many consecutive timeouts), it’s a routing/peering problem — collect the output and contact the ISP.
  • If ping to the IP works but HTTP by hostname fails, the site may require virtual-host headers (access by raw IP won’t load the correct site).

Local checks and fixes:

  • Inspect C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts for stray entries for the domain (edit as admin).
  • Check Windows proxy settings (Settings > Network > Proxy) and browser proxy extensions.
  • Reset local network stack:
ipconfig /flushdns
netsh winsock reset
netsh int ip reset
ipconfig /renew

If the problem persists, reboot the router and check router-level filtering or parental-control lists. If the site is self-hosted or you manage it, review server access logs and any IP-blocking tools (fail2ban, .htaccess, control-panel deny lists) for the client IP. When contacting the ISP or host, include nslookup and tracert outputs; those are the most actionable diagnostics.

(Also noted: reposted the issue — the above steps apply whether the symptom appears intermittently or consistently from a single ISP.)

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Is the webpage hosted on a server on your LAN?

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Is the webpage hosted on a server on your LAN?

No

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Well, that's really confusing. The only reasons I can think of why you wouldn't be able to access it would be network issues. Are you checking to make sure that other people can access the site during the time you can't? It could be a matter of downtime and you just only notice it when it happens to you.

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Well, that's really confusing. The only reasons I can think of why you wouldn't be able to access it would be network issues. Are you checking to make sure that other people can access the site during the time you can't? It could be a matter of downtime and you just only notice it when it happens to you.

We try at the exact same time. They have no problems, I get "unable to connect"

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Ok well I changed connections and was able to access the site from my computer. So how do I allow the site to be accessed on my main connection?

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has any 1 quick solution to this problem below.

I can't access my own website even though other people on other computers have no problems. This has happened to me several times in the past and I have never figured out what causes it or fixes it.

I have cleared my cache and turned off my McAfee firewall, but still nothing works. If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated.

jim

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I can't access my own website even though other people on other computers have no problems.

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i can't access my own website even though other people on other computers have no problems. This has happened to me several times in the past and i have never figured out what causes it or fixes it.

I have cleared my cache and turned off my mcafee firewall, but still nothing works. If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated.

-matt

have you found out to do it??

Regards
jim

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