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The thread discusses an issue where the user is unable to access most websites, with only a few like Google loading properly across different browsers, indicating a possible network or DNS problem. The responder suggests troubleshooting steps involving command line tools such as ping and nslookup to diagnose connectivity and DNS issues. Overall, the conversation centers on diagnosing a network connectivity problem, with the responder providing specific commands to help identify the root cause.
JoshNorris

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i have tried on Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer, they will load Google and 1 or 2 other websites, but everything else times out. Chrome leads me to an error screen that reads
"This website is not available
ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT"

Firefox tells me
"The connection has timed out
The server at ... Is taking too long to respond."

IE tells me "This page can't be displayed "
 

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ussnorway
Open a command console by pressing [Windows key] + [r], type "cmd" and press [enter]
  • Type "ping google.com" (without quotes) and press [enter]
  • Type "ping 216.58.221.206" (without quotes) and press [enter]
  • Type "nslookup" (without quotes) and press [enter]
  • Type "google.com" (without quotes) and press [enter]
  • Please take a screenshot showing ALL the results and post it... see mine for eg.
An image from 'Cannot load 98% of websites'. Windows command prompt showing successful ping and nslookup results for google.com.
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Open a command console by pressing [Windows key] + [r], type "cmd" and press [enter]
  • Type "ping google.com" (without quotes) and press [enter]
  • Type "ping 216.58.221.206" (without quotes) and press [enter]
  • Type "nslookup" (without quotes) and press [enter]
  • Type "google.com" (without quotes) and press [enter]
  • Please take a screenshot showing ALL the results and post it... see mine for eg.
An image from 'Cannot load 98% of websites'. Windows command prompt showing successful ping and nslookup results for google.com.
 

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