Unable to access YouTube

DoubleDown · #1 08-23-2006, 05:04 PM

havent been able to visit the site for the past 2-3 days.
have tried both firefox and int explorer, but neither seem to work.
any suggestions?

DoubleDown · #2 08-25-2006, 11:42 AM

anybody?

TheTROLL · #3 08-25-2006, 12:15 PM

From a command prompt, type

ping www.youtube.com

and post the results.

In the meantime, there's always www.xtube.com

DoubleDown · #4 08-25-2006, 12:25 PM

pinging www.youtube.com [XXX.XX.XXX.XXX] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping Stats for XXX.XX.XXX.XXX:
Packets: Sent = 4, Rec'd = 0, Lost =4 <100% loss>

TheTROLL · #5 08-25-2006, 01:23 PM

Not sure why you're hiding the numbers, that's kind of the whole point. Is it 208.65.153.241?

smartalecc5 · #6 08-25-2006, 04:26 PM

lol, they're not trying to hack you... they're trying to help you...

DoubleDown · #7 08-27-2006, 12:56 PM

troll, others:

sorry for editing out the numbers.
thought i was just being cautious by leaving them out.
i was misinformed.

but yes the numbers listed by troll are correct.
208.65.153.241

any ideas?

TheTROLL · #8 08-27-2006, 06:28 PM

It's fine :-)

The name is resolving to the IP address correctly, so it's not a virus/adware DNS intrusion problem.

My best guess now is that there's some software installed on your PC that is blocking youtube.com... Any recent firewall/security stuff installed?

DoubleDown · #9 08-28-2006, 01:32 AM

troll,

nah, no recent firewall/security stuff added. i am on a university network. do you think they couldve killed access to youtube? is there anything else i can try to look for that will give me a headsup as to why i cant access the site?

kyleb · #10 08-28-2006, 03:08 AM

Open up the HOSTS file (search for 'hosts' and open it with notepad), see if there are any lines in there blocking YouTube. If so, delete them all.