NEED HELP PLEASE

Iron Man · Jan 3, 2021

modified said:
Man, this is a weird issue and I was really hoping to get you going tonight. Hopefully Verizon can help you tomorrow, but if not I'll keep searching for some ideas we can try to get you going.

It’s so messed up. But it seems that my network blocked your site. Crazy but why. I will find out when I speak with my provider tomorrow.
Dan it was awesome talking with you. I thank you for spending so much time on your Sunday trying to help me. I can’t wait to hang in person with our pretty little squeezes and our BEASTS. Danny Boy you put together something so special here with this Forum.
We all should raise our glasses in Honor of Modified and Driftwoodsvt. Cheers Gentlemen ? ?????????????

stubby · Jan 4, 2021

to see if you have a DNS issue on your macbook or mac, open a terminal and enter the following command:

nslookup fordtremor.com

If that returns an IP address then you do not have a DNS issue. If it does return the IP address, then run the following command to see where the timeout is occurring:

traceroute fordtremor.com

If nslookup doesn't return an IP address then run the following command:

dig @cp1.privatesystems.net fordtremor.com -t a

This should return the IP from an authoritative name server. If this returns an IP address and nslookup does not then you have a DNS issue within your modem/router.

I would guess either something is hosed on your modem/router or you are being blocked by something like DDos protrection that isn't allowing your IP to access the site. You could check this by using a VPN which will then change your external IP that the servers would see. Sorry for the late reply but was up in no mans land playing with the new toy.

If you suspect you have malware or a virus, download from the app store MalwareBytes and perform a scan on all of your devices. If it comes back clean you can delete the application, otherwise you will need to remove some malware.

One last trick you can try on your mac book or mac, in a command prompt you can add the following line to manually resolve the site name. Output local DNS resolution file to see what it contains

cat /etc/hosts

Add the following line at the bottom of the file, and save the file (might require the use of sudo and then your password):

158.106.138.138 fordtremor.com

Sludgemonkey44 · Jan 4, 2021

stubby said:
to see if you have a DNS issue on your macbook or mac, open a terminal and enter the following command:

If that returns an IP address then you do not have a DNS issue. If it does return the IP address, then run the following command to see where the timeout is occurring:

If nslookup doesn't return an IP address then run the following command:

This should return the IP from an authoritative name server. If this returns an IP address and nslookup does not then you have a DNS issue within your modem/router.

I would guess either something is hosed on your modem/router or you are being blocked by something like DDos protrection that isn't allowing your IP to access the site. You could check this by using a VPN which will then change your external IP that the servers would see. Sorry for the late reply but was up in no mans land playing with the new toy.

If you suspect you have malware or a virus, download from the app store MalwareBytes and perform a scan on all of your devices. If it comes back clean you can delete the application, otherwise you will need to remove some malware.

One last trick you can try on your mac book or mac, in a command prompt you can add the following line to manually resolve the site name. Output local DNS resolution file to see what it contains

Add the following line at the bottom of the file, and save the file (might require the use of sudo and then your password):

Stubby, I’m willing to bet that you fully know what you are talking about, but that shit might as well have been in Mandarin because I didn’t understand any part of it. I’m glad I’m not in your situation Donnie, because I’m totally clueless on this stuff. Good luck and I wish I could help (or even translate what @stubby wrote about!) ????

Iron Man · Jan 4, 2021

stubby said:
to see if you have a DNS issue on your macbook or mac, open a terminal and enter the following command:

If that returns an IP address then you do not have a DNS issue. If it does return the IP address, then run the following command to see where the timeout is occurring:

If nslookup doesn't return an IP address then run the following command:

This should return the IP from an authoritative name server. If this returns an IP address and nslookup does not then you have a DNS issue within your modem/router.

I would guess either something is hosed on your modem/router or you are being blocked by something like DDos protrection that isn't allowing your IP to access the site. You could check this by using a VPN which will then change your external IP that the servers would see. Sorry for the late reply but was up in no mans land playing with the new toy.

If you suspect you have malware or a virus, download from the app store MalwareBytes and perform a scan on all of your devices. If it comes back clean you can delete the application, otherwise you will need to remove some malware.

One last trick you can try on your mac book or mac, in a command prompt you can add the following line to manually resolve the site name. Output local DNS resolution file to see what it contains

Add the following line at the bottom of the file, and save the file (might require the use of sudo and then your password):

Thanks Stubby. I just woke up but I will see if I can figure what to do later with a clear head. I was going to hit you up with a PM, I’m glad for your help. ?????????
Don ?