Why is a domain not redirecting when I try to access it from home, but from any other computer it�

I've tried from a computer at my parent's house, my computer at work but for some reason it's not working at the computer in my home and my computer is connected to the internet and is opening other sites perfectly. Help!

Why is a domain not redirecting when I try to access it from home, but from any other computer it's fine.?windows mail

There could be a few reasons why this is happening. It has happened to me too and I've solved the problem by adding the domain name to my HOSTS file.

Your HOSTS file is like a big internet website telephone book for your computer. Usually, if you type in a URL into your web browser, your reach that site. This can work through your internet service provider's DNS features.

But sometimes, like in your case, you cannot reach the site. Here comes into play your HOSTS text file where you can add the site that you cannot reach so your computer can figure out where to go and take you there.

First, the HOSTS file has no extension and is a regular text file, not a Word .doc file. So use a program like Notetab to open it and to add any sites you are having trouble in reaching.

Where is your HOSTS file?

Windows 95/98/Me c:\windows\hosts

Windows NT/2000/XP Pro c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Windows XP Home

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

You may need administrator access for Windows NT/2000/XP. But if your login account has admin rights, you should have no problem editing the hosts file.

Below is an example of a hosts file. You should get the general idea in adding the website you want to reach. You do need to add both the IP address and the domain name.

How to find the IP address of the website you are trying to reach? You can use a Who Is service to look it up. One that I often use is http://www.whois.sc and I simply look for the IP address for that domain name.

Here's a sample HOSTS file below, make sure you leave the first line (127.0.0.1) alone. You can comment out lines by adding a # sign in front of the line.

Also, I usually add 2 lines for each domain adding one with www. and one without in case the web server you're trying to visit is configured for either one or the other or both.

127.0.0.1 localhost

72.9.241.18 ullanda.com

72.9.241.18 www.ullanda.com

72.9.241.18 adventistdomains.com

72.9.241.18 www.adventistdomains.com

72.9.241.18 greeningcleaning.com

72.9.241.18 www.greeningcleaning.com

209.131.36.158 yahoo.com

209.131.36.158 www.yahoo.com

For more information about your HOSTS file, go here: http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/how_to_use...

Good Luck!

Why is a domain not redirecting when I try to access it from home, but from any other computer it's fine.?microsoft maps internet explorer

It's possible that your computer has cached ("saved") the destination for the address, so it's not redirecting properly.

Try the following:

Go to Start %26gt; Run

type in

cmd

and press enter, then enter the command

ipconfig /flushdns

then press enter. Then try it again.

That will clear all the cached DNS requests on your computer, so it will (hopefully) update to the new address next time you try to access the domain.