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Offline Pants

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Can only access BT immediately after computer startup.
« on: July 26, 2010, 09:24:56 PM »
Hi all,
Here's a new one for me. I can't access the bakabt domain via my browser, torrent client, or even ping it from the command prompt after about three minutes after a boot. For those three-or-so minutes I'm able to upload torrents, browse the site and forums and the world is fine. Then, spontaneously, I get an ambiguous "Unable to connect" error from my browser so quick, it's like it didn't even send the request and the command prompt sends back an immediate "General error" after every packet. What's more is that it's not my connection, I'm typing this up on my wife's computer which is on the same network, so the 'right-after-boot' error isn't a fluke. Even used some random google-lab's tool to see if my ISP is tainting my connection, and it returned clean. Running out of ideas, I checked to see if my hosts file had (for whatever reason) now included bakabt.com - which it isn't. To the best of my knowledge, I haven't done any modification to my system that would bring this on. Other than booting in safe mode to check if the default system processes are the problem, how can I troubleshoot this? Also, not windows firewall...

[Edit:] 4 months later, I finally reformatted & reinstalled my OS. This fixed the problem. It should also be noted that simply reinstalling didn't fix the problem, the partition needed to be wiped so there wasn't any carry-over. Now that it's fixed, I still have no idea what it was that caused it, or how exactly the wipe fixed it. Still, though I'd update this post to say the problem was remedied.
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Re: Can only access BT immediately after computer startup.
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2010, 09:27:54 PM »
Try another DNS server like opendns. And don't forget to flush your local DNS with ipconfig /flushdns   in the console.
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Re: Can only access BT immediately after computer startup.
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2010, 09:41:47 PM »
Quote from: Mirgond on July 26, 2010, 09:27:54 PM
Try another DNS server like opendns. And don't forget to flush your local DNS with ipconfig /flushdns   in the console.
Thanks for the quick reply, but that didn't help. I'm set up on OpenDNS and ran 'ipconfig /flushnds' unfortunately to no avail.
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Re: Can only access BT immediately after computer startup.
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2010, 10:21:21 PM »
is it possible you are running peerblock or something similar that might block bakabt?
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Re: Can only access BT immediately after computer startup.
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2010, 12:47:23 AM »
Can you connect using the IP, rather than the hostname?
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Re: Can only access BT immediately after computer startup.
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2010, 10:05:15 PM »
Quote from: blubart on July 26, 2010, 10:21:21 PM
is it possible you are running peerblock or something similar that might block bakabt?
No, not that I know of and I haven't installed anything recently either. No updates... nothing...
Quote from: Xiong Chiamiov on July 27, 2010, 12:47:23 AM
Can you connect using the IP, rather than the hostname?
Unfortunately, no. (Pretty sure it's 95.211.6.148, right?) It just "Unable to connect"s me just like I described above.

Might try a system restore just for kicks.
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Re: Can only access BT immediately after computer startup.
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2010, 01:04:01 AM »
I regret to say that this problem has not been remedied with a system restore - as such - I am thoroughly out of ideas. I think I'll look elsewhere now that I understand this is not a particularly common problem. I appreciate the input of those who have attempted to help and will post a solution if and when I find one.
Alternatively, is there a way to sage threads threads to keep from necroposting here?
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Re: Can only access BT immediately after computer startup.
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2010, 01:46:26 AM »
What I'd recommend is try booting up a Linux Live CD and trying to contact the site from there. If it works on the Linux Distro and not Windows, then it's definitely something with the system. Tell us if it works?
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Re: Can only access BT immediately after computer startup.
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2010, 06:56:01 AM »
Quote from: Pants on July 31, 2010, 01:04:01 AM
Alternatively, is there a way to sage threads threads to keep from necroposting here?

Edit your post instead. People would probably have appreciated that, actually, if you didn't intend to bump the thread... Personally I don't care though.
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