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      May 13th, 09, 10:01 PM


Hi, this is weird, but my browser, cant open www.hsbc.com.mx , I already tried with firefox, (IE is my default) , and cant open it.
The website is not down, I asked several friends to open it, and they can.
What can it be?
 
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      May 14th, 09, 12:26 AM
You can try clearing your cache, restarting your router, check for any malware/virus.
 

 
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      May 14th, 09, 1:38 AM
I already did, all 3 things.
Cant open it, and in cmd, if I ping www.hsbc.com.mx it answers with a timeout
 
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      May 14th, 09, 8:36 AM
Is it able to resolve the hostname to an IP when you ping/try to visit the site? If not, it may be a DNS issue. I'd recommend using OpenDNS.

If it is resolving the IP addres, just timing out (as it sounds like it is doing), would try running a tracert to see where exactly the connection is failing. You should flush your DNS cache, first, by typing ipconfic /flushdns in the command prompt.

You might also want to make sure there isn't an entry for the site in your hosts file (Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts), which can be opened with notepad.

Finally, it's possible the server isn't accepting connections from your IP address, or a range that includes your IP address. You could try contacting the bank to see if you can get through to the support for their website.
 

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      May 14th, 09, 5:16 PM
Hi, thanks for your help, before I try flush the DNS cache, as you told me too, I check on the hosts file of 'Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts' and check this out:
127.0.0.1 localhost
174.37.129.40 www.hsbc.com.mx
174.37.129.40 hsbc.com.mx
174.37.129.40 bital.com.mx
174.37.129.40 www.bital.com.mx
174.37.129.40 conexion.bital.com.mx
174.37.129.40 conexion.hsbc.com.mx
174.37.129.40 cei.hsbc.com.mx
174.37.129.40 cei.bital.com.mx
174.37.129.40 sucursales.hsbc.com.mx

That's what I have, what should I do now ??
 
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      May 15th, 09, 6:32 PM
That IP address is incorrect and/or outdated; you can simply delete the entry or entries, and save the file. Then your DNS server will look up the correct IP address when you try to access the site. I would suggest wiping anything from the file that you didn't put there, except for the first line (127.0.0.1 localhost), which should remain.
 

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      May 16th, 09, 1:48 AM
Thank you so much, that fixed the problem.
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