QUOTE(HellaTruvios @ Aug 25 2008, 05:48 PM)
Upon my creation with the forums, I noticed that I got a little info box almost at the top, telling me my credit value towards obtaining the free default package hosting.
Upon reading this I noticed that the last paragraph with "computer hosting" the link to there site is not working. Clicked it a few times just to make sure it wasn't my connection. Unfortunately it isn't.
I just thought I could help out with that, as its not exactly working, and I am some what interested in it. ^.^
Thank you and take care.
Hi,
You can try the following procedure to see if the target host is down or it is available on the web:
1- If you use Windows XP Professional or Windows NT 4.0 go to Start > Run and then type cmd to open the command prompt.
2- Type
CODE
ping [servername]
. Type the command without braces.
3- Firstly if you saw this:
CODE
Ping request could not find host www.computing-web-hosting.com. Please check the
name and try again.
then try the same command for some known on-line server like for www.google.com, if you saw a different message containing information about the host then the first server is down:
Example for a running website using the ping command:
CODE
C:\Documents and Settings\CyrusX>ping www.google.com
Pinging www.l.google.com [209.85.135.104] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 209.85.135.104: bytes=32 time=226ms TTL=238
Reply from 209.85.135.104: bytes=32 time=224ms TTL=238
Reply from 209.85.135.104: bytes=32 time=224ms TTL=238
Reply from 209.85.135.104: bytes=32 time=219ms TTL=238
Ping statistics for 209.85.135.104:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 219ms, Maximum = 226ms, Average = 223ms
So there should be nothing wrong with your connection. Secondly, nobody will blame you for a broken link!
You can also try
CODE
nslookup [servername]
command to see if the server is up and running.
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