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Can't access a website
I have a strange problem: I cannot access websites on a certain server (Firefox gives me "Network Timeout", Windows network diagnostics says "website is online but isn't responding to connection attempts"). The problem is quite annoying since that happens to be the server that hosts my own websites.
The problem is limited to this computer because I can access the websites without problem from other devices (another computer, a mobile phone) connected to the same network. That should rule out server, ISP or router problems.
The problem is not browser related, because none of the browsers on this computer can access the website (I have tried Firefox, IE, Opera, Safari).
I can ping the server IP with no problem.
But I cannot access the server by entering the IP to the browser (this results in the same error message -- but works fine on other devices).
I can access other websites hosted by the same hosting provider on different servers.
The hosts file looks ok -- it's the default Win7 host file.
I have tried reconnecting to the network, dnsflush, rebooting, emptying caches, deleting temporary internet files, but none of this helps.
This has happened a few times now, and then gone away after a while. It just starts working again. But now it's been over two days that it hasn't worked, so it seems like it might not come back at all.
I never had this issue before I moved to Windows 7. I am currently running the Release Candidate.
Any suggestions?