Most of us end up a lot of time using the Internet for our work. In fact, with the interconnected systems and databases, almost everyone ends up using the web in their walk of life. Internet being the Internet doesn’t come free of problems, on one side the users have to struggle to get the Wi-Fi/LAN connections right on the other hand one also needs to look out for the settings on the computer.
This site can’t be reached
I was recently suddenly petrified by a strange problem that led to my Chrome web browser displaying the following message, “This site can’t be reached”, I dug deep and found some shareworthy methods by which you would eventually be able to solve the issue.
Diagnosing Error
Windows users can try to diagnose the network error by using native diagnostics. However, the diagnostics usually checks for things like the connectivity between your machine and the server while the aspects of DNS resolving are something that it doesn’t take care of.
To access Internet Connections Troubleshooter, open Control Panel > Network & Sharing Center. In the lower part, click on Troubleshoot Problems. From the window which opens, you can select Internet Connections or any other issue you want to troubleshoot and repair.
You can also use the built-in Windows Network Troubleshooter to see what is causing the problem and to fix it automatically. Type Network Troubleshooter in the search box and click on Identify and Repair Network Connections from the list that appears. That will start Windows Network Troubleshooter.
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1] Flush the DNS cache
This has to be my favorite, works with all the browsers and it has been a great help most of the time. On your PC open the command prompt, type “CMD” in the Start menu search option, and the screen shown below should ideally appear. Now type the following “ ipconfig /flushdns.” This should flush the Windows DNS cache and solve your DNS-related problems if any.
2] Disable experimental quic protocol
In case you are using a Chrome browser, this is one of the steps that might not only help you diagnose the problem but also eradicate it. Open Chrome browser, type the following “://flags” and search for “Experimental quic protocol” and “Disable it.” Quic is the name for a new experimental protocol called UDP Internet connection.
3] DNS Prefetching
This simple trick solved my problem at least. If you are using Chrome Browser and facing this error, this is something you should know about.
Type “chrome://settings/” in the browsers address bar and hit Enter. Now select “Show advanced settings.” Next locate the “Use a prediction service to load pages more quickly” setting and select the checkbox. For outdated Chrome versions Go to Tools > Options > Under the Hood and uncheck the option that says “Use DNS pre-fetching to improve page load performance.” In all likelihood selecting this option might increase the load time by a few milliseconds but you will not get the Page not Loading error.
4] Restart the CryptSvc service
Open Services Manager and restart the Cryptographic Service. You can also restert this Service via Task Manager > Services tab. This has been known to help.
5] Specific Sites not loading
In some peculiar cases, only certain sites load to fail, and this is when you need to do an elementary level of troubleshooting to determine the problem.
If you cannot open a particular site, start by clearing your DNS cache and then run the ping and traceroute with regards to the site in question, and make sure that it isn’t an ISP-specific issue. Open CMD and run tracert www.sitename.com command. If the ping and traceroute connections are successful, but yet the sites are unreachable contact your ISP. You may also try resetting and configuring your modem.
If need be, empty your Cache & Hard Reload the web page in the Chrome browser. If you are using another browser, Hard Refresh the web page and see if it helps.
Let us know if these methods helped you troubleshoot and solve the issues. Some of you may want to take a look at Windows 10 cannot connect to the Internet.
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