Cannot connect to www.google.com with Firefox

sermak · Post by **sermak** » September 17th, 2007, 10:02 am

I am having exactly the same problem. I cannot reach www.google.com and every site with google in its url is extremely slow. Other computers on my home network work fine. Its just my laptop that has teh problem. I've tried everything described here with no luck.. Please help.

Post by **trolly** » September 17th, 2007, 10:14 am

Also tried the last suggestion?
Can you reach google using the ip address? http://72.14.215.99/
You can try: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diag ... Firefox%29

sermak · Post by **sermak** » September 18th, 2007, 10:52 am

I can reach google no problem by using 72.14.215.99.....however, any url that contains the word google has a problem being loaded....all other sites load fine

iPhysicist · Post by **iPhysicist** » September 18th, 2007, 10:58 am

I encourage you to try following the instructions in http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix_En.php. I had the problem and this seems to have cleared it up. It has been a couple of days and I have not seen any negative symptoms. So far, so good...

badslinke · Post by **badslinke** » September 22nd, 2007, 6:13 pm

Well it seems like more people than just me are having trouble with google sites.

On my laptop I can connect to the standard google search site using either http://72.14.215.99/ or just www.google.com. But, for the love of god I cant access gmail cuz every time I type in gmail.google.com, or use the automatic link I have set up in FireFox, it gets about halfway through the connection then just stops on "Connected to www.google.com" and it hangs there for eternity. Its been like this for about 48 hours now.

Are google servers down, or is this a problem on my/our end? Solutions, suggestions? Backdoor ways to check gmail without having to connect to google.com?

Post by **trolly** » September 23rd, 2007, 4:13 am

The google servers are fine.
Did you try the link in the previous post?

badslinke · Post by **badslinke** » September 23rd, 2007, 1:24 pm

Ya, I tried the link above but all I get is a 404 not found.

Is there a XX.XXX.XX.XX style address I can use that will take me to the gmail login page?

I went to an internet cafe today and checked my email there, worked fine. It must just be my laptop. Seems some other folks' laptops have had trouble with google access too in this forum.

It was working OK just a few days ago too... Now it can't get past "connected to www.google.com" and just sits with a white screen. Would it be the server I'm on? I'm at a hotel in Brazil that has a pretty weak wireless internet network, but it functions.

Why would it work for a few days and then stop?

Post by **trolly** » September 23rd, 2007, 1:33 pm

http://72.14.221.17/ (mail.google.com)

Did you try this: http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix_En.php

badslinke · Post by **badslinke** » September 23rd, 2007, 1:50 pm

Well, I went ahead and searched for Smitfraud and found other sites that have the same information and access to the program. Did the steps as described and there's no change. I dont think I was infected with smitfraud to begin with, I havent had any of the symptoms described. Its just that I cant get to gmail from my laptop.

http://72.14.221.17/ takes me straight to the standard google search site, not gmail.... ?

Thanks for your help btw!

Post by **trolly** » September 23rd, 2007, 2:13 pm

Yep. Seems that google routes everything through the same pages. Try to click "More" and if it works the gmail is at the bottom right.

badslinke · Post by **badslinke** » September 23rd, 2007, 3:46 pm

"More" doesnt work, unfortunately :-)

It gets to "connected to ssl.google-analytics.com" and then hangs there, much like the problem previously described. God that's so weird.

What about POP3 access? Im not really sure how that works, but would it be an alternative to getting to gmail without having to connect to google sites on the internet?

Post by **DanRaisch** » September 23rd, 2007, 6:50 pm

Yes, you could use Thunderbird to connect to Gmail using POP3 and SMTP.

See this link for information on required server settings, or use the New Account wizard in Thunderbird to set up the TB account to access Gmail. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_acco ... _providers

Guest · Post by **Guest** » December 17th, 2007, 9:30 am

I have a PC with Debian unstable Linux, amd64 port and a AMD Athlon 64 +3500 chip.

Like the other people in this thread, I have been unable to connect to "ssl.google.analytics.com". Has any progress been made towards solving this problem since the rest of this thread was writen in Sep 2007?

Post by **DanRaisch** » December 17th, 2007, 9:42 am

Guest, that was not the problem reported here. The OP could not access http://www.google.com/

edcjones2 · Post by **edcjones2** » December 17th, 2007, 9:58 am

badlinke said above:

> "More" doesnt work, unfortunately Smile It gets to "connected
> to ssl.google-analytics.com" and then hangs there, much like
> the problem previously described. God that's so weird.

So there may be some connection between the problems.

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