Connection problem to one website

Hi,
New here and hoping to get some help.

I am trying to access the website themixingbowl.org but for some reason it wont connect on either firefox or internet explorer.
I've tried pinging the site but get:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
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C:\Users\Barry>ping themixingbowl.org

Pinging themixingbowl.org [85.159.233.90] with 32 bytes of data:
General failure.
General failure.
General failure.
General failure.

Ping statistics for 85.159.233.90:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

It is only this one site, as obviously i can connect here.
I can connect to the site using my phone on the same wifi connection so it isnt the site.
I wondered if there was maybe a setting in ESET that is blocking the site, although i certainly didnt set it.
As im new to the software i cant seem to find my way around it to see if there is an obviuos solution.

Really hope someone here can help.

 

If you disable Eset firewall can you connect? Can you connect if you type 85.159.233.90 in the browser?

 

No, i tried both and neither work.

 

For what it is worth, I just typed in the website themixingbowl.org and was able to get to the signup login page with no connection problems.

ESET did not block. I am using OPERA........

 

Most probably not Eset then. Try to flash dns
http://www.techzilo.com/flush-windows-xp-vista-dns-cache/

and if still an issue try restarting the router

 

yeah i can access it on my htc sensation xe no problem so its not the site, just my laptop.

 

cheers, already tried that.

plus i just recently changed my broadband provider so have a new router as of a week ago and still cant connect!

 

It is not the new or old router it is just that restarting it can clear such dns errors

 

sorry i meant i had restarted both routers

 

another point:
I'm trying to acces the site from work using firefox and IE.

If i go to https://85.159.233.88/login/ i get

"This Connection is Untrusted

You have asked Firefox to connect
securely to 85.159.233.88, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure.
Normally, when you try to connect securely,
sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are
going to the right place. However, this site's identity can't be verified.

What Should I Do?

If you usually connect to this site without problems, this error could mean that someone is trying to impersonate the site, and you shouldn't continue."

http://85.159.233.88/login/ brings me to the login page.
So is the problem related to the secure connection?
I can't even get as afar as getting that message from my laptop so i am wondering if the security settings are stopping it.

 

That's because the URL and SSL certificate don't match. Not really something you (or anyone except the site's admin) can do anything about.

 

Problem sorted....turns out it was malwarebytes!!!

 

Actually, it's because you used the IP address instead of themixingbowl.org. But oh well, good to see it's sorted.

 

no, i had initially been using the domain name and only used the ip address when testing it intermittently.
as soon as i added the site to the ignore list in malwarebytes it could connect.

thanks for your help previously