{"id":7205,"date":"2026-07-15T09:59:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/checksitestatus.com\/?p=7205"},"modified":"2026-07-15T10:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:00:59","slug":"this-site-cant-be-reached-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/checksitestatus.com\/fr\/this-site-cant-be-reached-error\/","title":{"rendered":"This Site Can&#8217;t Be Reached&#8217; Error: Complete Troubleshooting Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7205\" class=\"elementor elementor-7205\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b61871 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b61871\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3db1db8\" data-id=\"3db1db8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee6b525 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee6b525\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"11:1-11:286;563-848\">You type in a URL, hit enter, and instead of the page you wanted, you get a blank screen with some version of &#8220;This site can&#8217;t be reached.&#8221; Chrome shows it one way, Firefox another, Edge slightly differently again, but the message is the same: your browser tried to connect and failed.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"13:1-13:357;850-1206\">The frustrating part is that this error covers a lot of ground. Sometimes it&#8217;s your Wi-Fi. Sometimes it&#8217;s a typo in the address bar. Sometimes the site itself is down, and there&#8217;s nothing on your end to fix. This guide walks through the actual causes in the order you should check them, so you&#8217;re not randomly restarting your router and hoping for the best.<br \/><br \/><\/p><h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\" data-sourcepos=\"15:1-15:33;1208-1240\"><strong>What the error actually means<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"17:1-17:512;1242-1753\">&#8220;This site can&#8217;t be reached&#8221; is a generic browser message that fires whenever the connection process breaks down somewhere between your device and the website&#8217;s server. It&#8217;s not one specific problem. It&#8217;s a catch-all for a handful of different failures, and Chrome usually appends a more specific code underneath the headline, like <code class=\"bg-text-200\/5 border border-0.5 border-border-300 text-danger-000 whitespace-pre-wrap rounded-[0.4rem] px-1 py-px text-[0.9rem]\">DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN<\/code>, <code class=\"bg-text-200\/5 border border-0.5 border-border-300 text-danger-000 whitespace-pre-wrap rounded-[0.4rem] px-1 py-px text-[0.9rem]\">ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED<\/code>, or <code class=\"bg-text-200\/5 border border-0.5 border-border-300 text-danger-000 whitespace-pre-wrap rounded-[0.4rem] px-1 py-px text-[0.9rem]\">ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT<\/code>. That secondary code is the actual clue, so check it before you start troubleshooting blind.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"19:1-19:56;1755-1810\"><strong>Here&#8217;s roughly what each common variant is telling you:<\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\" data-sourcepos=\"21:1-25:146;1812-2490\"><li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\" data-sourcepos=\"21:1-21:166;1812-1977\"><code class=\"bg-text-200\/5 border border-0.5 border-border-300 text-danger-000 whitespace-pre-wrap rounded-[0.4rem] px-1 py-px text-[0.9rem]\">DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN<\/code> means your browser couldn&#8217;t translate the domain name into an IP address. Either the domain doesn&#8217;t exist, or your DNS lookup failed.<\/li><li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\" data-sourcepos=\"22:1-22:150;1978-2127\"><code class=\"bg-text-200\/5 border border-0.5 border-border-300 text-danger-000 whitespace-pre-wrap rounded-[0.4rem] px-1 py-px text-[0.9rem]\">ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED<\/code> means a server responded but actively rejected the connection, often because a service isn&#8217;t running on the expected port.<\/li><li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\" data-sourcepos=\"23:1-23:106;2128-2233\"><code class=\"bg-text-200\/5 border border-0.5 border-border-300 text-danger-000 whitespace-pre-wrap rounded-[0.4rem] px-1 py-px text-[0.9rem]\">ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT<\/code> means your request went out but nothing answered before the browser gave up.<\/li><li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\" data-sourcepos=\"24:1-24:111;2234-2344\"><code class=\"bg-text-200\/5 border border-0.5 border-border-300 text-danger-000 whitespace-pre-wrap rounded-[0.4rem] px-1 py-px text-[0.9rem]\">ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED<\/code> is close cousin to the NXDOMAIN error and points to the same DNS resolution failure.<\/li><li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\" data-sourcepos=\"25:1-25:146;2345-2490\"><code class=\"bg-text-200\/5 border border-0.5 border-border-300 text-danger-000 whitespace-pre-wrap rounded-[0.4rem] px-1 py-px text-[0.9rem]\">ERR_INTERNET_DISCONNECTED<\/code> is the browser telling you it can&#8217;t reach the internet at all, which usually means your device lost its connection.<br \/><br \/><\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\" data-sourcepos=\"27:1-27:43;2492-2534\"><strong>Step 1: Rule out the simple stuff first<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"29:1-29:101;2536-2636\">Before touching any settings, check three things that cause more of these errors than people expect.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"31:1-31:270;2638-2907\">Look at the URL itself. A misspelled domain, a stray character, or an old bookmark pointing to a page that moved will trigger this exact error, and it has nothing to do with your network. It&#8217;s easy to skim past a typo when you&#8217;ve typed the same address a hundred times.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"33:1-33:310;2909-3218\">Try a different site. Open a new tab and load a site you know is reliable. If that loads fine, the problem is specific to the one site you&#8217;re trying to reach, not your connection. If nothing loads, the issue is almost certainly on your end, and you can skip ahead to the network troubleshooting section below.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"35:1-35:178;3220-3397\">Try another device on the same network. If your phone on Wi-Fi can reach the site but your laptop can&#8217;t, that narrows the problem down to the laptop, not the router or your ISP.<br \/><br \/><\/p><h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\" data-sourcepos=\"37:1-37:46;3399-3444\"><strong>Step 2: Check if the site is actually down<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"39:1-39:222;3446-3667\">This is the step most people skip, and it wastes the most time. If a website is down for everyone, no amount of flushing your DNS cache or clearing cookies is going to fix it, because the problem isn&#8217;t on your end at all.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"41:1-41:510;3669-4178\">The fastest way to check is to use a third-party uptime checker that pings the site from servers outside your own network. Our <a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/checksitestatus.com\/website-down-checker\/\">website down checker<\/a> tests a domain from multiple locations and tells you within seconds whether it&#8217;s actually offline or just unreachable from where you&#8217;re sitting. If the checker shows the site is up everywhere else, the problem is local to your device or network, and you can move on to the rest of this guide with confidence.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"43:1-43:269;4180-4448\">If you want a broader confirmation, our <a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/checksitestatus.com\/is-it-down\/\">Is It Down<\/a> tool answers the exact question everyone asks in this situation: is it down for everyone, or just me? It&#8217;s worth thirty seconds before you start messing with router settings.<br \/><br \/><\/p><h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\" data-sourcepos=\"45:1-45:36;4450-4485\"><strong>Step 3: Fix DNS-related failures<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"47:1-47:143;4487-4629\">DNS problems are the single most common cause of &#8220;this site can&#8217;t be reached,&#8221; especially when the error mentions NXDOMAIN or name resolution.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"49:1-49:160;4631-4790\"><strong>Flush your local DNS cache.<\/strong> Your device stores DNS lookups temporarily, and a stale or corrupted entry can point you at the wrong server or nowhere at all.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"51:1-51:41;4792-4832\"><strong>On Windows, open Command Prompt and run:<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"relative group\/copy bg-bg-000\/50 border-0.5 border-border-400 rounded-lg focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent-100\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"Code\" data-sourcepos=\"52:1-54:4;4833-4859\"><div class=\"overflow-x-auto\"><pre class=\"code-block__code !my-0 !rounded-lg !text-sm !leading-relaxed p-3.5\"><code>ipconfig \/flushdns<\/code><\/pre><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"56:1-56:33;4861-4893\"><strong>On macOS, open Terminal and run:<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"relative group\/copy bg-bg-000\/50 border-0.5 border-border-400 rounded-lg focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent-100\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"Code\" data-sourcepos=\"57:1-59:4;4894-4963\"><div class=\"overflow-x-auto\"><pre class=\"code-block__code !my-0 !rounded-lg !text-sm !leading-relaxed p-3.5\"><code>sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder<\/code><\/pre><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"61:1-61:52;4965-5016\"><strong>On most Linux distributions using systemd-resolved:<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"relative group\/copy bg-bg-000\/50 border-0.5 border-border-400 rounded-lg focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent-100\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"Code\" data-sourcepos=\"62:1-64:4;5017-5060\"><div class=\"overflow-x-auto\"><pre class=\"code-block__code !my-0 !rounded-lg !text-sm !leading-relaxed p-3.5\"><code>sudo systemd-resolve --flush-caches<\/code><\/pre><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"66:1-66:362;5062-5423\"><strong>Switch to a public DNS server.<\/strong> Your ISP&#8217;s default DNS server occasionally has outages or slow resolution that never gets communicated to customers. Switching to Google DNS (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) or Cloudflare DNS (1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1) in your network adapter settings often resolves the issue immediately, and it&#8217;s a change you can make in under two minutes.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"68:1-68:351;5425-5775\"><strong>Restart your router and modem.<\/strong> This sounds like the classic &#8220;have you tried turning it off and on again&#8221; advice, but routers cache DNS records too, and a lot of connection issues clear up after a full power cycle. Unplug both devices, wait about 30 seconds, then plug the modem back in first and let it fully reconnect before powering the router.<br \/><br \/><\/p><h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\" data-sourcepos=\"70:1-70:41;5777-5817\"><strong>Step 4: Check your network connection<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"72:1-72:61;5819-5879\">If DNS wasn&#8217;t the culprit, look at the network layer itself.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"74:1-74:172;5881-6052\">Confirm you&#8217;re actually connected to Wi-Fi or Ethernet and not just showing a stale connection icon. Toggle Wi-Fi off and back on, or unplug and replug the Ethernet cable.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"76:1-76:246;6054-6299\">Check whether a VPN is interfering. VPNs route your traffic through a different server, and if that server is congested or misconfigured, sites can time out even though your regular connection is fine. Disable it temporarily and reload the page.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"78:1-78:283;6301-6583\">Look at your firewall and antivirus software. Overly aggressive security software sometimes blocks legitimate connections, especially after an update changed its default rules. Briefly disabling it (on a network you trust) will tell you quickly whether it&#8217;s the source of the block.<br \/><br \/><\/p><h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\" data-sourcepos=\"80:1-80:41;6585-6625\"><strong>Step 5: Clear browser-specific issues<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"82:1-82:116;6627-6742\">If other devices on your network can load the site but your browser can&#8217;t, the problem lives in the browser itself.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"84:1-84:165;6744-6908\">Clear your browser&#8217;s cache and cookies. Corrupted cached files for a specific domain can cause repeated connection failures even after the underlying issue is gone.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"86:1-86:180;6910-7089\">Disable browser extensions one at a time. Ad blockers, privacy extensions, and security add-ons are common offenders because they intercept requests before they leave the browser.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"88:1-88:190;7091-7280\">Try loading the site in an incognito or private window. This bypasses most extensions and cached data at once, which is a fast way to confirm whether the browser environment is the problem.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"90:1-90:208;7282-7489\">Check your proxy settings. If a proxy was configured at some point, either by you or by software you installed, and that proxy server is no longer reachable, every site will fail to load until you remove it.<br \/><br \/><\/p><h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\" data-sourcepos=\"92:1-92:33;7491-7523\"><strong>Step 6: Check your hosts file<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"94:1-94:280;7525-7804\">This one is less common but worth a look if nothing else has worked. Your device&#8217;s hosts file can override DNS resolution for specific domains, and if an entry was added by malware, an old development setup, or parental control software, it can silently block or redirect a site.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"96:1-96:311;7806-8116\">On Windows, the file lives at <code class=\"bg-text-200\/5 border border-0.5 border-border-300 text-danger-000 whitespace-pre-wrap rounded-[0.4rem] px-1 py-px text-[0.9rem]\">C:\\Windows\\System32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts<\/code>. On macOS and Linux, it&#8217;s at <code class=\"bg-text-200\/5 border border-0.5 border-border-300 text-danger-000 whitespace-pre-wrap rounded-[0.4rem] px-1 py-px text-[0.9rem]\">\/etc\/hosts<\/code>. Open it with a text editor (as administrator or with sudo) and look for any line referencing the domain you&#8217;re trying to reach. If you find one you didn&#8217;t add yourself, remove it and save the file.<br \/><br \/><\/p><h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\" data-sourcepos=\"98:1-98:35;8118-8152\"><strong>When it&#8217;s a server-side problem<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"100:1-100:385;8154-8538\">Sometimes you&#8217;ll go through every step above and the site is still unreachable, but your uptime checker confirms it&#8217;s genuinely down. At that point, the fix isn&#8217;t on your end at all. If you&#8217;re the one running the site, the underlying cause is usually one of a few things: the server ran out of resources, a misconfigured DNS record, an expired domain registration, or a hosting outage.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"102:1-102:480;8540-9019\">If the site loads but returns an error page instead of failing to connect entirely, you&#8217;re dealing with a different problem. A <a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/checksitestatus.com\/what-does-502-bad-gateway-mean\/\">502 Bad Gateway<\/a> means an upstream server sent an invalid response, while a <a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/checksitestatus.com\/504-gateway-timeout\/\">504 Gateway Timeout<\/a> means the upstream server never responded in time. Both are server-side issues, and neither one is something a visitor can fix from their end.<br \/><br \/><\/p><h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\" data-sourcepos=\"104:1-104:47;9021-9067\"><strong>Preventing this from catching you off guard<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"106:1-106:537;9069-9605\">If you manage a website, the real fix isn&#8217;t troubleshooting after a visitor complains; it&#8217;s knowing about downtime before your visitors do. Setting up automated monitoring means you get an alert the moment your site becomes unreachable instead of finding out from an angry email or a drop in traffic. Our guide on <a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/checksitestatus.com\/how-to-set-up-uptime-alerts-a-step-by-step-guide\/\">how to set up uptime alerts<\/a> walks through the process from start to finish, including how often to check and what thresholds actually matter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f67cc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"4f67cc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-8321\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8321\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What does \"This site can't be reached\" actually mean?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-8321\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8321\"><p>It means your browser tried to establish a connection to a website and the attempt failed somewhere along the way, whether that&#8217;s DNS resolution, the network path, or the server itself refusing or timing out on the connection.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-8322\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8322\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Is this error caused by my device or the website?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-8322\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8322\"><p>It could be either. Roughly half the time it&#8217;s a local issue like DNS, network settings, or the browser. The other half, the site itself is down, misconfigured, or unreachable from your network specifically. Checking the site with an independent uptime tool is the fastest way to tell which one you&#8217;re dealing with.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-8323\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8323\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Why does the site load on my phone but not my computer?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-8323\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8323\"><p>This points to something specific to that one device, most likely a DNS cache issue, a browser extension, a firewall rule, or a hosts file entry. Since the site clearly works over your network on another device, you can rule out router and ISP problems entirely.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-8324\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8324\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Will flushing DNS fix every version of this error?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-8324\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8324\"><p>No. Flushing DNS only helps when the underlying problem is DNS resolution, which covers errors like NXDOMAIN or name-not-resolved. It won&#8217;t do anything for connection timeouts caused by a firewall, a dead server, or an expired domain.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-8325\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8325\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How do I know if a website is down for everyone or just me?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-8325\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8325\"><p>Use an independent checker that tests the site from servers outside your own network. If it reports the site as reachable elsewhere, the problem is local to you. If it reports the site as down everywhere, there&#8217;s nothing to fix on your end; you&#8217;re just waiting for the site owner to resolve it.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"What does \\\"This site can't be reached\\\" actually mean?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"<p>It means your browser tried to establish a connection to a website and the attempt failed somewhere along the way, whether that&#8217;s DNS resolution, the network path, or the server itself refusing or timing out on the connection.<\\\/p>\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Is this error caused by my device or the website?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"<p>It could be either. 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