It happens that when you log in to a certain resource in a web browser, the user suddenly receives a Connectionfailure error message. What this failure is, many can imagine right away, simply translating its name from English into Russian. But it’s worth mentioning separately how to fix the error.
Connectionfailure: what does this failure mean?
To get started, use the usual translation. If you look at the name - Connectionfailure, what this description means, it’s easy to figure out if you break the combination into two components (“connection error” - literal translation). It turns out that this is a message about the most common communication failure or the impossibility of establishing it.
Of course, there can be plenty of reasons for the appearance of such an error, and they do not always depend on user network settings, although this can play a role.
The most common causes and most common situations
This is a brief summary of Connectionfailure failure. What this error means is a little understandable. But when it appears, one should take into account all kinds of situations of its manifestation. Perhaps the problem is with only one specific resource, since technical work is being carried out on it, or maybe the server itself, as they say, simply “crashed”. An eloquent example is the problem of 2014 with the VK website, when in general no one could access it. Incidentally, this failure is typical for most social networks or resources with online games.
Also, the problem may be with the provider. If the entrance is impossible for all resources, the reason must obviously be sought in the network or settings of the browser used.
But if you look at the local settings, among all that can cause such a failure, there are several main reasons:
- exposure to viruses and malicious codes;
- problems with the browser;
- blocking the connection with an antivirus or firewall;
- DNS cache overflow and too many temporary files;
- Hosts file integrity violation.
Connectionfailure error: what is it in terms of the possibility of fixing the failure
Troubleshooting should begin with a full system scan for viruses. It is advisable to use some portable applications, and even better to boot from the Rescue Disk before the start of the system.
You can also try to access the resource of interest to the user through another browser. Perhaps the reason is that the program used by default has too many extensions and add-ons, including the notorious AdBlock. They can be disabled or deleted.
Perhaps the site is blocked by antivirus or firewall. They should be disconnected for a while and try to enter the site again. If the reason is really this, you will have to add the site address to the list of exceptions (a new rule should be set for the firewall).
To clean temporary files, you can use optimizer programs that delete content without user intervention, and to clear the DNS cache, you need to call the command console with administrator-level rights and use the ipconfig / flushdns command.
If the TCP / IP settings indicate the automatic receipt of addresses, which is most common, you can specify the addresses of Google services for DNS, and then again try to enter the resource.
Finally, you can open the Hosts file and check its contents. If at the very bottom there are some addresses (after the line of the local address that starts with the values 127.0), you just need to delete them.
Instead of a total
That’s basically all about the failure of Connectionfailure. What this error means, I think, is already clear to all users. Correction, as can be seen from all of the above, also does not present special difficulties. If the problem persists, in extreme cases, you can roll back the system to the state where everything worked. But in the case when the occurrence of the failure does not depend on the user, it is best to contact the provider so that they ping an external signal coming from the computer or the user's router.