Non-standard address format warning??

[Guest Wynn]

I am trying to access a new web site that we are building at our hosting

company. The developer has told me to access the web site at the IP address.

I have been able to access this site successfully until yesterday when I

started getting the following messsage on all three computers on my network:

 

"Warning! It appears that you are about to access a non-standartd we address

format."

 

It goes on to say that I will nedd to change my "preferences" if I want the

message to stop. I tried to access this IP address in IE, Firefox and Safari

- all with a similar warning message. I have gone into MSCONFIG and

deselected all of the startups, rebooted and still get the same message. I

have rebooted my DSL modem and router. Still getting the warning. I have

checked the MS Knowledge Base and sone a Yahoo and Google search without

finding a solution.

 

I have made no material changes to my systems over the last few days.

 

Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can get past this problem?

[Guest Twayne]

Re: Non-standard address format warning??

 

> I am trying to access a new web site that we are building at our

> hosting company. The developer has told me to access the web site at

> the IP address. I have been able to access this site successfully

> until yesterday when I started getting the following messsage on all

> three computers on my network:

>

> "Warning! It appears that you are about to access a non-standartd we

> address format."

>

> It goes on to say that I will nedd to change my "preferences" if I

> want the message to stop. I tried to access this IP address in IE,

> Firefox and Safari - all with a similar warning message. I have gone

> into MSCONFIG and deselected all of the startups, rebooted and still

> get the same message. I have rebooted my DSL modem and router.

> Still getting the warning. I have checked the MS Knowledge Base and

> sone a Yahoo and Google search without finding a solution.

>

> I have made no material changes to my systems over the last few days.

>

> Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can get past this problem?

 

Can you share the IP address?

[Guest smlunatick]

Re: Non-standard address format warning??

 

On Sep 11, 3:06 pm, Wynn <W...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I am trying to access a new web site that we are building at our hosting

> company.  The developer has told me to access the web site at the IP address.

>  I have been able to access this site successfully until yesterday when I

> started getting the following messsage on all three computers on my network:

>

> "Warning! It appears that you are about to access a non-standartd we address

> format."

>

> It goes on to say that I will nedd to change my "preferences" if I want the

> message to stop.  I tried to access this IP address in IE, Firefox and Safari

> - all with a similar warning message.  I have gone into MSCONFIG and

> deselected all of the startups, rebooted and still get the same message.  I

> have rebooted my DSL modem and router.  Still getting the warning.  I have

> checked the MS Knowledge Base and sone a Yahoo and Google search without

> finding a solution.

>

> I have made no material changes to my systems over the last few days.

>

> Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can get past this problem?

 

IP addresses are still following the IPv4 scheme so you must follow

the standards. IP numbers can be only be from 1 to 254 and 255 is

reserved.

 

example of a valid IP: 192.168.1.1

 

invalid: 192.618.1.1

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: Non-standard address format warning??

 

See these MSDN pages: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/default.aspx &

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/aa740476.aspx

 

MSDN IE Development Forums

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=253&SiteID=1

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Wynn wrote:

> I am trying to access a new web site that we are building at our hosting

> company. The developer has told me to access the web site at the IP

> address. I have been able to access this site successfully until yesterday

> when I started getting the following messsage on all three computers on my

> network:

>

> "Warning! It appears that you are about to access a non-standartd we

> address

> format."

>

> It goes on to say that I will nedd to change my "preferences" if I want

> the

> message to stop. I tried to access this IP address in IE, Firefox and

> Safari - all with a similar warning message. I have gone into MSCONFIG

> and

> deselected all of the startups, rebooted and still get the same message.

> I

> have rebooted my DSL modem and router. Still getting the warning. I have

> checked the MS Knowledge Base and sone a Yahoo and Google search without

> finding a solution.

>

> I have made no material changes to my systems over the last few days.

>

> Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can get past this problem?

[Guest Twayne]

Re: Non-standard address format warning??

 

> On Sep 11, 3:06 pm, Wynn <W...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>> I am trying to access a new web site that we are building at our

>> hosting company. The developer has told me to access the web site at

>> the IP address. I have been able to access this site successfully

>> until yesterday when I started getting the following messsage on all

>> three computers on my network:

>>

>> "Warning! It appears that you are about to access a non-standartd we

>> address format."

>>

>> It goes on to say that I will nedd to change my "preferences" if I

>> want the message to stop. I tried to access this IP address in IE,

>> Firefox and Safari - all with a similar warning message. I have gone

>> into MSCONFIG and deselected all of the startups, rebooted and still

>> get the same message. I have rebooted my DSL modem and router. Still

>> getting the warning. I have checked the MS Knowledge Base and sone a

>> Yahoo and Google search without finding a solution.

>>

>> I have made no material changes to my systems over the last few days.

>>

>> Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can get past this problem?

>

> IP addresses are still following the IPv4 scheme so you must follow

> the standards. IP numbers can be only be from 1 to 254 and 255 is

> reserved.

>

> example of a valid IP: 192.168.1.1

>

> invalid: 192.*618*.1.1

 

 

 

Ah, that's what I was wondering.

 

First, I think that should be 192.*168*.1.1 ? or something close. e.g.

the computer I am typing on is at 192.168.1.43. The once behind me ends

in 44. The laptop is 47. Etc.

 

192.168.1.1 should go to your router/modem. There you can program it,

view its logs, etc..

Is that what you're trying to do?

There is no use for that IP format on the internet; it's an unused IP

w/r to internet addresses. It and some others like it, are used solely

for communications between your router/modem and the computer it's

connected to. That IP address will not work from anywhere but your own

computer to your own modem, or any specific computer to its connected

modem/router.

 

Perhaps the whole issue is the 186 vs the 168 typo?

 

HTH

 

Twayne

[Guest Plato]

Re: Non-standard address format warning??

 

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>

> I am trying to access a new web site that we are building at our hosting

> company. The developer has told me to access the web site at the IP address.

 

Inform your developer to make the site available at the domain address.

 

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