can't find photobucket.com

[robert gray]

photopbucket.com could not be found. please check the name and try again.

i get this message when i try to download photobucket. i,ve used the site for months and this showed up today. i discovered the problem when i tried to view pictures in a guitar forum i use but the links didn't show up on my page. whats up and what can i do?

[Fed]

photopbucket.com photobucket.com
The site is probably down or running slow.
Try it tomorrow.  

[robert gray]

see if you can access it please then i would know a little more

[Fed]

Put up the link you want me to access.
Better still, put up a picture, assuming that's what you normally do in your chat room.

[patio]

photobucket.com works fine from here.
Check and make sure your browser is not blocking it.

patio.

[robert gray]

how do i check  to see if the browser is blocking it?

[pcdoc4christ]

Gray:

To check that the website is available, do this:

1. Click Start > Run
2.  In the Run dialog box, type PING PHOTOBUCKET.COM
3.  Press the Enter key
4.  If you see this:

Pinging PHOTOBUCKET.COM [38.116.156.113] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 38.116.156.113: bytes=32 time=240ms TTL=243
Reply from 38.116.156.113: bytes=32 time=220ms TTL=243
Reply from 38.116.156.113: bytes=32 time=211ms TTL=243
Reply from 38.116.156.113: bytes=32 time=210ms TTL=243

Ping statistics for 38.116.156.113:
   Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss)

Then the site is available.  If you see a message that no reply was received, then the website is currently down, or blocking ping requests.

Best regards,
Doc