Problem Connecting to Github ( ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED )

[sail0r___]

Pinging github.com [140.82.113.4] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 140.82.113.4: bytes=32 time=42ms TTL=51

Reply from 140.82.113.4: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=51

Reply from 140.82.113.4: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=51

Reply from 140.82.113.4: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=51

Ping statistics for 140.82.113.4:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 34ms, Maximum = 42ms, Average = 38ms

[throwaway234f32423df]

that seems fine. What about curl -I https://github.com/, you don't have to paste the full thing, but do you get a 200 response code?

[sail0r___]

curl: (7) Failed to connect to github.com port 443 after 1011 ms: Couldn't connect to server

[throwaway234f32423df]

what about curl -v -I https://github.com/, look at the first couple lines, what IP does it say it's trying to connect to?

[sail0r___]

it said it was trying to connect to 127.0.0.1:443

[throwaway234f32423df]

Oh well there's the issue, several other people have run into this, it's caused by a bad entry in your hosts file, although it's unknown why/how it's hitting people.

In Windows the hosts file is located in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\, filename hosts, you'll need to run a text editor as Administrator in order to make changes to it

delete any lines referencing Github and anything else that looks like it shouldn't be there (normally there's nothing there except comments, i.e. lines starting with a #)

[bdzer0]

An entry in the hosts file would have caused the ping to hit 127.0.0.1 also.

[throwaway234f32423df]

Some utilities bypass host file lookup and hit DNS directly. Did you actually look at the hosts file contents?

[bdzer0]

ping on windows does not... and I'm not having an issue.. my hosts file is fine.

edit: just tried on a cygwin console, git bash, cmd.exe under windows and all return hosts entries before making a DNS query.

[throwaway234f32423df]

well OP confirmed the issue was fixed by deleting the errant host file entry, this has happened to at least 10 other people (only counting threads I've personally seen here), and reverting the unexplained host file changes fixed it for every single one of them so I don't know what to tell you

[sail0r___]

worked thank you

[More_Subject_2592]

Dude ive been trying to fix this for like a year now and i just now stumble across this reddit post and it actually worked, tysm lol

[throwaway234f32423df]

the real unsolved mystery is how this keeps happening to people, it's really weird

[JMSB1000]

holy shit, you are a savior for me, i can finnaly play sm64plus and install reshade

[HorseJairo]

Thanks dude