[linMcHlp]

DNS problem.

You might have your hosts file including a line:

45.79.56.181 www.freerepublic.com

Change that to

45.79.56.181 freerepublic.com

If you have entries using the old IP address, such as:

209.157.64.200 www.freerepublic.com

or

209.157.64.200 freerepublic.com

Change that to

45.79.56.181 freerepublic.com

Look through your Internet browser’s bookmarks. Edit so that

FreeRepublic.com Login is:

https://freerepublic.com/perl/login

FreeRepublic.com Search is:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/search

Anywhere you have something like:

http://www.freerepublic.com/ . . .

Change those to

https://freerepublic.com/ . . .

[eyeamok]

That Worked!!, Thank You. Still confused as to why all of a sudden it quit. But it works now! Thanks.

[linMcHlp]

Correction; both entries in your hosts file, are valid:

45.79.56.181 freerepublic.com
45.79.56.181 www.freerepublic.com