[ransomnote]

NOTE: Everyone should make note - the IP for FR is 209.157.64.200 (in the event there are any upcoming DNS outages)
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ThankQ for the reminder, Steven W. I do think we will have DNS outages coming our way. Would you provide folks with a “when to do what” post telling them what they message/browser behavior they would see and how they would use that number. *mooching facial expression goes here*

[Jack Black]

NOTE: Everyone should make note - the IP for FR is 209.157.64.200 (in the event there are any upcoming DNS outages)
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ThankQ for the reminder, Steven W. I do think we will have DNS outages coming our way. Would you provide folks with a “when to do what” post telling them what they message/browser behavior they would see and how they would use that number. *mooching facial expression goes here*

If you put an IP address (like 209.157.64.200) into the address line of your browser it will go to that page directly, without needing to do a DNS lookup. You can practice it now, it always works.

I don't think that DNS is going down, but if FedGov wanted to "turn off the internet" turning off DNS servers would by one of the simplest ways to do it - albeit, people could use this workaround.

[Steven W.]

A DNS outage may appear to be like a general site outage; the browser will just hang & if you “ping freerepublic.com” you it will timeout. Simply replace the domain with the IP to bypass DNS and get to this page directly:

http://209.157.64.200/focus/chat/3825813/posts?page=73

WWG1WGA :)