FR DNS problems...

today | self

[general_re]

DNS lookups failing for FR here - no such host. Apparently I'm not the only one, judging from a glance at the Yahoo FR board. Dunno if it's my ISP (Verizon) or what, but I had to manually edit the hosts file to get here. Presumably, if you can post, you're not having this problem, but there are more than a few people who can't post right now because of it...

[general_re]

And yes, I'm logged in...

[stainlessbanner]

Glad you made it back. Bring the others!

[Constitution Day]

I was having FR problems too, but now everything seems fine.

[general_re]

No problem - just have them send me their IP addresses, and I'll crack in and edit the hosts file for them ;)

[GunnyB]

Same here in VA - via AOL. Obviously I can get through - sometimes. About half of the attempts to read articles results in "Host Not Found" Errors. Placing my custom-made tin foil hat on, the errors seem to occur more often when I try to access stories about Clarke. You know, DICK Clarke, cyber warrior.

[kabar]

I am having problems as well when clicking on mail and finding my comments.

[YummiBox]

Thanks for the hosts file idea - I have sent an email to Jim as well... looks like there is a registrar issue.

[general_re]

I just took the entry out of the hosts file, and it does appear to be working properly now. Strange. Little DNS fart, I guess...

[general_re]

Or maybe not. I just put it back in the hosts file because it wasn't working again....

[Socratic]

I went to the Freerepublic Yahoo group, signed up and in the discussion section found a post on how to edit the hosts file. Viola! I'm here.

[eyespysomething]

Note, problem like you were having.

[eyespysomething]

How do you get there?

[general_re]

I'm in VA too, but I see that some folks in the Midwest and Northeast are out as well, so it doesn't appear to be a local problem at the moment...

[general_re]

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freerepublic2/

[Tolik]

Thanks to invaluable advise by yahoo-group freerepublic2 user named "gmbeahan" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freerepublic2/message/21464 you need to update your hosts DNS lookup file.

It is located on your hard-drive:   (or substitute windows instead of winnt)

Edit hosts file with Notepad or WordPad and save.

My hosts file looks like this:

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost
209.157.64.200 www.freerepublic.com
 

The most important line here for you is this one: 209.157.64.200 www.freerepublic.com
 

As "gmbeahan" said in his yahoo post:

After you save, www.freerepublic.com should work normally, at least
until the IP address changes, in which case remove the entry or update
it with the new address.

This in effect creates your own private DNS entry. This is needed to
log on because of the way FR's login scripts are written. They don't
work right with an http IP address.
 

Worked for me. Thanks, "gmbeahan".

 

[Socratic]

Thanks for posting the link. I don't know HTML.

[OldFriend]

Several days worth of problems on FR......s l o w......and s l o w e r......and then double posts or disappearing posts.

[billorites]

Worked for me too.

Nothing feels so empowering as overcoming a pesky computer problem!

[kenth]

Dunno if it's my ISP (Verizon) or what, but I had to manually edit the hosts file to get here.

Not just you, I'm on Alltel. Man, I was getting desperate! I did exactly the same thing too.

[steveegg]

Ping.