I went through this today with 2 different computers. Tried to get to Free Republic with the following error: “Server not found”.
How I fixed it..
Go to Start:
Run: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Open with notepad.
Go to the bottom of the page, and add ‘209.157.64.200 www.freerepublic.com’
(The last two lines should look like the below when done)
~~
::1 localhost
209.157.64.200 www.freerepublic.com
~~
Leave 2 or 3 spaces between the ip number and freerepublic.com ... In the post it kind of looks like I ran them together. ~ Hope this helps someone!! :)
Additional info on how to fix DNS problem...for Windows users....new thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3417679/posts