Posted on 04/04/2016 2:27:46 PM PDT by Pox
I was surfing FR this afternoon and suddenly was unable to access any page on FR and the error stated the server could not be found.
I located the IP address, 209.157.64.200, of the server and then added an entry into my PC's host file and I can now see FR again.
I still do not see a DNS entry for FR, and that is interesting.
Edit the url in your browser as per my prior post, perhaps reloading it to update the browser. Then do whatever your browser normally does to save a ‘bookmark’ or a ‘favorite.’ Browsers generally let you organize and rename such so I named and stashed mine where I’d think to look in the future. Details will vary between browsers and individual filing schemes so I can’t give more specific, yet general, directions.
There I can’t help you. They fixed it too quickly! I went to post my experience and was taken to the login page (my Mac must cross reference internet passwords or cookies by the url and only had the text version of the url memorized.) Rather than dig out my password manually retried the normal url and voila, it was working again. I should try to train my mac to log me in for the IP version too, but will leave that for another night.
My Android phone works OK now. FR come up just fine.
When I connected via ethernet, I can connect to FR on both. With Firefox, when I initially connected via my Bookmarks, FR came right up, and I scrolled through the posts. At one point, when I tried to connect to an older post, Firefox took me to a Time Warner page which listed FR and its link. Clicking on the link took me to FR Latest Articles. There was an option on the Time Warner page to find out:
"Why Am I Here? You entered an unknown web address that was used to present site suggestions that you may find useful. Clicking any of these suggestions provides you with search results, which may include relevant sponsored links. If this service is not right for you, please visit your Preferences page to opt out. At any point in time, you can opt back in to the service by visiting your Preferences page. If you have other questions about this service, please visit our FAQ."
Don't know what the hell that means, but since I use an ethernet connection most of the time, I'll keep connecting to FR that way. Hopefully this problem with the DNS will be worked out, and I'll be able to connect via wireless again.
This will happen with corporate migrations. Eventually, the internet will pick up on whatever new addresses/hops are necessary to resolve to FR. It can take a few days.
As far as a MacBook goes, you want to do the following in the short term:
Apple —> System Preferences —> Network. Highlight Wifi. Click on Advanced. Go to DNS. Insert 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220.
OpenDNS will resolve to FR the right way. Google and the rest of the DNS servers should eventually resolve back to FR at some point in the near future.
It really shouldn’t take that long for the nodes to point to the new nameservers or IP addresses. Larger host sites send an update IIRC, but this may not be the case here.
Agreed. It seems to be very slow rolling out.
This is different from an amended record roll-out. Affected DNS servers have no entry for FR (nxdomain); the domain record has been deleted.
WWWhat’s this? Some folks are in a BIND?
OpenDNS good here, google not so much.
FR is not loading from a lot of ISPs, getting a DNS error message. Open DNS is working. That’s a workaround for Macs.
I just started to experience this on my phone tonight. Worked fine all day today..weird!
I have been blocked from FR all day due to new cable co. I am so thankful for FREEPERS help on the site!!! I didn’t know what the hell DNS was or whereto open it on my iPad!!! Just went on line figured it out and I am up and running!!! OMG THANK YOU ALL!!!!
What the heck is open DNS??? can someone explain???
Still not working :( in Canada.
Go outside and play?
Judy how did you get onto the site???
Judy if you can read this thread, go into your search engine type in name of your computer with change DNS!!! they have very simple instructions on how to do this!! If I could do it ANYBODY can!!! This will open your DNS (whatever that is) and you will be up and running!!! I was going crazy ALL day yesterday I couldn’t even post kept asking me to sign in!!!
Not change DNS open DNS!!! Sorry!!
Not a techie but using the numerical address 192 168 1 254 I could access the site but still no log on.
Changed this AM to 50 116 23 211 and now seems OK can do everything.
?? remains whose problem is this and do I leave the new DNS things in?
Added the hosts file entry per recommendation above and that fixed it just fine.
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