Free Republic DNS entry seems to be gone

N/A | 04/04/2016 | N/A

[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.

[minnesota_bound]

Comcast is having a BIG outage around the country.
http://downdetector.com/status/comcast-xfinity/map

[BreitbartSentMe]

Work PC can find it via IP address, just not DNS.

[Mom MD]

I can get there from my cell but not my laptop

[Company Man]

I was getting that dumb Time Warner Cable redirect page for about 30 minutes or so.

[exit82]

Jim, this is the message I get:

This site can’t be reached

freerepublic.com’s server DNS address could not be found.
ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED

Then I get a box under that that says “Saved Copy”

I click on that and get to FR’s current page.

[steve86]

Googles’s 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 do not show an entry for FR but other DNS servers I’ve tried do (as of right now).

[major-pelham]

Just now happened to me on an old apple running chrome - my samsung galaxy s5 is seeing FR right this s3cond so I can type

[GizzyGirl]

My laptop is working but my iPad mini using Safari errors with: Safari cannot open the page because the server cannot be found.

[old-ager]

It is definitely gone. What other forums can we use to get the word out?

> freerepublic.com.
Server: google-public-dns-b.google.com
Address: 8.8.4.4

*** google-public-dns-b.google.com can’t find freerepublic.com.: Non-existent domain
>

[upchuck]

The smell tells me the Internet farted. Happens to everybody.

[Jim Robinson]

We have reached the end of the internet. Now what?

[smokingfrog]

Got it on my home ‘puter but not the cell phone.

[Drago]

How to find a better DNS server:

http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-find-best-dns-server.htm#DNSBenchmark

[Mears]

I was locked out for a couple of hours also.

.

[dfwgator]

[smokingfrog]

Domain FREEREPUBLIC.COM [ Site Info Traceroute RBL/DNSBL lookup ]
Registrar GKG.NET, INC. GKG.NET, INC.
Registrar URL http://www.gkg.net
Whois server whois.gkg.net
Created 23-Sep-1996
Updated 14-Sep-2011
Expires 22-Sep-2016
Time Left 170 days 1 hours 43 minutes
Status clientTransferProhibited
DNS servers NS.ROBINSON-DEFEHR.COM.20081216130856.DELETED.GKG.NET 209.157.64.254
NS2.ROBINSON-DEFEHR.COM.20081216130852.DELETED.GKG.NET 209.157.64.253
NS.ROBINSON-DEFEHR.COM 209.157.64.254
NS2.ROBINSON-DEFEHR.COM 209.157.64.253

[SunkenCiv]

"It's all part of the net neutrality stuff, try to keep up, crackers. oh, and Death to America!"

[Drago]

Oops, sorry that was the link for writeup of the specific program “DNSBenchmark” from Steve Gibson of “Spinrite” fame...here is the base article:

http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-find-best-dns-server.htm

[TomGuy]

Could be any number of causes.

Try a complete reboot, including modem.

Yesterday morning I noticed my smartphone lost its WiFi. On further examination, I noticed that my laptop, TiVo also lost WiFi.

I had to reboot every peripheral, including the modem/router.

This happens occasionally when the cable company messes around and makes updates to the local system.

Since the reboot, everything has worked fine.

[cornfedcowboy]

Yep. Can’t get to FR on wifi. Phone data seems to be ok.