[Khurkris]

Actions this morning:

1st. couldn't find Free Republic with my favorites selection.
2nd. located Free Repulic & saw reference to yahoo FR groups.
3rd. found info and changed FR DNS to 209.157.64.200.
4th. got to FR but could not log in.
5th. went to yahoo FR group. logged in there and found chat room.
6th. went to chat room and explained my prob.
7th. chatter gave me info regarding new DNS and change to inserting 209.157.64.200 www.freerepublic.com in host folder.
8th. did this and am now logged in & posting.

Now, a question...will this situation change and will it require further changes to maintain FR access?

[Bluntpoint]

If you get laid fill us in.

Unless of course you are posting from your laptop from a Star Trek convention.

[general_re]

If/when FR changes its IP address, your hosts file will need to be changed again to reflect the new address. I have no reason to believe that this will happen any time in the near future, but to be safe, once everything is back to normal, you can go back into the hosts file and remove the entry for www.freerepublic.com. That way, if it does change, your computer will automatically get the new IP address, rather than banging its head against a wall trying the old one. But as long as the IP address remains the same, you shouldn't have to do anything further.

[js1138]

Now, a question...will this situation change and will it require further changes to maintain FR access?

The IP should hold for the foreseeable future, but if it does change, you will have to re-edit your hosts file.

FR should change its login script so you can login using the IP address.

[mathluv]

I knew there was a chat group on yahoo, but did not know how to get there. I went to Free Dominion, and found a link there. Thanks, Free Dominion!

[steveegg]

It should stay stable. Once ICANN/GKG get off their "brains" and update the DNS servers, you can remove the manual assignment of www.freerepublic.com from the hosts file or leave it there (I don't see the IP changing).