[andrewas]

OK, sounds like your DNS server is crap. Thats three this week. One in norway, one in america, and one wherever dreamer is. Why are these things all losing IW?

Now, last I checked accessing IW from a machine without DNS (by using the IP directly) didnt work because all the links use the URL. Seems to be working for you though. I dunno. To answer the questions:

1) WHat I'd do is find the post where megabot coudnt get in and follow my advice in there. Of course your further away from the UK servers I gave him, so you might want to look up american equivalents. But if it aint broke (ie you can browse, post and all without any trouble) dont fix it.

2)Its important only in that it prevents you getting to IW easily.

3)IWs IP is static, cos Z owns it.