Trouble reaching the forum from home...

J'aran · 06-12-2002, 06:34 AM

Due to being very busy, I lately haven't been able to be online as much as I'd want to, hence my being away for a while. But when I again tried to check this forum a week or so ago, I got an error message, you know, that "can't reach server" thingy. Well, OK, that happens from time to time, but when I checked again later I got the same error-page, and the following day again, the day after that, etc. I checked again this morning, same thing. But the strange thing is, whenever I logged on to the forum from school, it was just fine. Right now I'm posting from school, and I had no trouble logging in... It seems that I can access the forum from school, but not from my home, and I have no idea whatsoever about the cause... Any suggestions?

LennonCook · 06-12-2002, 06:49 AM

BLAME YOUR ISP!!

This sounds very much like a DNS problem... when you go home, try to go to http://24.26.79.61/index.shtml ... if you can see the ironworks forum frontpage; it`s a DNS problem. This means that your ISP have yet to update their servers, and can`t ping some domains.
Also try a ping and tracert of www.ironworksforum.com and 24.26.79.61 in DOS prompt. If you can ping and tracert the IP but not the domain, DNS problem.
If it turns out to be a DNS problem, try to find an alternate DNS setting, from another ISP which is supplied in your country.

Once you have found one, someone here will know better than me how to change your DNS, but I *think* it`s somewhere in control panel.

J'aran · 06-12-2002, 07:03 AM

Kay, thanks. Will try.

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06-12-2002, 06:34 AM	#1
J'aran Mephistopheles Join Date: December 12, 2001 Location: Fryslân, The Netherlands Age: 44 Posts: 1,493	Due to being very busy, I lately haven't been able to be online as much as I'd want to, hence my being away for a while. But when I again tried to check this forum a week or so ago, I got an error message, you know, that "can't reach server" thingy. Well, OK, that happens from time to time, but when I checked again later I got the same error-page, and the following day again, the day after that, etc. I checked again this morning, same thing. But the strange thing is, whenever I logged on to the forum from school, it was just fine. Right now I'm posting from school, and I had no trouble logging in... It seems that I can access the forum from school, but not from my home, and I have no idea whatsoever about the cause... Any suggestions?

06-12-2002, 06:49 AM	#2
LennonCook Jack Burton Join Date: November 10, 2001 Location: Bathurst & Orange, in constant flux Age: 37 Posts: 5,452	BLAME YOUR ISP!! This sounds very much like a DNS problem... when you go home, try to go to http://24.26.79.61/index.shtml ... if you can see the ironworks forum frontpage; it`s a DNS problem. This means that your ISP have yet to update their servers, and can`t ping some domains. Also try a ping and tracert of www.ironworksforum.com and 24.26.79.61 in DOS prompt. If you can ping and tracert the IP but not the domain, DNS problem. If it turns out to be a DNS problem, try to find an alternate DNS setting, from another ISP which is supplied in your country. Once you have found one, someone here will know better than me how to change your DNS, but I think it`s somewhere in control panel.

06-12-2002, 07:03 AM	#3
J'aran Mephistopheles Join Date: December 12, 2001 Location: Fryslân, The Netherlands Age: 44 Posts: 1,493	Kay, thanks. Will try.

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