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fomenta
n00bfest Elder, Lead Developer
Joined: Sun May 24, 2009 11:00 pm Posts: 2766 Location: Gettin it in
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![Post Post](./styles/acidtech/imageset/icon_topic_latest.gif) Website Problems
If you see this, please pass the word, the hosting provider is playing with the DNS settings for some reason -- n00bfest.com isn't resolving to the right IP every once in a while. To fix this, you can't just enter the IP in the browser, because of the shared hosting system, many sites share the same IP, what tells the server what site you're looking for is the hostname you request. So http://69.73.138.227 will not work. As a temporary work around, edit your hosts file: Windows: C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (no extension) and add these lines: Code: 69.73.138.227 n00bfest.com 69.73.138.227 www.n00bfest.com
Now in your browser go to n00bfest.com and you should be all set. Even if you don't do this now because site access works fine for you, save this information, because your computer or ISP could stop caching the DNS entry for n00bfest at any time and you'd end up with the wrong IP.
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Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:18 pm |
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dirkdeagler
[n00b] Member
Joined: Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:12 pm Posts: 3663 Location: Mt Hood, Oregon
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![Post Post](./styles/acidtech/imageset/icon_topic_latest.gif) Re: Website Problems
This worked for me.
For those of you in Win7, you need to do the following:
Find your hosts file (for me it's C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc ) Open it, select Notepad Paste the lines fomenta posted Save. It'll prompt you to save it somewhere else. Choose the desktop CHange the filename from hosts.txt back to hosts Copy the new hosts file where the old one was. Win7 will prompt you for admin permissions.
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Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:52 pm |
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Gr33n(V)an
Mystery Machine!
Joined: Wed Oct 06, 2004 11:00 pm Posts: 2209 Location: FL...The Green Land
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Windows 7 just became the most pain in my butt OS ever. Just to find the folder options so that I could unhide extensions was a pain. and then chrome decided not to work anyway. Changed back to firefox and all is well. Craptacular.
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Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:37 pm |
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AngryKitten
Lazer Jesus
Joined: Fri Nov 12, 2004 12:00 am Posts: 8983 Location: Georgia
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![Post Post](./styles/acidtech/imageset/icon_topic_latest.gif) Re: Website Problems
Gr33n(V)an wrote: Windows 7 just became the most pain in my butt OS ever. Just to find the folder options so that I could unhide extensions was a pain. and then chrome decided not to work anyway. Changed back to firefox and all is well. Craptacular. GREENVAN. ♥<3<3<3
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Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:02 pm |
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Coach
One-Eyed Elder, Senior Admin
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:00 pm Posts: 4936 Location: Gardendale, Texas
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![Post Post](./styles/acidtech/imageset/icon_topic_latest.gif) Re: Website Problems
Gr33n(V)an wrote: Windows 7 just became the most pain in my butt OS ever. Just to find the folder options so that I could unhide extensions was a pain. and then chrome decided not to work anyway. Changed back to firefox and all is well. Craptacular. This + Balls = GOD! WTF? = ?
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Sat Mar 20, 2010 2:29 am |
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JoeMamma
n00bfest Asshole
Joined: Mon Dec 20, 2004 12:00 am Posts: 11345 Location: Frisco/McKinney, TX
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![Post Post](./styles/acidtech/imageset/icon_topic_latest.gif) Re: Website Problems
*completely off subject* Wow...when I looked in that hosts file, it lists all sorts of odd sites and shit...what the F*CK is that file for??
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Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:35 am |
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fomenta
n00bfest Elder, Lead Developer
Joined: Sun May 24, 2009 11:00 pm Posts: 2766 Location: Gettin it in
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![Post Post](./styles/acidtech/imageset/icon_topic_latest.gif) Re: Website Problems
Do the weird sites have 127.0.0.1 next to them?
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Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:58 pm |
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JoeMamma
n00bfest Asshole
Joined: Mon Dec 20, 2004 12:00 am Posts: 11345 Location: Frisco/McKinney, TX
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![Post Post](./styles/acidtech/imageset/icon_topic_latest.gif) Re: Website Problems
Yes.
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Sat Mar 20, 2010 6:10 pm |
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Gr33n(V)an
Mystery Machine!
Joined: Wed Oct 06, 2004 11:00 pm Posts: 2209 Location: FL...The Green Land
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![Post Post](./styles/acidtech/imageset/icon_topic_latest.gif) Re: Website Problems
127.0.0.1 = home That means that those sites redirect to your box. http://www.topbits.com/127-0-0-1.html
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Sat Mar 20, 2010 6:30 pm |
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fomenta
n00bfest Elder, Lead Developer
Joined: Sun May 24, 2009 11:00 pm Posts: 2766 Location: Gettin it in
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![Post Post](./styles/acidtech/imageset/icon_topic_latest.gif) Re: Website Problems
Its a common way to prevent access to certain sites Some anti web ad programs use this technique to prevent fetching ads and some program cracks do this to prevent the application from "phoning home" and trying to validate themselves. Calls to localhost will probably fail (unless your running a local webserver) and the ad won't be displayed or the program won't realize its pirated Oh, and the hosts file is checked before DNS resolution is done, so if there is a hosts file entry associating a host name with an IP, that IP is used and DNS resolution is skipped. In the case that DNS is wrong (n00bfest's case) this trick can be used to fix it. If you want to play a joke on someone, find the IP of some porn site that when you enter just the IP into the browser still works (like 216.163.137.68) And add something like Code: 216.163.137.68 google.com 216.163.137.68 www.google.com
to their hosts file
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Sat Mar 20, 2010 6:56 pm |
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Hooker
[n00b] Member
Joined: Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:47 pm Posts: 2564
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Fomenta I love you.
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