Al_B on 18/5/2010 at 22:56
It shouldn't be completely empty - it should have some comment lines at the very least beginning with "#" at the start of the file. However, assuming you have the right file just add a line containing:
74.208.213.90 (
www.ttlg.com)
to the end of the file. Once these DNS problems are sorted it's best to remove it, however as otherwise it will "lock" the (
www.ttlg.com) domain to that IP address and could cause you problems if it changes in future (as it did earlier this year).
Some hosted pages such as thief-thecircle.com also won't work well at the moment as they rely on the same nameservers that are currently broken.
LarryG on 18/5/2010 at 23:08
Got it. Did it. Works. Thanks. How will I know when the DNS problems are solved?
Tough to edit with Vista64. Had to right click on notepad.exe, run as administrator, then from in notepad, browse to the %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc and open hosts, then edit it and save. You need the admin privileges to save the changes.
Al_B on 18/5/2010 at 23:13
Quote Posted by LarryG
Got it. Did it. Works. Thanks. How will I know when the DNS problems are solved?
Start a command prompt (no need for "run as administrator") and type:
nslookup ttlg.com
If it gives you a timeout error or a server fail error then it's not working yet.
Edit: One of the two nameservers is back up now so it should be working as normal again.
Kolya on 28/5/2010 at 10:36
DNS fails again
Enchantermon on 28/5/2010 at 13:21
So...I understand if Saam is too busy to babysit the DNS server, but has he at least taken a look at the event logs to try and determine why exactly the darn thing keeps going down? I mean, once or twice a year isn't really an issue (since we're not running a business or anything), but this has been happening more frequently than that.
Ravenus1 on 28/5/2010 at 13:47
I'm currently logged in through A SWAN from Canada into the USA. I wasn't able to get to (
www.ttlg.com), but when I started to panic and search found (
http://ttlg.ttlg.mobi).
I haven't tried from home yet. This was very freaky for me because the page has been down and was finding very little info about any DNS issue out there.
Wtf, will I ever do without the forum? Can anyone point me to a printed explanation on whatever the issue is?
TY
Namdrol on 28/5/2010 at 13:53
Hmm, not for me, I get in fine with that.
Enchantermon on 28/5/2010 at 14:04
That's odd, because ttlg.ttlg.mobi has been redirecting me for a few months now (and still is). Maybe it depends on the region you're in or the DNS servers you hit on the way? Don't know why it would, though.
