MPC DNS Trouble... [Archive]

o({})o

4th May 2006, 03:09

The forums were not attacked, and they haven't been down. Some people have had trouble connecting since our primary DNS is having tech problems. It should be fixed soon, but I will make no promises. To bypass this problem, you may use the following steps:

1) Go to your Windows root directory C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
2) Open the hosts file in notepad
3) Now, add these lines to the end...
85.214.39.26 mpcforum.com
85.214.39.26 www.mpcforum.com
4) Save the file

You may have to use IE to make this work, but I don't know for sure. I think it should be okay for Firefox as well. Obviously, if you are reading this, you aren't having a problem anymore... but this should be kept for future reference, as I am getting pissed off at people who keep spamming IRC about it :x. Also, if you have any friends who are having trouble, please tell them!

If you have had no trouble accessing the site, then it is probably because you have DNS cache enabled in your firewall.

When MPC is back to normal, I will try to remember to post about removing those lines from your hosts file.

bigbang

4th May 2006, 17:34

thanks for informing us and i wondered yesterday whats going on with mpc, just from one second to the other was mpc down. i thought my isp cut my internet.

C-X

4th May 2006, 17:43

i got on again :]
hebe, maybe a stupid idea, but i think u should email the bypass for the problem to all the members, since they cant read it if they have the problem

MPC Mail server having trouble... So I can't do that. Even if I wanted to, that usually just crashes forums.

Ping_pong

4th May 2006, 18:09

Hehe, i used a public proxy ;)

Sudden Death

4th May 2006, 20:12

i can access MPC on my laptop but not my desktop :x and yeah obviously u cant access this page if u cant get onto mpc hebe :P

Conker

4th May 2006, 22:18

rofl yup, had no problems though, go on it at home all the time

gil

4th May 2006, 23:21

I just wonder.
If someone does have troubles to visit MPC, how would he see this post ? ;)

Sudden Death

4th May 2006, 23:35

maybe a stupid idea, but i think u should email the bypass for the problem to all the members, since they cant read it if they have the problem
and yeah obviously u cant access this page if u cant get onto mpc hebe :P
rofl yup read the thread gil :P its been 'wondered' already :]

btw why have smilies been disabled? I got it just now when i loaded this thread smilies are off.. vB still on but smilies are off.. they were on a minute ago :x

o({})o

5th May 2006, 07:22

read the thread gil :P its been 'wondered' already :]

btw why have smilies been disabled? I got it just now when i loaded this thread smilies are off.. vB still on but smilies are off.. they were on a minute ago :x

Because I turned them off.

luck777jojo

5th May 2006, 08:37

also...

www.ogc-cheat.de

that's the link posted in IRC and that one doesn't reply on this same DNS so..... it works.