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Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: Havena on July 27, 2003, 02:01:50 pm

Title: 203.81.47.74 worx 2 get ingame, but still no web
Post by: Havena on July 27, 2003, 02:01:50 pm

Hi thanks for looking  :P

Since the server move, I\'ve had to use
203.81.47.74
to play the game, which is fine.

However, I still can\'t view http://planeshift.fragnetics.com as a website! And of course the IP simply takes you to fragnetics.com .

Is this because I live in New Zealand and DNS registry is still filtering out to little old us? How can I gaze upon the crystal scores again  ;(

 :))

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Post by: Isgrimnur on July 27, 2003, 02:16:01 pm

I\'ve got the same problem as you with the IP address when logging on to the game as have many others but I can view the server website O.K.

It may have something to do with the new server DNS propogating through the internet as I\'m in the U.K

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Post by: Moogie on July 27, 2003, 02:45:42 pm

I\'m in the UK and can access both the server and website just fine.

Good luck Havena, Isgrimnur, must be so annoying for you. :(

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Post by: LanceHeart on July 27, 2003, 09:51:42 pm

That\'s strange...

An hour ago I was able to load the page, then I couldn\'t for about 2 minutes, then it went back up, all this while still being connected to PlaneShift...

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Post by: Caldazar on July 27, 2003, 09:55:26 pm

For some strange reason, I can\'t access planeshift.fragnetics.com, however, I have no problem viewing fragnetics.com. :/

Nevermind, I\'m browsing it as we speak. :)

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Post by: Havena on July 28, 2003, 06:38:14 am

Woohoo!  I can see it now. Must have been DNS propogation.

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Post by: CadRipper on July 28, 2003, 10:07:26 am

There have been problems recently with the name propagation on the internet. It comes back and goes again, this morning I could not get to the server page again.

Those who have this trouble again could try this if using windowsXP, but I give no guarantee. The same principle should work fine under other OS.

• edit the file :

[windows]\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts

(where [windows] stands for your windows installation directory, usually c:\\windows)

• add the following line at the end of the file :

203.81.47.74    planeshift.fragnetics.com

• save the file
• open a command window ( Start -> Run -> type \"cmd\"  OR : windows key + R )
• in the command window, type these 2 commands :

ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns
[/list]

I am not sure the last step is necessary, but I had to do it once or twice, so here it is. With me, it worked, but I was probably just lucky  :D

Tell me if this works when you cannot get to the planeshift.fragnetics.com website.

IMPORTANT : if in the future, the IP changes again, don\'t forget to modify the file accordingly !

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Post by: ElNounch on July 28, 2003, 05:26:47 pm

I *believe* the problem is both fragnetics.com zone\'s DNS servers don\'t agree about what planeshift.fragnetics.com should point to (it is a propagation problem, yes, but between DNS master and slave and will neither resolve by himself).

For the time being, each time we use \'planeshift.fragnetics.com\', we are playing lottery. :P