Getting the server move page still for Halforums

PatrThom

PatrThom

Might just have to wait until the changes percolate through the system. It appears to be working fine from my location, that usually means DNS just has to finish propagating.

--Patrick
 
Cheesy1

Cheesy1

I was having this issue all day yesterday. I seem to be staying logged in now this morning, we'll see if it lasts.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Default TTL (Time To Live) for DNS entries is usually 24hrs, so this is the kind of thing that will usually take no more than a day (of waiting) to fix.

--Patrick
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

Staff member
DNS is a persnickity thing. Sometimes it propogates near-instantly, sometimes you're waiting a day for it to percolate down.
 
General Specific

General Specific

Maybe flushing your dns will help?

go into a command prompt, type in:
Code: 
ipconfig /flushdns
and then this on the next line:
Code: 
ipconfig /registerdns
See if things are changed after that.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

Staff member
Also make sure you CTRL-F5 on the page a few times to clear it from your browser cache, which is different from your computer's DNS cache.
 
Shakey

Shakey

You could try changing your DNS to the google dns servers.
8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4

Otherwise delete your temporary internet files to make sure it isn't loading the cached version.
 
General Specific

General Specific

Bones said:
you...you didnt even read the OP did you? :confused:
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Crap, I did, but by the time I got down I forgot, sorry!

Edit: wait, this is the tech support forum, DO IT AGAIN!

Also, reboot, clear your cookies, turn your monitor off and then back on, jiggle the cable, stare at it for 5 minutes and then retry, and then I *might* be able to send you up to a level 2 agent who actually knows what they are talking about. ;)
 
Bones

Bones

I cleared my browser and restarted and that fixed it yesterday.

Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
 
CrimsonSoul

CrimsonSoul

Up until today it was working for me (yesterday, day before, etc) then today I'm getting errors that the website couldn't be loaded. got the IP from fig to get here. Weird.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Great. Now I'm getting the "DNS not resolved" page when I try to go to the Halforums URL.
Good thing I can still get to it by IP after I look it up somewhere online.

--Patrick
 
Shakey

Shakey

I've been getting it on my desktop, but I switch to my laptop and it works fine. Same internet connection, only difference is the DNS provider.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

Staff member
I'd be willing to bet it's a DNS propagation hiccup. It'll probably work itself out, but I recommend using 8.8.8.8 for your DNS, it always seems to correct fastest to me.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
Are you using google's DNS?
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Nope. I have my own in-house DNS caching server set up which redirects all incoming requests to the three consistently fastest DNS servers I found using this tool.
I probably just have to wait for my caching server's TTLs to expire on the cached entries.

--Patrick
 
Shakey

Shakey

My desktop quit working again. It kept coming up server not found, and that it couldn't resolve the name through tracert. Switched to Googles DNS and it works fine.

It's weird that it comes and goes though. You'd think once it updated it would stay that way.
 
Bones

Bones

I use Open DNS, it was very strange for 2 or 3 days after Dave finished the move, but now it is very stable.
 
Frank

Frank

My DNS is through Unblock-us which allows me access to all your American treasure troves of Netflixish and Huluish goodies. I keep having problems with them for this site, but I ain't givin' it up for nothin'.

Didn't work again most of yesterday.
 
Frank

Frank

It's so weird, every evening I'm unable to access the site until morning. Every evening.

I just switched my DNS to the 8.8.8.8 Google one and now it works. It must just be Unblock-us.

That's a huge bummer.
 
Shakey

Shakey

The site wasn't working for me on my laptop this morning, and I have googles DNS. The name address wasn't working for the minecraft server last night either. That's the first time it's happened though.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

It started happening again for me this morning, too.
Probably still some DNS transfers out there that need to get finished.

--Patrick
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Still having off-and-on trouble with this. I don't know who Greg Middlesworth is, but he needs to get this fixed.
For now, I just added the IP to the hosts file on the machine acting as my DNS server, that way all the devices in my house can find it, and I only have to fix it once when the Internet has calmed down about your record.

--Patrick
 
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