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Getting the server move page still for Halforums

#1

Bones

Bones

Just as it says. Flushed my dns but still having problems. Any idea on how to fix it?


#2

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


#3

Dave

Dave

Weirdness. I'll see what I can do but it may be what Patr says.


#4

Bones

Bones

and it just fixed itself LOL


#5

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.


#6

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


#7

GasBandit

GasBandit

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


#8

Bones

Bones

It borked itself again. Super.....

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#9

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.


#10

GasBandit

GasBandit

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.


#11

Bones

Bones

General Specific said:
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.
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you...you didnt even read the OP did you? :confused:


#12

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.


#13

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. ;)


#14

Bones

Bones

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

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#15

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Have you tried turning it off and back on?

...

What? This is how I help.


#16

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.


#17

PatrThom

PatrThom

Ravenpoe said:
What? This is how I help.
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[Dr.Evil]"Helping"[/Dr.Evil]

--Patrick


#18

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


#19

GasBandit

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
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
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Are you using google's DNS?


#20

Dave

Dave

I can't duplicate any of these errors. I'd love to be able to help!


#21

Frank

Frank

I had the same problem through most of yesterday.


#22

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.


#23

GasBandit

GasBandit

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.


#24

CrimsonSoul

CrimsonSoul

It's working again for me


#25

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


#26

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.


#27

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.


#28

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.


#29

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.


#30

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.


#31

PatrThom

PatrThom

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

--Patrick


#32

Dave

Dave

Truly strange.


#33

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


#34

Cheesy1

Cheesy1

Everyone once in a while I too get connection issues with the site where I can't get on for an hour or so.


#35

Dave

Dave

Greg Middlesworth?


#36

PatrThom

PatrThom

Dave said:
Greg Middlesworth?
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Code: 
Domain Name: HALFORUMS.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1566337760_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.enom.com
Registrar URL: www.enom.com
Creation Date: 2009-08-20 21:07:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2015-08-20 21:07:00Z
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Registrar IANA ID: 48
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@enom.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4252744500
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: GREG MIDDLESWORTH
...
--Patrick


#37

Dave

Dave

The fuck?[DOUBLEPOST=1389795501,1389795424][/DOUBLEPOST]
Dave said:
The fuck?
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Never mind. He's the president of URLJet. We still are being registered through them. I haven't looked there to make sure everything is fine so I will go look.[DOUBLEPOST=1389795680][/DOUBLEPOST]I had the nameservers out of order. I had #1 as #1 but #2 was pointing to #3 and #3 was pointing to #2. Not sure that makes a difference, but I made the correction just in case.[DOUBLEPOST=1389795912][/DOUBLEPOST]Well, I tried to. They switched back after saving. Hurm.


#38

GasBandit

GasBandit

It doesn't make a difference.


#39

Dave

Dave

Well that's good then. I've also said something to the host to see what he can see.


#40

GasBandit

GasBandit

Interesting. OpenDNS just lost you, but Google DNS still has you.


#41

Dave

Dave

I removed #3 and forced #1 & #2 only. I talked to the host and they said it absolutely matters that they point to the right nameserv.


#42

GasBandit

GasBandit

Dave said:
I removed #3 and forced #1 & #2 only. I talked to the host and they said it absolutely matters that they point to the right nameserv.
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Well, yes, it matters they point to the right nameservers, but the order they're listed in is irrelevant, except for that you want them in descending order of mainstream use. IE, #2 is for if #1 fails, and #3 is for if #2 fails. Putting 2 and 3 in as 3 and 2 wouldn't stop it from working unless they have a couple bad nameservers in their own network, and gave them to you to use.


#43

Dave

Dave

I probably did that by removing #3. I have put it back and am going to leave it alone.


#44

PatrThom

PatrThom

I am learning so much from just this little thing.

--Patrick


#45

Shakey

Shakey

PatrThom said:
I am learning so much from just this little thing.

--Patrick
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The best way to learn is to start breaking stuff!


#46

PatrThom

PatrThom

I don't have my own site yet, but I probably will soon (I've had a domain parked for years, just no site), so I've never had to deal with all this stuff. I'd rather have some exp under my belt when I start, y'know?

--Patrick


#47

PatrThom

PatrThom

stienman said:
Catch 22.
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I wish I could find the link to that Kris Straub comic where he talks about exactly this.

--Patrick


#48

PatrThom

PatrThom

I have a server of my own that I could use (two of them, actually. Three if I were to put more parts together), I just can't afford the time to do so right now for funsies, and I have nothing urgent that would require it.

--Patrick


#49

PatrThom

PatrThom

Huh.

I just got the "domain_name_could_not_be_resolved" message...even though I have the site's IP address hard-coded in the hosts file on my DNS server. Something is really weird.

--Patrick


#50

PatrThom

PatrThom

No. But previously I was working around it by accessing the site directly with http://xx.xx.xx.xx/xenforo/portal without issue.

--Patrick


#51

Shakey

Shakey

Anyone else still getting it? I still get it from time to time on my computers not using google dns.


#52

Dave

Dave

Shakey said:
Anyone else still getting it? I still get it from time to time on my computers not using google dns.
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I opened a ticket with the host today. He said he found something cycling the DNS and made a change. I'll post more about it in the morning, but it's being addressed.


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