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I'm getting a DNS error when trying to access www.nationstates.net

The following error was encountered:

Unable to determine IP address from host name for www.nationstates.net

Is something afoot?

I get an error too

Server not found













Firefox can't find the server at www.nationstates.net.








* Check the address for typing errors such as
ww.example.com instead of
www.example.com

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

I also have the error

I think everyone is experiencing it at the moment. Presumably the site (or a DNS server) is down.

I don't have it myself - the site seems to function normally for me.

However, I do suspect that it effected the telegrams - for example, Azazia, another role-player on the boards, replied to one of my telegrams in due course ASAP. However, today, when I checked my Dossier, it said that he was active 4 hours ago....yet I received no telegram.

Hmm....

I have the problem as well, maybe there is a regional DNS problem.

I am acessing the Internet from Germany.
Maybe the other posters can narrow it down or widen the area where the problem occurs.

For me, it just freezes. I don't get an error message, but I don't get the site either.

Edit: And I'm in the USA

Well, I'm getting ye olde DNS error here in the jolly ol' UK.

Looks like it's at least Europe.

DNS error here in Canada too.

Likewise in France.

Worldwide, huh?

Hopefully the mods will find out soon and let me get back to punishi- I mean, protecting my citizens...;)

We're aware of the problem, but it takes an admin to bounce the game (assuming that's the problem). We're trying to reach them now.

If it's a wider DNS issue, it's out of our control. When somebody fixes it, it'l be fixed.

oh well, while we wait lets sing a song to keep our spirits alive...

kumbaya, my lord, kumbaya...

Glad it's not just my connection.

I get this page instead...

Gateway Timeout
The following error occurred:
[code=DNS_TIMEOUT] A DNS lookup error occurred because the request timed out during the lookup.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please contact the administrator.

U.S., not getting in. Getting the common "cannot connect to server".

No error message here just a blank page. In the USA here I hope this can be fixed soon as I am bored......ho hum.......

Does someone have the IP address?

unreachable in Denmark also.. :mad:

It's being looked in to.

Add Japan to the list of areas effected. :(

It's being looked in to.

Oh lordy. I hope that doesn't mean it'll take as long to fix as the supposedly fixed forum database errors....

Yeah down for me as well.

I have only been playing for about a month. Has this ever happened before? If so how long was it down for? If not...?

IP address is 213.208.119.243
And its REALLY FAST being the only user.

I have only been playing for about a month. Has this ever happened before? If so how long was it down for? If not...?

The sight was down a day or two last year do to hackers hacking eveything with ther hackyness.

Virginia(US) Getting an MSN search. Kinda odd, but hey, stuff happens.

Hopefully we can get this resolved soon.

This has nothing to do with geography. The DNS server in question is down. Whether you're in London or Los Angeles will have no difference.

Aw this is so unfair =(

DNS error in Virginia, USA

DNS errors here, DNS errors there, DNS errors everywhere!

IP address is 213.208.119.243
And its REALLY FAST being the only user.

Tried that...started to load the login page, but it did not finish and the error page was displayed again.


Oh well, I guess I have to work for my pay today!

DNS error in Virginia, USA

...What did I just say?

Holy personal space, Batman, are we touchy or what?

Relax...don't go getting all bent out of shape!

An ounce of prevention

Tried that...started to load the login page, but it did not finish and the error page was displayed again.


Oh well, I guess I have to work for my pay today!

The scripts are calling for more scripts and code at nationstates.net, you need to put nationstates into your host file, with the proper address. In other words you need to resolve the address locally.

Or if your a windows user, just wait until the internet isn't broken.

Please don't attempt to update your HOSTS file if you don't know what you're doing, folks. We've got enough on our plates without being blamed for breaking your computers.


Or if your a windows user, just wait until the internet isn't broken.

Yeah.

OK, Roger from Madrid.

www.nationstates.net=

SERVER NOT FOUND

http://213.208.119.243/=

SERVER NOT FOUND

Hope you guys get this all fixed up soon - noticed it last night but hoped it would clear in a few hours (guess not). Now I gotta find a way to stave off withdrawal symptoms... Computers are out to get us all!

*shrug* Oh well...


I take it this will take a few hours to sort out, eh?

This kind of stuff never happens on those days when I have too much work to play NS. It always happens on slow days! :mad:

It must be fixed before i go insane and smash every computer I see!!!!!!!!

Please don't attempt to update your HOSTS file if you don't know what you're doing, folks. We've got enough on our plates without being blamed for breaking your computers.

With Windows I wouldn't even know where to begin either.

But this does bring up an interesting issue, why are all the links on nationstates absolute? If they were relative it woudl be a lot easier to live with problems like this.

We've got enough on our plates without being blamed for breaking your computers.

First you break the internet, now your going for their computers.;)

Here is how to edit your hosts file in Windows XP. I am not a Nationstates representative or mod or admin, so don't blame any problems on the people who run NS. You make this change at your own risk. Be sure to back up the file before you change anything.

Open c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts in Notepad

Paste this line at the bottom of the file:

213.208.119.243 www.nationstates.net

Save. You should be able to load NS immediately.

Once the DNS servers come back up, you should remove this entry from the hosts file.

You make this change at your own risk. Be sure to back up the file before you change anything.

Now you went and did it.
Nataniel broke the internet.:p

I'm getting the error too, and I saw something about a 403 error, something about the US department of Homeland security forbidding this site, WTF is up with that?




Error 403: Forbidden Forbidden by the Department of Homeworld Security. This website was found to be in contradiction to HR 3162 (FREEDOM Act), § 15b (Providing Material ...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=www.nationstates.net

I managed to get here through a link in Wiki, again. WTF?

*gulp*

SAY IT ISNT TRUE!

homeland security?

oh, you know, that was probably an old link from that April Fool's joke they played on us a few years back.

I thoroughly enjoyed hacking one line into my hosts file. Thank you for that. It made me feel... hacky.

ANYWAY, I did that, and when I run the IP, the page that loads only has the nationstates banner (where it should be); the rest of the page is blank, and Opera (my browser) has finished loading. What now?

I thoroughly enjoyed hacking one line into my hosts file. Thank you for that. It made me feel... hacky.

ANYWAY, I did that, and when I run the IP, the page that loads only has the nationstates banner (where it should be); the rest of the page is blank, and Opera (my browser) has finished loading. What now?
Put it back and wait for Jolt to fix NS. :p

Oh, I did that as soon as I saw it didn't work. Just wondering if whassisname had any continuation to his plot.

the page that loads only has the nationstates banner (where it should be); the rest of the page is blank, and Opera (my browser) has finished loading. What now?

First take a little yellow sticky note and write "Remove hacky line from hosts file", and place on your monitor for Monday. Then...

This should have worked, but as with any problem I would try rebooting windows (I understand from reading posts previously that the hosts file may not be read dynamically but only at startup).

Next I would verify that the problem still exists, and that it occurs in more than just opera.

Good luck.

First take a little yellow sticky note and write "Remove hacky line from hosts file", and place on your monitor for Monday. Then...

This should have worked, but as with any problem I would try rebooting windows (I understand from reading posts previously that the hosts file may not be read dynamically but only at startup).

Next I would verify that the problem still exists, and that it occurs in more than just opera.

Good luck.

Pheh, I'm not restarting my computer just to run NS.

Pheh, I'm not restarting my computer just to run NS.

The hacker spirit was not so strong in that one, grasshopper.
You must have a job that is actually interesting...

This solution is working on my computer :)

The hacker spirit was not so strong in that one, grasshopper.
You must have a job that is actually interesting...

I do A-levels.
I like hacking because it's hacking (how can you not like it?); beyond that I also do computing for an A-level.

And my computer has way too many things on it. Restarting could take 20mins. Seriously.

It's not worthwhile for me to try that. Part of the reason I want on is to continue an ongoing discussion from yesterday, and I doubt the other participants want to hack their hosts file.

Just wait till the DNS server either resets itself after midnight or it fixes itself.

looks like it is back up

This shouldn't have been a DNS problem. There are thousands of the things spread all over the world, replicating in about 24 hours. If it is a DNS thing, then someone's been doing some poisoning (always possible) but using your HOSTS file to resolve the address locally should pull the site up with no problems. That's all a DNS server does, after all - resolve the address typed into the IP address.

Looks more to me like it was a server problem.

This shouldn't have been a DNS problem. There are thousands of the things spread all over the world, replicating in about 24 hours. If it is a DNS thing, then someone's been doing some poisoning (always possible) but using your HOSTS file to resolve the address locally should pull the site up with no problems. That's all a DNS server does, after all - resolve the address typed into the IP address.

Looks more to me like it was a server problem. It was a DNS problem. When I edited the HOSTS file, I was immediately able to access the site. The server was unaffected, and blazingly fast because there were only 16 people online :cool:

Anyways, whoever did the hosts file hack should take it out now, because the DNS is working again.

Looks more to me like it was a server problem.It was a DNS problem.
You're both right. It was a DNS server problem. The config file on the primary DNS server wiped itself somehow, and they had to find and restore from backup. It took out virtually all the Jolt-hosted domains (including the ones that they get paid to run!) so they got it back as fast as they could.

It's back now, and you can satisfy your addiction. Be happy.

It's back now, and you can satisfy your addiction. Be happy.


Yay...now i don't have to rely on my other addictions as much....:D

You're both right. It was a DNS server problem. He was talking about the game server itself, not the DNS server. I was referring to the DNS server. But it's back up now so we can all go have fun :)

That really messed up my claims that "I can quit anytime". :p

Oh thank you. Thank you. Thank you. :D

(including the ones that they get paid to run!)
So that's why they fixed it so quick.:D