have you look at your wireless settings? how is it configured? your router?
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If the IPv6 records are the problem, then it would also account for why some folks have problems and some don't. If your ISP's DNS servers (the one's your computer resolve with) are configured to use public IPv6 records, then they wouldn't be able to resolve. If they are not configured for IPv6 (not widely adopted yet), then they would ignore the addy's and just us IPv4.
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Papa Munch
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To be honest Elvis, I don't know what to look for. Yes, there is a wireless router and I have tried playing with different settings but nothing.
It is a bummer that I can't access the site and I am just curious as to why.
No biggie. I've got Dragons on the way!
It is a bummer that I can't access the site and I am just curious as to why.
No biggie. I've got Dragons on the way!
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Ozone thanks for the explanation seems that is the problem, when I read thru the stats
This is a tricky one for sure. I would really like to be able to access the site and purchase more Dragon eggs as well as utilize the great info there. But Nothing has changed on my end. My system accesses all other sites correctly as it has for the last several years. I maintain a good connection and replace my router yearly to keep up with bandwidth demands and speeds. As a travel agent, I spend approx 6 to 7 hours daily online interfacing with travel providers and clients and have never experienced a problem like this that was not resolved quickly. I will just have to wait for the fix or attempt to access the site from Starbucks.
OK, i figured out to acess the portal. Use this guide to change your DNS settings in Win7 to use Open DNS in IpV4. I did not change the IpV6 settings. Works like a charm.
http://www.opennicproject.org/configure-your-dns/how-to-change-dns-servers-in-windows-7/
I restarted my compuiter because it is Windows. You may not have to restart. The site is a little slow but I do not know if that is the DNS or the website itself.
For a Mac:
http://www.opennicproject.org/configure-your-dns/how-to-change-dns-servers-on-a-mac/
For Linux:
http://www.opennicproject.org/configure-your-dns/how-to-set-up-dns-servers-in-ubuntu-linux/
Now the website loads fast.
I'll bet Comcast had the portal blocked on their DNS server for some reason.
From the OpenNIC website:
No corporation should say what websites should or shouldn’t be available to us, or the speed in which they load. By using OpenNIC you no longer have to question your ISPs motives, and can rest assured that your connection to the Internet is not being censored by your DNS server.
OpenNIC is a non profit organisation and does not charge money for access to it’s DNS services including the proposal/request of new TLDs. It’s free to use and the servers are run by volunteers, so there’s no financial pressure to corrupt the OpenNIC system. You too could be one of the volunteers!
http://www.opennicproject.org/configure-your-dns/how-to-change-dns-servers-in-windows-7/
I restarted my compuiter because it is Windows. You may not have to restart. The site is a little slow but I do not know if that is the DNS or the website itself.
For a Mac:
http://www.opennicproject.org/configure-your-dns/how-to-change-dns-servers-on-a-mac/
For Linux:
http://www.opennicproject.org/configure-your-dns/how-to-set-up-dns-servers-in-ubuntu-linux/
Now the website loads fast.
I'll bet Comcast had the portal blocked on their DNS server for some reason.
From the OpenNIC website:
No corporation should say what websites should or shouldn’t be available to us, or the speed in which they load. By using OpenNIC you no longer have to question your ISPs motives, and can rest assured that your connection to the Internet is not being censored by your DNS server.
OpenNIC is a non profit organisation and does not charge money for access to it’s DNS services including the proposal/request of new TLDs. It’s free to use and the servers are run by volunteers, so there’s no financial pressure to corrupt the OpenNIC system. You too could be one of the volunteers!
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I have no idea what changes were made, so all that follow is pure speculation. I think that they may have moved their hosting, or at least their DNS hosting to a new server with a new public IP address. This would involve using what's called "glue records" hosted on ICANN's root DNS servers. IF this is all the case, glue records can in my experience take a notoriously long time to replicate the changes out to every corner of the Internet. Root DNS servers have a very high cache time to live (TTL) value set on these, 48 hours. And I've heard (though I've not personally seen actual evidence) that some larger ISP's will have their own cache of root records and setup even longer cache times.
When I was working, our normal procedure for changing glue records was to make sure that the old server would be up and running for at least a week after the change. If possible we would enable logging and look for queries for the domain to stop coming in to the old server before decommissioning them. I've seen it take 5 days or so before queries stopped routing to the old servers, and heard (though again not confirmed) of up to a week.
Again...all speculation on my part as I have no idea what changes were done and know nothing about their hosting setup. Just dipping my toe in the tech troubleshooting pool to test the water and see if I want to dive back in while I start contemplating re-entering the work force I suppose. :tiphat:
When I was working, our normal procedure for changing glue records was to make sure that the old server would be up and running for at least a week after the change. If possible we would enable logging and look for queries for the domain to stop coming in to the old server before decommissioning them. I've seen it take 5 days or so before queries stopped routing to the old servers, and heard (though again not confirmed) of up to a week.
Again...all speculation on my part as I have no idea what changes were done and know nothing about their hosting setup. Just dipping my toe in the tech troubleshooting pool to test the water and see if I want to dive back in while I start contemplating re-entering the work force I suppose. :tiphat:
Papa Munch
That old and easy feeling.
Woot! I'm able to get to the portal from my iPad!
For anyone interested, I changed my DNS to 208.67.222.222 and it works!
For anyone interested, I changed my DNS to 208.67.222.222 and it works!
the hubby had to set it so his auto obtains a dns addy, which unfortunately changes things when going to other sites, sites with restrictions such as only allowing access n such to locals, which he is not local to
says he is happy to be back in the portal but sad he needs to change settings back n forth due to only the portal needing the change, and i cant even count high enough to list how many sites he goes to
says he is happy to be back in the portal but sad he needs to change settings back n forth due to only the portal needing the change, and i cant even count high enough to list how many sites he goes to
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