USGPRU

If someone tells me how to insert an image then I will post some pics!

you need to upload to a 3rd party web host (e.g. photobucket, your server, etc). then embed the url to the picture locati ...

I think what happens is that the DNS's go down, and it depends on your ISP how frequently they update their DNS (if they keep one).

Just like when you create a new domain and some people can see ...

I couldn't get on for a long while today. It's definitely the DNS servers b/c they weren't resolving a couple of the other URLs that are on the same DNS server (I tried pinging twracing.net and got na ...

Had the same problem again earlier today from work. Site was unavailable for about 20 minutes this time. I went to another machine on our network and it wouldn't load there either.

Pinged the url a ...

uhhh, wow, yea, those are way wrong. The IP for the server is:

75.127.116.14

I've had the same problem. An nslookup on www.usgpru.net times out 2 out of three-ish times. After it resolves ...

uhhh, wow, yea, those are way wrong. The IP for the server is:

75.127.116.14

Hmm. I wonder why when I ping the below I get totally different IPs than that?

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner> ...

uhhh, wow, yea, those are way wrong. The IP for the server is:

75.127.116.14

Here's how to do it...
- Open this file in notepad: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
- Append this line to ...

Don't know why I didn't think of this earlier, but you guys that are on a Windows OS why don't you just update your hosts file with the proper IP for the various domains within usgpru.net. The hosts f ...

... I would assume if the DNS was acting up then telnetting wouldn't work either....

Correct.

Yea, there are logs, but it wouldn't do any good as it just logs the hits/requests. BTW, it's not ...

You can ping it... you can't use it to request a Web page.

W/O getting into techie details.. here's how it works...

- Domain names point to/get directed to an IP, which, let's call the Web serv ...

BB, IP won't work. It's on virtual/shared hosting, not a dedicated server.

I was wondering why I couldn't ping the direct IP for the forum.

BB, IP won't work. It's on virtual/shared hosting, not a dedicated server.

Hmm...Either you guys are all on the same ISP and getting the same problems due to their DNS server or more likely it's an issue with the site's host and the DNS resolution. FWIW, I've never had a pro ...

I checked and I do have the / after the word forum. I only assumed it was a USGPRU issue as I don't have it happen elsewhere. I've been meaning to ask for months and finally decided too. It's just ...

It could be DNS related. It's a bit tough to get into over the Interwebs. Maybe the Admin could chime in with a little more information on their DNS resolution and if their provider's been having issu ...