Forum DNS down?

[Vio]

In the event of the DNS going down, the link to this topic is:

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http://92.48.69.9/~wgwilde/smf/index.php?topic=2607

Credit to Sean Sabre for showing me this. Guy's a legend.

On the rare occasion, our forums will go down and you'll get an error message when you try to go to wildernessguardians.com/forum. Now, as quite a few of you will -or SHOULD- know, you can still access the websites and forums via the following urls respectively:

http://92.48.69.9/~wgwilde/
http://92.48.69.9/~wgwilde/dg/
http://92.48.69.9/~wgwilde/smf/

So, why do these work, yet the standard address doesn't? Because it means the DNS (Domain name) is down. You can still get on via the direct IP address. However, unfortunately most of the links on the forums use wildernessguardians.com/smf/whatever, so while you can see the forum list, you can't log in or view topics or anything.

So... how the f*** am I posting this?

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What you need to do is modify your hosts file so that www.wildernessguardians.com points to 92.48.69.9 instead. Here's how to do that on Windows.

1. Open up Notepad. If you're on Vista/7, you need to run Notepad as administrator, because they're security whores.
2. Go to this directory: %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\
If the folder appears empty, from the "files of type" dropdown menu, select "all files".
3. Open up the "hosts" file.
4. You should see something like this:

(Ignore the fact that I point activate.adobe.com to my localhost, I'm a pirate  :P )
5. After the last entry, add in this line:

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92.48.69.9 [url=http://www.wildernessguardians.com]www.wildernessguardians.com[/url]
The www. is very important, otherwise it will not work.
6. Save it, close it, then try going to www.wildernessguardians.com.
7. ?????
8. PROFIT

What you've done is made it so every link that says "www.wildernessguardians.com" will instead use the server IP rather than the domain name. Holy flying sh** on a stick.

Q and A

Is it safe?
- Yes. Whether via domain or IP, it's still the same server.

Does it work for TS/#WG?
- I haven't tried TS3. However, TS3 and #WG work on par with RobbieBot, so I'm doubtful.

Is there a way to do it on Mac/Linux?
- If you have a Mac/Linux OS, you probably already know how to do it already   ## (but I don't, sorry)

I have another problem/it doesn't work/can I send you e-whore pics?
- I'm no expert technician, but I can try my best. My email/msn is [email protected], and I'm usually on IRC as Kez.

If all else fails - wait it out. The DNS won't be down forever. In the meantime, you can just go to http://92.48.69.9/~wgwilde/music/ and listen to the entire playlist of background music for the website. It's actually really good.

[RobbieThe1st]

Yeah, that's all about right. On OSX and Linux, the procedure is... exactly the same. On Linux, the hosts file is located at /etc/hosts, and on OSX it's at /private/etc/hosts

[Mark]

Or just get a reliable system o.O