Re: PLEASE HELP ME!!!

From: Robert Aldwinckle (robald_at_techemail.com)
Date: 05/26/04 

Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 18:30:05 -0400

"Andrew" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:84F1321F-3DC1-49F6-9E1E-36AE341834BC@microsoft.com
...
> do you think this "sharing" of servers is confusing my internet, and only
> allowing me to one side of the servers, thinking that it is only one?

Let's review. You don't have nslookup so the only way that you can
check on your DNS is by using ping -n 1. (We are assuming that the
address returned for that lookup has not been overriden by an invalid entry
from your HOSTS file.) You can't ping boards.gamefaqs.com but you can
ping what I have told you appears to be its canonical name and its address.
Therefore, it appears that the problem is your DNS is not giving you any
way to do a lookup for boards.gamefaqs.com.

The proper solution to this problem is to get your ISP to fix their DNS
or for them to give you an address of a different DNS server which doesn't
have the problem.

A temporary solution is to *add* an entry into your HOSTS file so that
you can do a lookup for boards.gamefaqs.com and let it return the address
that we now know is shared by other servers for other services.

Here is how you could code the line:

216.239.115.136 boards.gamefaqs.com

Try that and see if it lets you get to the service you want.
Then please notify your ISP about *their* problem. ;)
Once their problem is fixed be sure to remove the override
from your HOSTS file or eventually it may come back to haunt
you, e.g., in the event that the proper lookup changes.

Good luck

Robert
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