Bibs Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 Apologies to everyone for the recent problems with the forum. I renewed the domain name 3 days prior to it expiring however our hosts neglected to process this (they took the money ok though!) and as a result we've been deleted from many DNS servers. I've been on the phone to America to sort this out but it's a bit of a challenge on a Sunday however all being well we'll be back up and running again soon. We may have to wait for up to 48 hours for re-propagation to the DNS network. Oh, and thanks to James (tentenths) as I'm currently remoting onto his PC as Orange DNS servers are one of the ones who have got rid of us yet! Back soon PS Thanks for the 30 odd texts telling me it's broke! Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmxa Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 (edited) Bibs, the following has been working for myself on OS X and should get you online until the DNS changes propagate. In a nut shell you need to add glcforum.com's IP address to your /etc/hosts file - modify /etc/hosts to add the following line: 67.15.173.28 www.glcforum.com and then goto http://www.glcforum.com/esprit/forums/ (see http://practice.chatserve.com/hosts.html for instruction on other platforms, Windows etc) deepthought:~ $ more /etc/hosts ## # Host Database # # localhost is used to configure the loopback interface # when the system is booting. Do not change this entry. ## 127.0.0.1 localhost 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost ::1 localhost 67.15.173.28 www.glcforum.com Edited May 27, 2007 by fmxa Quote Paddle Faster, I hear Banjos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentenths Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 (edited) Thanks Paul - I've forwarded the info on to Bibs Edited May 27, 2007 by Tentenths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted May 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 Thanks Paul, that's working for me right now. I've got the support people working as flat as as the 'after hours' guys will on this so hopefully we'll be back to normal shortly Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmxa Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 No problem, remember to back the change out once everything's working again - it feels like the "Mary Celeste" around here! Quote Paddle Faster, I hear Banjos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 After holding for quiet some time @ 50p/minute (!) a 30 second conversation has hopefully resolved this issue. The American registrars (Tucows) hadn't updated with the details sent to them so they have been updated manually and the DNS info is now propagating. We'll be back to normal worldwide in 2 - 24 hours. Really sorry, but in my defence it wasn't my fault! Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Owners Fem Slave Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 After holding for quiet some time @ 50p/minute (!) a 30 second conversation has hopefully resolved this issue. The American registrars (Tucows) hadn't updated with the details sent to them so they have been updated manually and the DNS info is now propagating. We'll be back to normal worldwide in 2 - 24 hours. Really sorry, but in my defence it wasn't my fault! Glad it appears to be ok again gosh i missed you guys ...... purza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esprit350 Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 silly question time... what is a dns server? Quote The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. Friedrich Nietzsche find me on Tripadvisor http://www.tripadvis...mbers/espritguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemoncurd Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 silly question time... what is a dns server? Domain Name System server. Underneath the covers, the internet uses numeric IP addresses to find other computers (you will probably have seen these when you set up your internet connection e.g. 192.168.0.1). The DNS servers map the useful "human" names like google.com or lotusespritforum.com to the numeric IP address used by the network. That is the basic intro - Wikipedia goes into more detail: Wikipedia Ben Quote Lemoncurd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Owners Fem Slave Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 silly question time... what is a dns server? domain name system.....i think...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esprit350 Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 thanks Purza and Ben, you both posted at the same time Quote The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. Friedrich Nietzsche find me on Tripadvisor http://www.tripadvis...mbers/espritguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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