Friday 25-Jun-10

GO Connection Issues D.I.Y. Fix

Ok so since GO can't be bothered to fix this problem, I decided to "fix" it myself.

To start with we're going to switch to Google's public DNS:

http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/

Next we're going to flush the DNS cache, we do this by opening command promt(Start=>run=>cmd)

In cmd type: ipconfig /flushdns

And you're pretty much done, unless you're using Firefox.

Firefox users will need to do one last step.

Download the Firefox DNS add-on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5914/

Once the add-on is installed you will need to restart Firefox. Do so, then right click on the new button, flush DNS and/or Disable it.

If after flushing the DNS you are still encountering problems trying to view maltacybergames/playreaction/LANThrax(as I did), then I suggest you leave DNS cache disabled.

Hopefully this solves everyone's problem as it did mine. Please do inform any friends who are having trouble accessing this site about this method. Of course, there is no pont sending them the link since they won't be able to open it anyway.

Sergeant Major MercyKiller101

Comments

	MercyKiller101	25-Jun-10 16:36:24
	I prefer the old Headline pic tbh
	Osprey	25-Jun-10 16:39:42
	I was tempted to accept it!
	MercyKiller101	25-Jun-10 16:44:38
	If i still had photoshop installed I'd have taken a leaf out of Vodafone's book. It wouldn't have been more original but at least the message would have been clearer.
	mewt	28-Jun-10 19:33:43
	This didnt fix the problem for me. GO capture all dns traffic on port 53 and redirect to their own dns servers. Infact: CDocuments and Settings\***********>nslookup Default Server: dsldevice.lan Address: 192.168.1.254 > maltacybergames.com Server: dsldevice.lan Address: 192.168.1.254 DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds. DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds. * Request to dsldevice.lan timed-out > server 8.8.4.4 Default Server: google-public-dns-b.google.com Address: 8.8.4.4 > maltacybergames.com Server: google-public-dns-b.google.com Address: 8.8.4.4 DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds. DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds. *** Request to google-public-dns-b.google.com timed-out sad that go think they are so important that they can cripple local sites like this.
	MercyKiller101	28-Jun-10 20:18:41
	Sorry to hear that, though I can confirm that this fix doesn't work 100% of the time. However it lessened the frequency from 8 times out of 10 to around 2/10. Try refreshing a few times.
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