cannot resolve quakeone.com servers error message

[punk]

Dont know if anyone knows the answer to this one, but I tried to connect to the speaknow.quakeone.com CA server the other day at home and my machine paused for about 10 seconds, and came back with the "cannot resolve server" message. I tried it a couple more times and came back with the same result. I then tried to check the quakeone.com website here to see if the server was down, and found i couldnt connect to the website either. i then tried rage.quakeone.com and a couple more quakeone.com servers, all receiving the same message. I just figured everything having to do with quakeone.com was down, until i went to work and tried the quakeone.com website and the page came up just fine! i loaded quake on my work machine, and connected right to speaknow and rage... anyone have any idea whats wrong with my home compy?
I can connect to all other servers including SHMACK and the suroot servers... i can access EVERYWHERE with my home compy's internet and never had any issues connecting to the quakeone.com servers before..

[Solecord]

Hrmm, that is quite weird.

Trying running a ping and traceroute on quakeone.com and post results... from your home pc. Perhaps your ISP has not refreshed it's DNS which is weird because the server move was done over a week ago.

The IP quakeone.com should ping to is 209.188.88.32 (that is the website, not the various game servers).

Also try refreshing your computer's DNS. Assuming you're on windows

START > RUN > type in cmd and hit enter
In command prompt type ipconfig /flushdns
Close all browsers, restart computer and try again.

[punk]

will try when i get home and i will post the results tomorrow when i get back into work assuming i still cant connect. thanks

[Baker]

In Windows

Click Start, Click Run and type "ipconfig /flushdns" and press enter.

Then try to connect and it should work as the dns ip for QuakeOne will be forced to refresh.

[punk]

i did what you both told me and flushed my DNS exactly how you told me and it was successful. I then tried to connect, but still couldnt get on the website or the servers.

I did a traceroute, then ping'd it, and then ping'd google to show that it does find everything else.

[Solecord]

Try editing your hosts file. Usually located at C:/WINDOWS/System32/drivers/etc/hosts

Add a line to that file like this:

209.188.88.32 quakeone.com

Save the file, close all browsers, flush DNS again, reopen browser and try again.

Also, try pinging the domain rockdev.com - does that work for you or not?

[Baker]

Or you could go old school and type:

connect 69.90.119.245

in the console to connect to speaknow.

Try editing your hosts file. Usually located at C:/WINDOWS/System32/drivers/etc/hosts

Add a line to that file like this:

209.188.88.32 quakeone.com

Save the file, close all browsers, flush DNS again, reopen browser and try again.

Just a thought: if the quakeone.com dns entry has an invalid ip for him somehow, how is he able to browse this site? Heheh

[Solecord]

Just a thought: if the quakeone.com dns entry has an invalid ip for him somehow, how is he able to browse this site? Heheh

He said in one of his posts he was posting from work.

[punk]

ok, i have now edited that host file by adding that line, closed all browsers, flushed my dns again successfully, and tried again.

[punk]

guess we got nothing then huh? just seems kinda ridiculous...