Problems with the server?

[Thorne]

I have that trouble a lot. Site goes down comes back up and I can't access it for at least 48 hours.

I never seem to have the same problem. I can usually access it after a couple of minutes or so. I'll be browsing through the forums, click on a link of some kind and get a message that my browser can't find the server. I'll go and surf somewhere else in a different tab and come back after a couple of minutes and I can usually get through again. After a couple more links the same thing happens. I've never yet been kept out for even a couple of hours, much less a couple of days.

It sounds like the DNS problem mentioned earlier is the most likely problem. Hopefully, after everything else gets settle down again they can look into it.

[js207]

I never seem to have the same problem. I can usually access it after a couple of minutes or so. I'll be browsing through the forums, click on a link of some kind and get a message that my browser can't find the server. I'll go and surf somewhere else in a different tab and come back after a couple of minutes and I can usually get through again. After a couple more links the same thing happens. I've never yet been kept out for even a couple of hours, much less a couple of days.

It sounds like the DNS problem mentioned earlier is the most likely problem. Hopefully, after everything else gets settle down again they can look into it.

As a workaround, I've added www.bdsmlibrary.com to my system's HOSTS file (a text file, /etc/hosts on Unix and Mac OS X systems, system32\drivers\etc\hosts in the Windows directory on Windows NT/2k/XP/Vista machines).

You should see lines like:
127.0.0.1 localhost

Add one for www.bdsmlibrary.com as follows:
208.53.170.232 www.bdsmlibrary.com


Now, your computer can bypass the buggy DNS servers and go directly to the bdsmlibrary server itself, without asking directions. (Downside: if the bdsmlibrary.com server ever moves, you'll need to update or delete that line so your browser finds the new location.)