MM - have i missed something?

encephalopathy · 21 Feb 2006 at 13:55

in the last day or so i have not been able to visit the MM - the link just returns to the forums page - even the link to the MM rules in the FAQ bounces back to here

i haven't seen anything else about this on the board (although may have missed it)

can anyone enlighten me? (and afaik i haven't done anything naughty)

thanks

encephalopathy · 21 Feb 2006 at 14:04

when i click the ENTER FOR SALE http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=98 it bounces me back to http://83.245.33.200/

in the FAQ in the forum rules Members market? bit the link to the rules http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17373850 bounces me back to http://83.245.33.200/

i have tried ctrl-f5 and also a different browser but it doesn't help

encephalopathy · 21 Feb 2006 at 14:08

nope
zen 2mb
opera 8.5

i think i will try clearing out my browser cache to see if it alters things

thanks for checking - it only started happening after the ip address 82.243 etc started appearing in the address bar for the forums a day or so ago, rather than forums.overclockers.co.uk etc

encephalopathy · 21 Feb 2006 at 14:18

well tried logging out + cache purge plus using a different pc

all to no avail

the MM still doesn't work for me
i will try it from a work pc on a different ip address to see if that makes any difference

its the only bit of the site doing this...

encephalopathy · 21 Feb 2006 at 14:24

OK sorted
if anyone else is having this problem you need to edit your HOSTS file

Windows 95/98/Me c:\windows\hosts

Windows NT/2000/XP Pro c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Windows XP Home c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

(you may need administrator access for Windows NT/2000/XP)

open with notepad and enter

83.245.33.200 forums.overclockers.co.uk then save it again

things now sorted
thanks for looking into it otacon

encephalopathy · 21 Feb 2006 at 15:06

dns lookup
forums.overclockers.co.uk. A IN 86400 83.245.33.200
overclockers.co.uk. NS IN 86400 ns0.serverstream.net.
overclockers.co.uk. NS IN 86400 ns1.serverstream.net.
overclockers.co.uk. NS IN 86400 ns2.serverstream.net.
overclockers.co.uk. NS IN 86400 ns3.serverstream.net.
ns0.serverstream.net. A IN 86400 80.253.108.11
ns1.serverstream.net. A IN 86400 213.232.91.11
ns2.serverstream.net. A IN 86400 213.232.90.11
ns3.serverstream.net. A IN 86400 83.245.34.1

the dns servers i have are the correct ones
could it be anything do with my netgear dg834g router?

if i remove the host files entry it just loops back to 84.245.33.200

not really sure what is going on - will reboot the router to see if it makes any difference