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Having trouble accessing forum
I have only been able to load the forum from any machine on my home network maybe 1% of the time - literally. I'm sure there is something with a router setting. I honestly assumed for months that the forum host server went down every night. I could access it all day at work and never at night. Then I suddenly made a connection that it's not time of day, but my location. Duh! It really boggles my mind. I found a thread here about someone needing to use an ip address url and I was sure that would solve my problem! But it didn't
Any ideas on what to look for would be most appreciated. I use my phone to load the web page, but that's not always fun.
Any ideas on what to look for would be most appreciated. I use my phone to load the web page, but that's not always fun.
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What sort of Internet connection do you have?
Dial-up, cable, DSL or what?
What is the "back door" url you are using?
Dial-up, cable, DSL or what?
What is the "back door" url you are using?
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Re: Having trouble accessing forum
If you have cable or DSL, try hooking a Thinkpad directly to the DSL or cable modem, eliminating the router.
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Re: Having trouble accessing forum
http://67.214.227.38/~thinkpad/forum/
There is a thread somewhere in this forum where I found that address and it was the only way some people could access the site.
I tried connecting to the router via CAT-5 (it's a combo cable modem & router that Time-Warner provides) and still had no luck with either.
I'm an electrical engineer and worked in telecom and access networks for years, so I have some knowledge in this area. But this baffles me.
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There is a thread somewhere in this forum where I found that address and it was the only way some people could access the site.
I tried connecting to the router via CAT-5 (it's a combo cable modem & router that Time-Warner provides) and still had no luck with either.
I'm an electrical engineer and worked in telecom and access networks for years, so I have some knowledge in this area. But this baffles me.
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Re: Having trouble accessing forum
Funny, it was me who discovered and mentioned that "backdoor" somewhere in the middle of 2009.
Try changing the DNS servers in your router WAN setup, using these openDNS servers:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Try changing the DNS servers in your router WAN setup, using these openDNS servers:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
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Re: Having trouble accessing forum
Yeah. This crappy Ambit U10C019 Modem/Router allows for very little configuration, so no custom DNS settings...
Screenshot:
http://rapidshare.com/files/381587580/S ... 9.gif.html
Screenshot:
http://rapidshare.com/files/381587580/S ... 9.gif.html
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Re: Having trouble accessing forum
Maybe this info helps:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11837533
http://broadband.modemhelp.net/cable_mo ... C018.shtml
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r199222 ... C019-Login
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11837533
http://broadband.modemhelp.net/cable_mo ... C018.shtml
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r199222 ... C019-Login
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Re: Having trouble accessing forum
Thanks, but no. I don't have the same problem those guys were having. I can log into the router to perform configuration and I can do port forwarding, etc. There just seems to be no way to alter DNS settings.
If someone else can find anything in this user guide, maybe I'm just missing it, but I've never seen anything like this.
http://www.ubeeinteractive.com/user-gui ... -02-20.pdf
If someone else can find anything in this user guide, maybe I'm just missing it, but I've never seen anything like this.
http://www.ubeeinteractive.com/user-gui ... -02-20.pdf
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Re: Having trouble accessing forum
See DDNS on page 26.leftbrain99 wrote:Thanks, but no. I don't have the same problem those guys were having. I can log into the router to perform configuration and I can do port forwarding, etc. There just seems to be no way to alter DNS settings.
If someone else can find anything in this user guide, maybe I'm just missing it, but I've never seen anything like this.
http://www.ubeeinteractive.com/user-gui ... -02-20.pdf
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Re: Having trouble accessing forum
I wasn't having much luck with that using my no-ip.com account. It's also not exactly what I'm used to doing when modifying DNS settings. Most routers let you do that manually without using an outside service like this, right?GomJabbar wrote: See DDNS on page 26.
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Re: Having trouble accessing forum
Yeah, I believe you are correct about most routers.
Something I would look into is replacing your HOSTS file. You should be able to Google how to do this.
Something I would look into is replacing your HOSTS file. You should be able to Google how to do this.
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Re: Having trouble accessing forum
I stumbled across some information on the HOSTS file on another forum...
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
The information in the link is useful for blocking unwanted parasites (of course forum.thinkpads.com is not one).
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
The information in the link is useful for blocking unwanted parasites (of course forum.thinkpads.com is not one).
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