DNS Errors

Salvation122

Firefox is repeatedly returning the following error.

My Browser wrote:

ALERT:

www.penny-arcade.com could not be found. Please check the name and try again.

I'd guess this is a DNS error, as there's a seperate dialogue for time-outs. It could also be my university network being retarded. At any rate, I'd appreciate it if you guys could address this.

Tube

It takes skill to use the word please and still appear as rude as fuck. Especially in text form.

Salvation122

I seriously didn't mean to be; my post got eaten twice because of the problem I described, and the irony was pissing me off. Will edit.

Edit: Better?

Tube

Much appreciated.

Phantom of the Opera

I get the same problems; I come to PA, and then the internet stops working for me. At least web pages stop working. Everything I try to open returns a DNS error, and on top of that clicking links does nothing (it doesn't even attempt to load). I thought it might be a router problem, but when I try to go to my router's IP status page (192.168.2.1) in IE (because Mozilla doesn't let me log in to it for some reason) it goes through www.192.168.2.1.com/net/org/edu/gov and then returns a 404 error. The strange thing is, it seems to only happen once I come to PA, and then it only affects web pages (Bit Torrent and DC++ still work). Is there a new virus going around or is it just a fluke? I'm getting kinda paranoid now, especially since when I get these errors I am in Windows 98 (I haven't tried testing it in Linux yet). It doesn't seem to be doing anything ATM, so I hope it stays that way.

Älphämönkëy

Thats weird. I dont know about that redirecting stuff, but that sounds like spyware\malware to me. I have had reports of DNS issues with PA, and I have seen the server loads drop considerably.