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31st Jul 2010, 05:21 AM	"Server Not Found" Error? #1
tree4me Original Poster Mad Poster Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,694 Thanks: 3549 in 24 Posts 10 Achievements	I'm posting on behalf of whitewaterwood, who is getting a "Server Not Found" error when trying to connect to MTS and the Wiki. Is there a reason this is happening? Is this a problem on her end?
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31st Jul 2010, 07:06 AM	#2
G.O.C. What just happend? Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,761 2 Achievements	It seems likely that it's a problem at her end as, you and I are not getting the "server not found" and neither are aprox 1788 others! Can she connect to any other web sites?
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31st Jul 2010, 08:04 AM	#3
arathea Scholar Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,122 1 Achievements	Someone at Simbology has this error too if she tries to access MTS. It happens only with this site.

31st Jul 2010, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by arathea

Someone at Simbology has this error too if she tries to access MTS.
It happens only with this site.

Are you getting the same error??

Life is for LIVING so, LIVE it and have Fun

Please use "spell check" when posting!!!
Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

31st Jul 2010, 08:38 AM	#5
Delphy Delphinius The Great Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 8,571 Thanks: 69486 in 16 Posts 26 Achievements View My Journal	Are they trying modthesims2.com or modthesims.info?
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31st Jul 2010, 08:38 AM	#6
ShanOw Forum Resident Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 657 Thanks: 14586 in 53 Posts 17 Achievements	Maybe the site when down for a few seconds and their ISP cached the error. Tell them to go into command prompt (Run --> CMD.exe) and type in "ipconfig \flushdns"
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31st Jul 2010, 09:26 AM	#7
G.O.C. What just happend? Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,761 2 Achievements	I don't know how it is on other peoples computers but, If I type, http://www.modthesims2.com into the address bar and hit enter, It changes to http://www.modthesims.info so, I'm not sure if that is the problem Delphy!
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31st Jul 2010, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by G.O.C.

Are you getting the same error??

Obviously not or I wouldn't be able to post here.

I know for sure she tried modthesims.info but she said she tried some other links too and none of them worked. It happens for about a week now.

31st Jul 2010, 10:09 AM

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Obviously not or I wouldn't be able to post here.

I know for sure she tried modthesims.info but she said she tried some other links too and none of them worked. It happens for about a week now.

Other links? Example please.

One link that was posted at Simbology for her to try was:
http://forums.modthesims.info/index.php?

She had another one from Google but didn't mention which one exacty.

31st Jul 2010, 10:30 AM	#11
G.O.C. What just happend? Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,761 2 Achievements	I have just used the link you gave, (on another computer, IE and Firefox) and it worked for me!!
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31st Jul 2010, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by G.O.C.

I have just used the link you gave, (on another computer, IE and Firefox) and it worked for me!!

It works for me too, the other links (modthesims2.com and modthesims.info) are working too. The problem is that for some people none of them is working.

31st Jul 2010, 11:04 AM	#13
whiterider Oh, My! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,635 Thanks: 27824 in 58 Posts 30 Achievements View My Journal	Tell her to do as ShanOw suggested (though I think that should be /flushdns, not \flushdns?).
	"On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. It tells the reader how to hum the tune." - Lynn Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves

31st Jul 2010, 11:20 AM	#14
arathea Scholar Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,122 1 Achievements	It's posted over there already (someone beat me) but I'll tell them about /flushdns. And there is now another one with this problem.

31st Jul 2010, 11:40 AM	#15
tree4me Original Poster Mad Poster Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,694 Thanks: 3549 in 24 Posts 10 Achievements	Okay, she's tried the /flushdns thing, the link suggested on Simbology, clearing her cache and trying another browser. None of those have worked for her so far, I'm afraid. What else could be causing it?
	This allows me to see into the minds of people! That's right, I can actually see what they're thinking! So long as what they're thinking is exactly what I think they're thinking.

31st Jul 2010, 11:49 AM	#16
whiterider Oh, My! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,635 Thanks: 27824 in 58 Posts 30 Achievements View My Journal	I've no ides. Tell her to open cmd and type in TRACERT modthesims.info. That should tell her where on the route the problem lies.
	"On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. It tells the reader how to hum the tune." - Lynn Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves

31st Jul 2010, 11:57 AM	#17
tree4me Original Poster Mad Poster Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,694 Thanks: 3549 in 24 Posts 10 Achievements	She tried it, and it read "unable to resolve target system name modthesims.info".
	This allows me to see into the minds of people! That's right, I can actually see what they're thinking! So long as what they're thinking is exactly what I think they're thinking.

31st Jul 2010, 02:37 PM	#18
whiterider Oh, My! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,635 Thanks: 27824 in 58 Posts 30 Achievements View My Journal	Then it's a DNS issue. If flushdns didn't work, she'll just have to wait a few more days for the recent DNS changes to propagate naturally.
	"On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. It tells the reader how to hum the tune." - Lynn Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves

1st Aug 2010, 03:24 PM	Me too.... #19
mlite9 Test Subject Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 6 1 Achievements	I'm having the same problem, with both FF and IE. Starting a few days ago, I cannot access the site, unless I use a proxy or my smartphone. Cache, dnsflush, all cleaned. Are you blocking IP's, or a range of IP's?
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1st Aug 2010, 04:02 PM	#20
Vampire_of_Death Banned Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,910 Thanks: 6341 in 54 Posts 18 Achievements View My Journal	I was having this problem as well about 2 weeks ago and it resolved itself within a day.

1st Aug 2010, 04:08 PM	#21
whiterider Oh, My! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,635 Thanks: 27824 in 58 Posts 30 Achievements View My Journal	If we were blocking your IP, you wouldn't get a server not found error; you'd get a "Your IP has been blocked" error. This is a DNS problem - it's not on our end, there's nothing we can do about it.
	"On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. It tells the reader how to hum the tune." - Lynn Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves

1st Aug 2010, 10:31 PM	#22
Ghost sdoj Site Helper Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,617 Thanks: 77 in 1 Posts 6 Achievements View My Journal	Amjoie and some others at Custom Sims 3 was saying they had the same error. I had it for several days myself, but it cleared up on its own eventually.
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2nd Aug 2010, 11:04 PM	#23
marchaprilmay Test Subject Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 13 1 Achievements	I've also had the same problem since Friday. As long as the DNS changes go through and it will eventually work, I don't mind. I just hadn't been able to even find anything about what was going on until I thought of using a proxy to check here.

3rd Aug 2010, 05:36 PM	#24
rkalanu Field Researcher Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 231	I'm also seeing this. I can only access modthesims.info through a proxy, now. dnslookup says: Name: "www.modthesims.info" Error: No such host is known. (11001) Time: 1279.142 ms Alternate 2 (W2KPro and up): Error: DNS server failure. (9002) Time: 1199.355 ms ipconfig /flushdns doesn't help. I'll just sit tight till the DNS changes propagate...

4th Aug 2010, 01:55 PM	#25
Delphy Delphinius The Great Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 8,571 Thanks: 69486 in 16 Posts 26 Achievements View My Journal	You can always try using Google's Public DNS service...
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