battlestations.eu is dead

[kibeldede]

The site has recently had a spate of spammings . We combatted this and the spammers (or spammER) got annoyed and got some turks to hack the site, claiming they were 'clearing up a hole in the network' They killed our site coz no-one was looking at their links. Childish behaviour. and we paid the price for clearing it up.

Now I WILL avenge battlestations.eu in whatever way I CAN!

[kibeldede]

well the site has been restored! B)

But i still feel vengence!

[takao71534]

why is it that i cant access the site battleatations.eu

[Pisces]

Originally Posted by takao71534

why is it that i cant access the site battleatations.eu

Ehm, typos perhaps?

http://battlestations.eu/

[takao71534]

usually i dont use the www. and it works fine but i still cant access the site ive tried your idea and that doesnt work ether and i got messages i need to read from the site .

[Pisces]

Maybe your system has the wrong IP adress stored in it's DNS chache.

To check it, open a command window: Startmenu/Run/Type: cmd

Then type at the dos prompt: ping battlestations.eu

It should return:

Pinging battlestations.eu [217.76.127.204] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 217.76.127.204: bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=52
Reply from 217.76.127.204: bytes=32 time=49ms TTL=52
Reply from 217.76.127.204: bytes=32 time=50ms TTL=52
Reply from 217.76.127.204: bytes=32 time=50ms TTL=52

Ping statistics for 217.76.127.204:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 48ms, Maximum = 50ms, Average = 49ms

If it is, then there is something wrong along the traffic path to that site. Something I cannot help on, especially now since I need to go in a hurry.

If that is not it, then type at the dos prompt to clear the dns-cache: ipconfig /flushdns
I assume you can visit other sites correctly, so then your network settings for dns are ok. Or else you might have lost the ip adress entry of subsim.com in that dns chache. Either way, then you can be sure it is a configuration problem of the network connection in your home.

After this you can try again with your browser.

[takao71534]

traffic to the site is dead for me, is there any thing i can do?

[Pisces]

Can you do that ping-test as I did above and post the results?

[elephantium]

C:\>ipconfig /flushdns

Windows IP Configuration

Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.

C:\>ping battlestations.eu
Ping request could not find host battlestations.eu. Please check the name and try again.

My DNS servers are 75.75.75.75 and 75.75.76.76; I'd guess those are to blame. What are your DNS settings, Pisces?

[Pisces]

Originally Posted by elephantium

My DNS servers are 75.75.75.75 and 75.75.76.76; I'd guess those are to blame. What are your DNS settings, Pisces?

I don't know if those are wrong. Did you set them manually, or do you let Windows get it automatically from your ISP? It could be that your ISP chose those numbers for easy remembering. Eitherway, if the IP4 settings of your networkcard are set to automatically then all is (or sounds anyway) good on your end. You may try the following commands to refresh the settings:

first: ipconfig /release

followed by: ipconfig /renew

Also, if you can access other websites then there should not be a problem on your side. It could be that the DNS servers of your ISP, or deeper into the internet, have incorrect IP adresses to that website. Then there is little more that you can do than notifying your ISP of this issue. It's definately up an running.

My network isn't what you would call a regular setup. Instead of a NAT-router that most people have, I have setup a virtual computer (Windows server 2008 R2) to do that kind of stuff. But it's internet networkcard is set up to retrieve IP adressing and DNS settings through DHCP automatically (default Windows setting) from my ISP. So my DNS settings are useless to you, especially since I live in the netherlands.

[elephantium]

Those are my ISP-supplied DNS servers.

Ugh, release/renew on my router is a big hassle

I changed the DNS to point to 4.2.2.1 and was able to access the site. I guess my ISP just hates battlestations.eu for some reason

Edit: And of course, comcast's "tech support" is completely clueless, wanting me to regurgitate my account information so they can contact battlestations.eu about fixing their server!

[Pisces]

Originally Posted by elephantium

Those are my ISP-supplied DNS servers.

Ugh, release/renew on my router is a big hassle

I changed the DNS to point to 4.2.2.1 and was able to access the site. I guess my ISP just hates battlestations.eu for some reason

Edit: And of course, comcast's "tech support" is completely clueless, wanting me to regurgitate my account information so they can contact battlestations.eu about fixing their server!

Yeah, Comcast Tech Support probably needs to follow a set protocol to log your request. Annoying bureaucracy.