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lamer_gamer   09-30-2001 at 05:36:35 AM

OK, so I went web surfing yesterday, and discovered that I couldn't connect to madonion.com for some reason. It's in my list of favorites and I've never had trouble before. IE5.5 says it's "opening [the] page", then I keep being told that "The page you are looking for is currently unavailable." I thought maybe m.o. was just down for a while. Went to work today, and voila, I'm connected and logged in to madonion.
So, now I'm here at home, and back to being unable to connect. I haven't changed any settings or anything. I just suddenly can't connect from home.
Coincidence?

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Anonymous   09-30-2001 at 02:35:59 PM
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no problem connecting here.....maybe you should type in the url, or click this link <A HREF="http://www.madonion.com" target="_new">http://www.madonion.com</A>
and then add it to your favorites again. its possible that the link in your favorites became corrupted.....good ol IE 5.5!


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lamer_gamer   10-01-2001 at 01:38:02 AM
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Already tried that. I tried www.madonion.com & gamershq.madonion.com (several times, just in case of a speling erer!) with no improvement. It's like I'm typing in a totally bogus address!
Damn strange...

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Red_Zealot   10-01-2001 at 03:59:24 AM
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Try using the IP to see if it can connect. If it can, then *SOMEBODY* (University?) is filtering madonion out by killing the DNS

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lamer_gamer   10-02-2001 at 05:41:57 AM
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Thanks for the reply, however the problem occurs at home, not work. I'm really stumped on this one...

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CALV   10-02-2001 at 11:17:43 AM
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very odd, the other night I had the same problem, well not just me but quite a few people, certain sites just wernt there anymore!!, I was in irc and about 6 of us had the same problem on certain sites, but others had no probs at all, very strange indeed.

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Anonymous   10-03-2001 at 08:36:13 AM
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I am having a somewhat similar problem. I have a new pc and new broadband connection. The initial connect was fine. A day later, when I logged onto the net, the screen froze up and a splash screen reported that my internet connection properties had been changed...unable to connect with server. I didn't change any properties!!! This has happened twice in the last three days. My temporary fix was to finally uninstall the device and drivers, power my machine down and then physically remove the NIC card from the tower...powered back up...then reversed the whole process. Everything groovy...BUT (there always is one) as I have yet to know "How" or "Why" this occured, I expect it to happen again. Sound Familiar?? Any ideas???

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CALV   10-03-2001 at 11:44:21 AM
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That nmay be your cable providor having probs, the ones I got were just certain sites, either was, it needs sorting

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Anonymous   10-03-2001 at 10:42:54 PM
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Found the answer to my own Q! It's not a server problem. I had tripped across a door in the dark... :O Thanks anyway, got it all figured out.

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lamer_gamer   10-04-2001 at 06:10:06 AM
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Strange developement: I happened to still have the e-mail they sent with my password. It also had a link, and I tried that and it worked! Unfortunately, I can only access the forums. I can't get into the ORB, news, articles, hardware, etc.
This problem's got me trippin'...

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