Concerning IPBFREE

[``Aaron]

It has come to my attention, that many users have not been able to access IPBFREE clan sites due to downtime while some others have.

This is because:

 

Downtime / Important: Custom Domain Users

 

We will be changing our network IPs shortly (within the next 24 hours). This change will result in some downtime (less than 1 hour) for most users.

 

However, forum owners who use a custom domain (mydomain.com) for their forums may experience longer downtimes. To reduce the downtime, lower the TTL on your DNS service to a low number (like 600) for the entries that point to this service. After the downtime has occurred, please check back here to confirm that the changes have taken place. Remove all entires containing “38.99.249.226″ with the new IP and increase the TTL to its normal levels. The new IP will be listed here shortly.

 

Sorry for the inconvenience. if you have questions or issues, please visit our support forums.

 

–Updated–

 

Things should be back up now. For those with a custom domain, please change entries that contain 38.99.249.226 to 216.18.214.242

 

–More Info–

 

Some users are having issues accessing our service. It is due to the user’s ISP not having the updated information. The information below might help.

 

The issue will get resolved once the user’s internet provider gets updated with the new information. It usually takes 24-48 hours in worst case scenarios (most took about a few hours). About 12 hours has elapsed since the update. Ask them to check every couple of hours or tomorrow.

 

If they are really impatient, tell them to use opendns.com . It will give them access immediately.

 

Again, we apologize for the issue…

 

For faster updates/info, please follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/ipbfree

 

Originally taken from: http://ipbfree.com/home/blog/2010/02/26/im...users-downtime/

 

An easy fix until their DNS is updated is the use of a proxy.

 

In my opinion these work the best:

 

https://vtunnel.com

https://faceofliberty.com

 

Another fix is:

 

If users want to get around the issue:

 

http://www.opendns.com/

 

 

 

 

This issue is temporary until IPBFree fixes the issue.

[Keith]

Good post for clans using IPBFree, EOD doesn't use it so we're good. I've been wondering why so many sites have been down, thanks for posting Aaron.

[Ghetto]

Thanks I though my computer was slow...

[Shay]

tl;dr