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Re: cant get on VC
« Reply #31 on: 12 February 2018, 02:23:35 PM »
Nothing will happen, it's doing stuff behind the scenes. The map not working is kinda expected, they're using the same ip.

Try doing the nslookup and tracert again, see what they come out as now the dns was flushed

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Re: cant get on VC
« Reply #33 on: 12 February 2018, 03:13:17 PM »
Interesting...

Based on the fact you're using Virgin Media, and the IP it's trying to resolve us to is also owned by Virgin Media, I'd guess they're blocking the domain for whatever reason. No idea why. I'll try and look into it if I can, see why this is.

Luckily, despite them being such a big ISP, their domain blocking is easy to bypass (as is, surprisingly, the Turkish government's) by changing your DNS. We'll use Google DNS, as they're pretty open with everything, and are unlikely to go down any time soon

Assuming you're on Windows 10:
1. Open Control Panel
2. Click "Network and Internet"
3. Click "Network and Sharing Center"
4. Click "Change adapter settings" on the left
5. Right click whichever one is providing you internet. Might be named ethernet or wifi or something, depending on what you're using. It'll be the one without a cross
6. Click Properties
7. Select the "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" option, and click Properties
8. Select the "Use the following DNS server addresses" option, and in the boxes below type 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
9. Apps everything and close out
10. Try connecting to the server again. If it's still not working, restart your PC and try again. If it's STILL not working, do another nslookup for me so I can see what on earth is going on

(Taken from here, if you want pictures thrown in the guide)

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Re: cant get on VC
« Reply #34 on: 12 February 2018, 03:17:02 PM »
@luisc99  sorry just want to be sure before I do anything is this safe and legal (have to ask cos this is my only pc at the moment and is new xD)

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Re: cant get on VC
« Reply #35 on: 12 February 2018, 03:26:03 PM »
It's completely safe and legal. DNS settings are just how the internet translates names (google.com) to numbers (216.58.206.46), so it knows how to route your internet. Each ISP caches DNS servers, to reduce load on the main system, and to make it convenient for changes to be distributed across everyone. Changing them just changes which address book you're using to look up websites.

Virgin Media does actually have an option on your modem to change the DNS settings for your entire house, but they change their UI every few months and I forget what it looks like now, so it'd be much harder for me to guide you through it.

Google's DNS is well used. I've used it for years. My university uses it for all non-internal internet traffic.

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Re: cant get on VC
« Reply #36 on: 12 February 2018, 03:39:48 PM »
YAY it worked, thanks so much luis <3

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Re: cant get on VC
« Reply #37 on: 12 February 2018, 03:41:42 PM »
Np :)

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Re: cant get on VC
« Reply #38 on: 12 February 2018, 03:43:25 PM »
Damn Luis is fuckin good




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Re: cant get on VC
« Reply #39 on: 12 February 2018, 06:18:13 PM »
ALL HAIL LUIS





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