Gaila,
That does help to clear things up. The first complaints I heard
recently were from aol users and then it seemed to spread to other
ISP's. I don't use aol but I ran into the problem a few times in the
last ten days or so and usually if I just waited an hour or so I could
access whatever I was having a problem with.
Thanks,
Linda
-----Original Message-----
From: Gaila & James Merrington [mailto:gaila@merrington.net]
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 5:10 PM
To: GAGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [GAGEN] which is right?
Linda
Some of the problems of getting to Rootsweb sites may be caused by DNS
issues.
Pat Asher explains it:
"DNS = Domain Name System
It is an internet directory that translates domain names to IP (Internet
Protocol) addresses.
We humans recognize and interpret addresses as
rootsweb.com or
aol.com
Computers recognize numbers and every "domain" on the web is found by
other computers using their IP address, i.e.
rootsweb.com = 66.43.18.22
aol.com = 64.12.187.24
The DNS directory is a lookup device your ISP uses to locate RootsWeb or
any other server on the web. If the server DNS fails, then you will not
be able to reach the site. If your ISPs DNS library is out of synch
(hasn't been updated recently) you can reach a site if you know the IP
address, i.e.
http://66.43.18.22 will currently deliver the RootsWeb
homepage :) "
Hope this helps explains why we can't get to our list utilities, etc at
times. Regards Gaila
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