MetaTalk posts tagged with dns

OpenDNS not properly resolving ask.mefi?

mce — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:48:06 -0800

It's late and maybe I'm not thinking this one through enough but all of a sudden ask.metafilter.com redirects an ip that seems to be owned by opendns hosting a page that looks an awful lot like the google homepage: PING metafilter.com (174.132.172.58): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 174.132.172.58: icmp_seq=0 ttl=111 time=81.331 ms
PING metafilter.com (208.69.36.231): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 208.69.36.231: icmp_seq=0 ttl=54 time=71.790 ms
Is this just me going crazy behind my gritty contacts or has anyone else had this problem tonight?

It's that new server smell everyone loves so much

mathowie — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:13:50 -0800

The new server: you're soaking in it! We're on the new boxes now, post any bugs or weirdness you find here and we'll work on it as fast as we can.

Movin' on up...

mathowie — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:50:24 -0800

Preparations are in order for the big move. So we're in the process of moving to some new bigger servers and they have new IPs, so we'll have to move the domain over. In the past, we've always just put up the "mefi is down/having a massage" page on the old server and waited for DNS updates to take place. While that usually means a couple hours of no site for most, some people report not reaching the new server for up to a week. This time around, we're going to try something slightly different and instead of taking down the old site on the old server, we'll be switching it to read-only status. That means you'll be able to read the front page, threads, archives, etc, but you won't be able to add anything during the transition. It's our hope that this will only mean a couple hours of downtime as DNS updates usually take, but during that downtime the site can at least be somewhat useful to everyone. We're tentatively scheduling the big move for sometime on Tuesday, likely in the early afternoon, and if all goes well, the new servers should be in place and running by that night. We'll post the IP address and host header hack instructions for those that don't want to wait when the move takes place as well. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up if they pop onto the site in a couple days and notice something different for a few hours.

Getting it from the horse's mouth.

timeistight — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:38:12 -0800

This is why I still read MetaFilter.

MetaFilter DNS records goofy?

intermod — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:55:08 -0800

Are the metafilter.com DNS records configured properly? I'm having to do a DNS lookup of all mefi sites like once a minute, as if the expiration counters in the records are set way off. Even if you were planning a server move, that's way too tight. Seconds vs minutes error?

fmpub.net DNS sucks.

intermod — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:24:04 -0800

fmpub.net DNS sucks. DNS lookups of static.fmpub.net and dynamic.fmpub.net have been bringing my MeFi-ness to a screeching halt for the last few days. I dread each day when the DNS cache expires and it has to look it up again. Holler at FM?

The scourge that is WebMarshal

chrisbucks — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:56:46 -0800

Our employer gives us an allocated amount of personal browsing time every day, which is filtered by WebMarshall. Metafilter is normally my prefered surfing choice, but WM must have picked up an excessive number of references to s-ex, pr0n, and other filth on the blue, (and also the Human Relations category of AskMefi kicks up the "Blocked: Pr0nography" page as well. Normally I'd just http://ip.address/ to work around that, but with metafilter that just redirects back to www.metafilter.com Lynx via telnet/ssh is painful at best, especially for image heavy links. Any functional suggestions? (asking the sysadmin to unblock a site flagged as pr0n is just tempting fate). DNS/domain work arounds? I'm prepared for all the "get back to work!" comments on this post too... It seems that even mild references to human anatomy send WebMarshal into a furious rampage blocking even some news sites. :-(

DNS weirdness.

mendel — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:05:53 -0800

Metafilter's DNS is broken. (More inside.)

DNS wildcard and google crawler

Sharcho — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:34:42 -0800

It's possible that DNS wildcards on metafilter.com are causing problems for the Google crawler. I suggest deleting the redundant DNS entries, and using a 301 redirect for http://metafilter.com/ to go to http://www.metafilter.com/

DNS Issues?

Malor — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:33:37 -0800

It looks like your DNS server is failing. Metafilter is hosted by eod.com, and they aren't answering for anything in metafilter.com. I'm trying to get this posted quickly before my caches expire... I already can't reach ask.metafilter.com

Eod has only one IP address for their 'two' nameservers, 72.36.180.243. It pings, but doesn't answer name service requests.

You might want to consider hosting your domain with someone with enough money to put two servers on the net. :(

"Net Timeout" Error Loading Mefi in Firefox -- IE Fine

davey_darling — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:33:59 -0800

I can't load metafilter in Firefox. Internet Explorer loads it fine. Non-tabbed browsing is killing me. Help! (more inside)

metafilter.com Domain Name not Resolving

cillit bang — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 05:13:13 -0800

The metafilter.com domain name seems to be dying. It resolves if I access the internet one way, but not if I use my other connection. Here's proof it's not just me.

New webserver at 70.86.84.162

mathowie — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 17:36:30 -0800

The new webserver is up and ready to go. It's at 70.86.84.162 and I'd like a few folks to test it out before moving the DNS over. To hit this server instead of the current one, for now you need to edit your hosts file, adding www.metafilter.com, metatalk.metafilter, and ask.metafilter.com mappings to the new IP. It runs off the same exact database server which is separate, so test comments will be seen on both the new web server and the old one. So far in testing the new server is going smoking fast.

Is the DNS for metafilter.com down?

fvw — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 06:08:31 -0800

Is the DNS for metafilter.com down? I can't reach ns1.turlyming.com or ns2.turlyming.com. This might not be causing problems for everyone yet as DNS lookups get cached on local nameservers, but still needs fixing quickly.

touchstevesnuts.metafilter.com?

unsupervised — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 21:49:13 -0800

I used the Google Search and it returned all these weird metafilter variants instead of the post I was looking for. bukake.metafilter.com? touchstevesnuts.metafilter.com?

Why does talespin.net have the same DNS as MetaFilter?

soundofsuburbia — Sun, 05 Sep 2004 05:19:05 -0800

talespin.net = MetaFilter? Weird.

How many subdomains are there?

dash_slot- — Sun, 10 Aug 2003 18:00:27 -0800

Sat bored at my compressor, tapped in my Mefi username to Google, as you do, and discovered a host of mefi sub-domains!

bushfilter.metafilter.com,
where.the.fuck.is.metafilter.com,
www.iamnotaddictedto.metafilter.com,
www.betterthanapokeintheeyewithasharpstick.metafilter.com,
a-list.metafilter.com,
cheesemakesmynipplessing.metafilter.com,
wilwheatonseemslikeanokguytome.metafilter.com,
kottke-is-my-hero.metafilter.com,
2nd.birthday.for.metafilter.com,
plushcthulhu.metafilter.com,
mattisaciaagent.metafilter.com,
furbo.metafilter.com,
mobile.metafilter.com.

Now, my [niaive?] questions are:
- How many subdomains are there?
- How do my comments get assigned?
- I only post to Metafilter.com & metatalk.metafilter.com, so how did google find them & rank them?
- Looking at some of those site names, I have to ask: Does quonsar actually have admin rights here now?

#mefi has moved!

dg — Mon, 31 Mar 2003 20:42:35 -0800

#mefi has moved!

~~To avoid prosecution~~ For various reasons, #mefi has ~~been forced to relocate~~ moved to a new server. The DNS will propagate the domain name shortly but, if you are connecting using the IP address, you need to change it to 207.44.144.7

DAYS without metafilter; you guys?

ralawrence — Wed, 15 Jan 2003 04:54:21 -0800

This is the first time since the New Year that metafilter.com has actually resolved for me. At first I thought it was something to do with where I'm connecting, but neither the site that hosts my email (energis2) or demon or my ISP could resolve it either. When I finally get here I find tonnes of postings - so what happened? Did anyone else experience it?

turlyming drive failure

chrish — Tue, 01 Oct 2002 07:05:47 -0800

turlyming.com (metafilter.com's primary mx, primary/secondary ns, and #mefi host) suffered a drive failure yesterday. while matt has his bases covered, you may still experience minor delays in ns lookups for metafilter.com addresses and of course, the irc channel is unavailable until i can rebuild the box.

DNS issues

Neale — Sun, 23 Jun 2002 20:27:07 -0800

www.metafilter.com is working for me, but metafilter.com (sans www) is not.

MeFi DNS woes?

majick — Fri, 21 Jun 2002 18:08:09 -0800

Is MetaFilter/Turlyming DNS down? I only seem to be able to reach MeFi because Squid cached the address. NS1 and NS2.turlyming.com aren't answering queries. Anyone?

My br0wz0r is 0wnz0r3d

EngineBeak — Thu, 21 Feb 2002 02:41:50 -0800

My br0wz0r is 0wnz0r3d. I can access Metafilter & Metatalk but nothing else. No yahoo, no google, etc. etc. etc., none of the links.

Metafilter DNS change?

o2b — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 09:19:51 -0800

Metafilter DNS change?

I can no longer reach the site using http://metafilter.com, I have to add the 'www'.

No website comfigured at this address?!?!

Mick — Fri, 30 Nov 2001 17:53:48 -0800

No website comfigured at this address?!?!