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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xeriar" data-source="post: 240965" data-attributes="member: 4116">Sorry I wasn't very clear in my e-mail, but things seem to be working now for me anyway.I'm not sure what exactly happened, but some DNS servers apparently ended up pointing to the wrong address, which could not be reached because a router along the line didn't know what machine to send it to.If people are still having problems, and they REALLY want to post normally or whatever, they can edit their 'hosts' file, though I do not recommend it.It can be found inC:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETCUnder windows NT and 2000, probably XP too.  Windows 95/98 have a similar file, but I forget the exact directory.It should list examples, such as127.0.0.1       localhostWhich points 'localhost' to your own machine.If you add the following line66.216.60.169   test.cyberstreet.comor, with the 'new' link'66.216.60.169  test2.cyberstreet.comYou can access the boards normally.  -HOWEVER- if you leave these addresses in there when the server gets changed, the ip will be changed and you will no longer be able to access the forums through test.cyberstreet.com or test2.cyberstreet.com until you remove those lines.A more useful thing to do with the hosts file is to point ad networks (such as doubleclick.net) to 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0</blockquote>