Host Lookup Fail
Host Lookup Fail
What is with these new bugs, 1/2 the time I cant enter the game due to "Host lookup failed"
Tnem
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Re: Host Lookup Fail
What is going on i cant get in as well host look up failed.
Tnem wrote:What is with these new bugs, 1/2 the time I cant enter the game due to "Host lookup failed"
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Re: Host Lookup Fail
We had a secondary DNS pointing to the old machine. login.drakkarzone.com and login1.drakkarzone.com should now point to 216.27.11.137
not 216.27.11.139
If you PING or NSLOOKUP and get .139, you may need to wait for your ISP to flush their DNS cache. Since windows caches locally, you may try rebooting your machine.
(This just NOW got fixed)
not 216.27.11.139
If you PING or NSLOOKUP and get .139, you may need to wait for your ISP to flush their DNS cache. Since windows caches locally, you may try rebooting your machine.
(This just NOW got fixed)
Re: Host Lookup Fail
I pinged and could not reach either address. Timed out.
Re: Host Lookup Fail
You can't PING the address (its blocked). Just make sure they are pointing to .137
Are you unable to connect? (with the lobby?)
Are you unable to connect? (with the lobby?)
Re: Host Lookup Fail
Still cannot get in. Worked fine a few days ago. I went on a trip, came back and couldn't get into the lobby? Never changed anything..
Please help! Who is the "they" - (Just make sure they are pointing to .137)
Thanks!
Please help! Who is the "they" - (Just make sure they are pointing to .137)
Thanks!
Last edited by Pippy on Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:02 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Host Lookup Fail
Everything was fine til midafternoon. I logged out for a while and when I went to log in a half hour later I started getting 'host lookup failed'. been doing it ever since.
Was something changed today?
Was something changed today?
Re: Host Lookup Fail
Thank goodness I'm not alone! I was beginning to doubt my trusty CPU! Yes, I too wondered if something had changed recently? Also, I am using the same version I downloaded in September. Afraid to lose anything in an upgrade.
Would love to get back on again...
Gumball, Brad?
Would love to get back on again...
Gumball, Brad?
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I am in again! Thank you!
Must have been the gumball?
Pippy
Must have been the gumball?
Pippy
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Re: Host Lookup Fail
This has happened to me a couple of times recently as well; thought it was just my isp acting fruity... And if I leave it and try again later, voila.. hmm, strange.
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Re: Host Lookup Fail
It has nothing to do with the drakkar version you are running, it was simply a DNS error (the part of the internet which tells you how to get somewhere). It should be fixed now.
Make sure you are running the latest version of the client, however, as it fixes many communications issues.
Make sure you are running the latest version of the client, however, as it fixes many communications issues.
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Re: Host Lookup Fail
So.. let's say... hypothetically of course... you work a job where there is massive amounts of downtime and you could maybe download Drakkar onto your work comp relatively undetected. Let's also hypothetically say you can get other external programs to work with internet but when you try to start lobby you get the "host lookup failed" screen. You can change some things around, but not the registry. Hypothetically, how would you get the game to run with your existing internet connection?
Re: Host Lookup Fail
You could try dropping to DOS and typing
nslookup login.drakkarzone.com
and making sure it comes back with
216.27.11.137
Then, you could make sure your firewall has open ports to 216.27.11.137
nslookup login.drakkarzone.com
and making sure it comes back with
216.27.11.137
Then, you could make sure your firewall has open ports to 216.27.11.137