My Yahoo Redirect Problem

[FromTheRafters]

Hello, Erehwon!

You wrote on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:29:48 -0500:

E> 2) Hosts file indicates last modified in November. Reviewed
anyway and
E> all redirects are to 127.0.0.1.
E>

That should be okay then, 127.0.0.1 is your "localhost" if I'm wrong
I'm sure someone will correct me. I only have basic networking skills.

127.0.0.1 is the "loopback address" and "localhost" is the alias
assigned to it when you create the "127.0.0.1 localhost" entry in the
hosts file. This allows you to use the term "localhost" when you want to
use the loopback address.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "gufus" <[email protected]>

| Hello, David!

| You wrote on Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:37:39 -0400:


FL>>> BTW, check your email.

DHL>> Nada at 1737hrs :-(

| That's StupidGate (SoupGate)... or me.

Delayed but received and ultimately... replied to.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "FromTheRafters" <[email protected]>


| 127.0.0.1 is the "loopback address" and "localhost" is the alias
| assigned to it when you create the "127.0.0.1 localhost" entry in the
| hosts file. This allows you to use the term "localhost" when you want to
| use the loopback address.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/127.0.0.1

 

[gufus]

Hello, David!

You wrote on Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:01:51 -0400:


FL> >> That should be okay then, 127.0.0.1 is your "localhost" if I'm
FL> >> wrong I'm sure someone will correct me. I only have basic networking
FL> >> skills.
DHL>
FL>> 127.0.0.1 is the "loopback address" and "localhost" is the alias
FL>> assigned to it when you create the "127.0.0.1 localhost" entry in the
FL>> hosts file. This allows you to use the term "localhost" when you want
FL>> to use the loopback address.
DHL>
DHL> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/127.0.0.1

DHL>

I know... I was to lazy to look it up. <grin>

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "gufus" <[email protected]>


DHL>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/127.0.0.1



| I know... I was to lazy to look it up. <grin>

{ Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh }

 

[gufus]

Hello, David!

You wrote on Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:00:27 -0400:


FL>> That's StupidGate (SoupGate)... or me.
DHL>
DHL> Delayed but received and ultimately... replied to.

PING

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "gufus" <[email protected]>

| PING

PONG

 

[gufus]

Hello, FromTheRafters!

You wrote on Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:50:01 -0400:

F> 127.0.0.1 is the "loopback address" and "localhost" is the alias

Alias... eh.
I was just getting this info out of my /dusty/ brain.

 

[FromTheRafters]

From: "gufus" <[email protected]>

| PING

PONG

10SNE1 ?

 

[Erehwon]

From: "gufus" <[email protected]>

| Hello, Erehwon!

| You wrote on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:29:48 -0500:


E>> eliminated problem. What does that indicate about the cause of the
E>> problem in the first place and where is 4.2.2.2?


| Good question, where is 4.2.2.2

vnsc-bak.sys.gtei.net == 4.2.2.2

OK, just curious because original DNS was 4.2.2.1. How about the second
part of the question. If changing the DNS solved the problem, does that
indicate some variety of problem with the original DNS or could there still
be a problem on my end?

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "FromTheRafters" <[email protected]>



| 10SNE1 ?


Naw, it ain't my racket.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Erehwon" <[email protected]>


| OK, just curious because original DNS was 4.2.2.1. How about the second
| part of the question. If changing the DNS solved the problem, does that
| indicate some variety of problem with the original DNS or could there still
| be a problem on my end?

Most likely Level 3 DNS server problem.

 

[Erehwon]

Thanks to all who replied. No more GoDaddy pages so it looks like I'm back
to normal for a while.