You can enter the ip number and get your home page But if you enter the domain name you get an error That's DNS
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Jablonski <[email protected]> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Oct 1, 2012 2:34 pm Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Can editing the localsettings.php file cause DNS problems? Hi Dave, Both static and dynamic pages do not load. When I manually enter the IP I get a page that loads and says pageok. Also I can FTP into the actual server and make changes. On firefox the error says: server not found. On chrome it simply says Oops: Google Chrome could not find. Thanks, -Andrew On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Dave Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > Depending on the exact error there could be a few possible reasons: > > - Time out when connecting: May be a web server issue (overloaded, > crashed, improper config, etc...) > - 404/Not Found: Site is available but a particular file/resource was not > found. > - DNS Lookup Error: Wrong domain or IP address > > Diagnosing the exact error and the root cause of it can be complex but > a few basic things you can try are: > > - Make sure you actually have Internet access. Try some random sites > and make sure they work. > - Load the site with your web browser. Note the error that comes up. A > 404 means your site is responding but couldn't find the file. A > timeout could mean a server or network issue. A DNS error probably > means something is wrong with the DNS setup. > - Try with a few different pages including static and dynamic. If some > work and some don't it could be something misconfigured. > - If you can't access via the domain name try the IP address directly. > If the IP address works it is likely a DNS or VirtualHosts issue > - Try telnet/ssh/ftp into your server via domain and IP address. If > this doesn't work at all then there is likely a network or server > issue. It could be a network issue anywhere between you and your > server. > - Try accessing your hosting companies web page (assuming they have > one). If they are down it may be an issue on their end (not likely but > it does happen). > > This should give at least a rough idea in what area the problem lies > in and will let you investigate further to find and fix the issue. > > On 1 October 2012 16:21, Andrew Jablonski > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I wrote a message on Friday about some linking/path issues I was having > to > > get the wiki to load properly. I fixed the problem by making > $wgScriptPath > > = "" > > > > This worked immediately and I was able to edit/fix up the site. As of > this > > morning, the website will not load with "server not found" errors. I also > > enabled caching and changed registration permissions. I'm wondering if > this > > is due to some change I may have made, or if it is a problem with my ISP. > > > > Thanks, > > -Andrew > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > -- > Dave Humphrey -- [email protected] > Founder/Server Admin of the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages -- www.uesp.net > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
