IP Banned from server it seems......

[Link14716]

Wanna bet?

Without a proxy:

[Link14716]

With a Proxy:

[g-force2k2]

damn... Link you just don't give up do you? at this rate i wouldn't be surprised if they banned you... :P

Actually though they probably would have used .htaccess to ban you not ip ban... but like stated above you probably weren't banned... as i said better of pming an Administrator before you make yourself look really stupid... regards...

g-force2k2

[futureal]

Link: You obviously have very little understanding of how the internet works. I hate to be blunt, but since you completely IGNORED my first post in this thread, it seems I have to.

When your computer makes a request to a remote server, it first travels through your ISP's DNS (converting the www.vbulletin.org to an IP address, in this case 161.58.84.214) and then makes an HTTP request to the resulting IP address, which in turn responds to that request by sending some data back to your computer. (Obviously this is a very simplified description of what is going on...)

When you receive the message "Cannot find server or DNS error" it (surprise) means EXACTLY that. Your computer can't find the vb.org server. You are not banned from the server; something is preventing your computer from knowing where to look on the internet for the server in the first place. Your computer is never actually communicating with the vb.org server.

You could try bypassing your ISP's DNS server, by using this: http://161.58.84.214 (should be the vb.org front page)

As I stated in my original post, this problem is either between you and your ISP, or between your ISP and the rest of the internet -- unless FireFly has found some new and unprecedented way of banning people (heh, in which I'm waiting for the hack...)

[Brad]

Originally posted by Link14716
Proved it.

I grabbed a Proxy and I gained access to vb.org. Why was I banned? Was it an accident? Come on, any vb team member reply!

Frist of all, this is a problem with your isp, you said yourself that your cable service was not going thru but AOL was. also, the proxy dose not prove a thing, if the isp can connect to the proxy then if the proxy can get the ifo you are ganna get it, you need to pm firefly or someone on the vB team. also you might wanna try contacting your isp.

honestly your making yourself look like a idiot. -,-

[Brad]

Originally posted by futureal
unless FireFly has found some new and unprecedented way of banning people (heh, in which I'm waiting for the hack...)

you could always do it with a simple template edit .

[TECK]

Originally posted by Link14716
Wanna bet?
Without a proxy:

no need to worry. you are not banned. if you are banned to vb.org, trust me you cant get in with any proxy because your ip and nick would both be "red-lined".
is a server problem, i'm sure you don't experience it anymore now.

[TECK]

Originally posted by Anime-loo
honestly your making yourself look like a idiot. -,-

i dont see the need to talk like that with other community members. some of us dont have the knowledge others do. he basically asked a question thinking it's something related to vb.org banning.
Anime-loo, please let's quit treating people like monkeys here in our community.

thanks for understanding.

[futureal]

Originally posted by TECK
i dont see the need to talk like that with other community members. some of us dont have the knowledge others do. he basically asked a question thinking it's something related to vb.org banning.

The thing is, a few of us told him why he was getting the screen he was getting, and he didn't even bother to read/interpret.

I'm advocating name calling, though. Just presenting both sides...

[Admin]

This thread is not going anywhere. You were not banned, you are experiencing ISP problems that are out of our control.

If you have futher questions please contact me at chen.avinadav@vbulletin.com.