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ok, is anyone els getting thrown off MN and getting 'we can;t find that link' and then getting diverted to google???

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psychomum5 · 17/01/2009 10:17

oe is MN playing silly buggers with me and trying to make me leave MN in a weird round-a-bout way???

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HelenMumsnet · 17/01/2009 10:33


Nope, we're not trying to makes you leave, psychomum5!

Are you using Firefox? Does it still happen if you use Safari?
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psychomum5 · 17/01/2009 10:37

nope....firefox crashes my laptop so I am using IE again.

I am very pleased to hear that you are not trying to get me to leave tho (or are you lying to lull me into a false sense of security......)



so, not happening to anyone else then??

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HelenMumsnet · 17/01/2009 11:55

Any progress, psychomum? Or shall I see if I can rouse a Tech

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NimChimpsky · 17/01/2009 11:57

It would appear somebody doesn't like your posting style.

Flouncers' Corner has turned in on itself, mutated and is ejecting people willy nilly.

Beginning of the end.

You mark my words.

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psychomum5 · 17/01/2009 11:57

well......it is still doing it every so often. especially when I 'tab' a thread, or it takes ages to load an answer.......but not every time which is confusing me.

I still think someone is trying to drop hints......

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NimChimpsky · 17/01/2009 11:58

Oh and are you sure it's google you're lead to? Have you perhaps reached the golden posting number and have been promoted to moldies narnia?

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psychomum5 · 17/01/2009 12:00

Nim......do ya think it is cos of the love-fest of me then last night.....

oh god, the love-fest was a ruse to lull me into a false sense of security wasn;t it.....

there is a price on my head, assassins are out to get me(not at all paranoid)

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HelenMumsnet · 17/01/2009 12:01

ah, that'll be it then, pscyhomum. All love fests activate the MNHQ eject button - no smarmim' round here, no siree

(joke)

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psychomum5 · 17/01/2009 12:01

oooh.......am I being promoted, is that the reason.......

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psychomum5 · 17/01/2009 12:02

helen.....you spelt my name wrong!!!


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NimChimpsky · 17/01/2009 12:03

Oh dear me no. You are much loved. Truly. Perhaps try one of these cookies we baked for you. Just for you mind. Nobody else. Delicious cookies. Yum. To show what we really think of you...

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HelenMumsnet · 17/01/2009 12:04

yeah, well, you're so ejected now, we can't even type your name correctly without the sirens going off

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psychomum5 · 17/01/2009 12:29

sirens......there are sirens that go off when people type my name

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onager · 17/01/2009 12:45

Just so you know if you get diverted to google it generally means a DNS problem.

You computer is saying to a DNS server "I'd like to know the IP of www.mumsnet please" and the server is saying "mumsnet.. mumsnet...nope. Never heard of it. try google"

It means the DNS server is senile or overworked.

If it persists you can try a different DNS server.

Though I wouldn't ENTIRELY rule out the eviction theory

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psychomum5 · 17/01/2009 12:50

ok, what is a DNS server.

and is it going senile cos I over-use MN.

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onager · 17/01/2009 13:14

The DNS server is a computer (usually at your ISP) and when you first set up your internet connection they either gave you an IP to type in or maybe your router gets one from your ISP automatically.

It acts like a phone book so when you type in www.mumsnet.com or bbc.co.uk your computer calls this DNS server and asks it what the IP number for that is so it can connect.

They go wrong sometimes or too many customers are using it so it gets overloaded. It's nothing you did and mostly if you wait your ISP will sort it out.

Some ISPs are slow to correct it so people tell their computer to use another one for the time being. Lots of people use these OpenDNS ones for example.

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

They come in pairs like that. A main one and a backup one and you put them both in.

Below is how to tell your PC to use these if you continue to have problems and want to give them a try.

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In XP (other systems may vary a bit)

In Control Panel open Network Connections. You should see an icon in there for your internet connection. Right click that and select select Properties.

Now you should see a box with some lines of text and the bottom one says Internet Protocal (TCP/IP)

Double click that to open up another box which near the bottom says 'obtain DNS server automatically'

Tick 'use the following DNS server addresses' and it will let you type these two iP numbers into the boxes below.

If there are already numbers in there those will be the ones the ISP gave you. Save those in case you want to change back.

If it's empty then changing back means simply ticking the 'obtain DNS server automatically' box.

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psychomum5 · 17/01/2009 13:43

thankyou.......fingers crossed everything stays ok

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