Basically, they've changed who controls the furaffinity.net domain. Because some portions of the Internet store this information to make certain functions faster, you'll continue to be sent to the wrong place. Eventually this cached data expires, and then all will be well.
The internet really doesn't know how to handle names like 'www.furaffinity.net' -- instead it uses IP addresses. (sets of 4 numbers like this: 34.25.126.32) All computers on the internet are assigned different IP addresses.
If that's true then how can someone get somewhere by typing in 'www.google.com'? or another 'named address' like that? Well, that's what DNS is for.
DNS (Domain Name Servers) essentially work like an 'internet phone book'. Most internet service providers have their own local copies of this 'phone book'.
So when you tell your computer to look for 'www.furaffinity.net' it'll give that name to the DNS and the DNS will respond with an IP address.
When changes occur it sometimes takes a while for a DNS to get a new copy of the phone book.
(Note: if you knew for sure FurAffinity's IP address was '34.25.126.32' you could actually type in: 'http://34.25.126.32' and it'll work too.)
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Date: 2007-10-25 10:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-10-26 10:15 am (UTC)If that's true then how can someone get somewhere by typing in 'www.google.com'? or another 'named address' like that? Well, that's what DNS is for.
DNS (Domain Name Servers) essentially work like an 'internet phone book'. Most internet service providers have their own local copies of this 'phone book'.
So when you tell your computer to look for 'www.furaffinity.net' it'll give that name to the DNS and the DNS will respond with an IP address.
When changes occur it sometimes takes a while for a DNS to get a new copy of the phone book.
(Note: if you knew for sure FurAffinity's IP address was '34.25.126.32' you could actually type in: 'http://34.25.126.32' and it'll work too.)