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  1. N 82 50 24 N 82 50 24 is offline herp derp derp

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    May 4th, 2011 (5/4/2011 8:17pm)

    Google "how to update hosts file" followed by your operating system.

    Then put one of these sets of lines in:

    74.86.116.160 www.pocketfives.com
    74.86.116.160 pocketfives.com

    OR

    174.36.34.24 www.pocketfives.com
    174.36.34.24 pocketfives.com

    OR

    174.37.109.32 www.pocketfives.com
    174.37.109.32 pocketfives.com

    Any technically inclined members, feel free to post with links and explanations about how to use the hosts file in various operating systems.
     
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    May 4th, 2011 (5/4/2011 8:35pm) in reply to norcaljeff

    Here are some screenshots from me doing this on OS X.

    The tricky part is hitting ctrl+o (that's an o, not a zero) and then enter to save the file. Then restart your browser and load up P5s.
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    May 4th, 2011 (5/4/2011 8:37pm) in reply to N 82 50 24

    Nat. Under the example in the Windows Hosts file, it is opposite from how you have it posted. it shows IP first then URL. Does it matter?

    Also "IPconfig /flushdns" command forces windows to reload your hosts file info without needing to reboot.
    Edited By: wantagolf May 4th, 2011 at 08:39 PM
     
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    May 4th, 2011 (5/4/2011 8:40pm) in reply to wantagolf

     
    Originally Posted by wantagolf View Post

    Nat. Under the example in the Windows Hosts file, it is opposite from how you have it posted. it shows IP first then URL. Does it matter?

    Also "IPconfig /flushdns" command forces windows to reload your hosts file info without needing to reboot.

    I have IP first then URL... and yes it does matter
     
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    May 4th, 2011 (5/4/2011 8:47pm) in reply to N 82 50 24

    Windows 7 (and Vista?) users can follow these steps:

    1. Click start and type "cmd" in the search box.
    2. Right click on "cmd" or "cmd.exe" (should be top result) and click "Run as administrator"
    3. In the newly opened command prompt, type "notepad %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts"
    4. Below all the # signs, copy and paste the following 2 lines:

    174.36.34.24 www.pocketfives.com
    174.36.34.24 pocketfives.com

    5. Save and close.
    Edited By: mapunk May 4th, 2011 at 09:13 PM
     
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    May 4th, 2011 (5/4/2011 8:55pm) in reply to mapunk

     
    Originally Posted by mapunk View Post

    Windows 7 (and Vista?) users can follow these steps:

    1. Click start
    2. In the search box type: "notepad %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts"
    3. Below all the # signs, copy and paste the following 2 lines:

    174.36.34.24 www.pocketfives.com
    174.36.34.24 pocketfives.com

    4. Save and close.

    I'm not sure, but don't you have to run notepad as an administrator on Windows? I am not sure it'll let you save the modified hosts file otherwise.
     
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    May 4th, 2011 (5/4/2011 8:58pm) in reply to N 82 50 24

     
    Originally Posted by N 82 50 24 View Post

    I'm not sure, but don't you have to run notepad as an administrator on Windows? I am not sure it'll let you save the modified hosts file otherwise.

    Good question...my account is an administrator so I didn't have any problems with it. I'll toy around w/ the UAC settings in a bit and get back to you

    K...I edited my first post w/ more thorough instructions
    Edited By: mapunk May 4th, 2011 at 09:14 PM
     
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    May 4th, 2011 (5/4/2011 9:13pm) in reply to mapunk

     
    Originally Posted by mapunk View Post

    Windows 7 (and Vista?) users can follow these steps:

    1. Click start
    2. In the search box type: "notepad %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts"
    3. Below all the # signs, copy and paste the following 2 lines:

    174.36.34.24 www.pocketfives.com
    174.36.34.24 pocketfives.com

    4. Save and close.

    thanks. after doing this it wouldn't let me save to windows, so I opened a new notepad as admin (right click: run as admin) and then copy/pasted the text and manually saved it into windows/system32/drivers/etc and then named it hosts

    P5s is moving quickly again for me
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    May 4th, 2011 (5/4/2011 9:18pm) in reply to TheWacoKidd

     
    Originally Posted by TheWacoKidd View Post

    thanks. after doing this it wouldn't let me save to windows, so I opened a new notepad as admin (right click: run as admin) and then copy/pasted the text and manually saved it into windows/system32/drivers/etc and then named it hosts

    P5s is moving quickly again for me

    Good to hear :) and yes, running as admin will be necessary for those with more recent versions of windows.
     
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