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jack	Date: February 1, 2008 @ 11:32 AM Everyone's DNS should be updated to the new server now, if you still can't stream and have tried more than one track, try some of the following: WINDOWS USERS Press start, select run, and type in 'cmd' . This will bring up a black console window in which you can enter text; type the following command (excluding quotes) "ping files.dmusic.com" - and press enter. You should get some output that is similar to this: Pinging files.dmusic.com [67.192.126.221] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 67.192.126.221: bytes=32 time=140ms TTL=43 Reply from 67.192.126.221: bytes=32 time=138ms TTL=43 Reply from 67.192.126.221: bytes=32 time=138ms TTL=43 Reply from 67.192.126.221: bytes=32 time=138ms TTL=43 Ping statistics for 67.192.126.221: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 138ms, Maximum = 140ms, Average = 138ms The important thing to pay attention to is the IP address (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx). If it is different to what is above then your DNS has not updated: if it's the same, then continue on.. 2. Open a browser, go to files.dmusic.com - if you see "track info" then continue, if you see a message about a user object, then your DNS hasn't updated and you weren't paying attention in step one! 3. Go to this page: http://mojosnake.dmusic.com/music/comments/247984 Click 'Hifi' - the track should stream. If it doesn't, then your DNS hasn't updated. Back to step one! Note I've only tested this with Foobar2000 and Windows Media Player - it should work with everything though! FOR MAC Same steps as above, but obviously you can't do step one. Don't worry though, just open Terminal (Applications - System, I think) and type the ping command in there. Note, it may not stop after 4 and keep going, in which case you can press Apple+Q to quit or Control+C to cancel (I think!)
Tattoomom	Date: February 1, 2008 @ 11:43 AM Holy Cow!
NosmoKing	Date: February 1, 2008 @ 12:14 PM So was your old IP address 66.45.25.165 - That is what mine resolves to today even though yesteday I could stream a few songs... today I cant! The same ones!
Mojosnake	Date: February 1, 2008 @ 12:21 PM so if i dont do any of the above i'll never be able to stream or will all this work itself out.....
Mojosnake	Date: February 1, 2008 @ 12:26 PM test file ... my track seems be a common test file
Mojosnake	Date: February 1, 2008 @ 12:32 PM 66.45.25.165 yup no dns update for me
jack	Date: February 1, 2008 @ 1:46 PM That's right, Nosmoking, if you're still getting 66.45. it's out of our hands since your ISP is slacking. And no, you don't have to do any of the above for it to start working, it just will-- that's just if you want to check.
baiko	Date: February 1, 2008 @ 1:50 PM 67.192.126.221 and no streaming...
NosmoKing	Date: February 1, 2008 @ 2:07 PM Ok... I did another ipconfig /flushdns - now have the correct IP and some things stream but not everything that is visible. Dont do this without parental supervision! lol
jack	Date: February 1, 2008 @ 7:44 PM Yes, not everything works. Things on your artist pages should, but other pages around the site (mainly charts) somethings will just present you with a blank page instead. If you don't get a blank page on clicking the streaming link, it should work. Baiko, does the test link provided in the original post work? If not, what is the error? Thanks.
leedsquietman	Date: February 1, 2008 @ 10:20 PM 66.45.25.165 here too Bloody Rogers Cable...
kyodylee	Date: February 1, 2008 @ 10:53 PM NosmoKing's command line fix worked for me. Bring up your command prompt (for Windows users) and type "ipconfig /flushdns" without the parenthesis. Then do Jack's ping command again. You should have the right IP now.
leedsquietman	Date: February 2, 2008 @ 12:39 AM no, still the same 66.45.25.165
Mojosnake	Date: February 2, 2008 @ 12:44 AM anybody know how something like a manuel flush would work on a mac?
baiko	Date: February 2, 2008 @ 1:46 AM ha ! i can stream!!!! i don't have my songs, but i can stream!!!!
clickplay	Date: February 2, 2008 @ 3:30 AM In Mac OSX, you can use the command lookupd -flushcache to flush the DNS resolver cache.
Mojosnake	Date: February 2, 2008 @ 11:05 AM On 2nd Feb 2008, clickplay said: In Mac OSX, you can use the command lookupd -flushcache to flush the DNS resolver cache. wtf?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? wtf is command lookupd ?
leedsquietman	Date: February 2, 2008 @ 4:38 PM Flushed DNS, no change still old IP
clickplay	Date: February 2, 2008 @ 5:17 PM Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) command has changed to dscacheutil -flushcache and lookupd has been deprecated.
clickplay	Date: February 2, 2008 @ 5:20 PM ...just as in linux or unix ,for that matter any of the system "x" os's ,operations will need to be done from the terminal.
clickplay	Date: February 2, 2008 @ 5:23 PM also,true to "x" form ,after running the command in your terminal the response will be......nothing,unless there is an error.
leedsquietman	Date: February 4, 2008 @ 6:53 PM DNS finally updated tonight... yay !
Mojosnake	Date: February 4, 2008 @ 11:21 PM freak yeah !!! i'm streaming too
kingo	Date: February 7, 2008 @ 5:10 PM On 2nd Feb 2008, Mojosnake said: [QUOTE info=clickplay,February 2, 2008 @ 3:30 AM] In Mac OSX, you can use the command lookupd -flushcache to flush the DNS resolver cache. wtf?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? wtf is command lookupd ? [/QUOTE] I laughed for a month and a half at that. Recently, I have lost my entirely fucking mind. It wasn't anythong about. OH THE QUOTE DOUBLEQUOTE STILL DOEN'ST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shit.
ChillinBuzz	Date: February 9, 2008 @ 5:13 PM what is "anythong"? is that what happens when you wake up late for your job at the pole-dancing club and when you're in a rush and can't decide on what to use from the underwear drawer, you just say "anythong will do"? DNS updated pretty quickly over here. /flushdns generally works though but not if the ISP has a terminally slow update process.