A Fix for those not able to connect ....

[weins201]

Locate your Host 32 file - C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

Open it with word pad and patch this iine to the bottom of it.

107.23.85.115 login.ultimaonline.com

It seems to work.

I know this is TOTAL BS and a DEV or somone from EA / Mythic or whoever should bepowning up about this NOW.

good luck

 

[weins201]

This works tere is no threat from adding the line all it does is give your computer the place to look. Dev you should pin this post and lock / freez / delet all other whine waffles gripe or groans.

 

[Manticore]

what's the rest of the url, i dont find anything that ends with "etc"

 

[pumpkin_escobar]

When u write open it, what is the it?
In my etc folder I have hosts, networks,services,lmhosts,protocol

Thanks for posting

 

[pumpkin_escobar]

 

[NuSair]

There is an etc folder there.

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

 

[Petra Fyde]

There is a more full explanation in the other threads, plus 2 other options to try.
Tardis posted the host file option:
http://stratics.com/community/threa...hard-list-some-are-not-whats-the-deal.297031/
Which picks up a similar issue we had before.
Bealank suggests a DNS flush
http://stratics.com/community/threa...connect-to-utlima-online.297036/#post-2255863
the third option is auto dns from google. Still looking for that post, will edit when I find it
originally suggested by Botak ( http://stratics.com/community/threa...her-network-outage.277646/page-4#post-2255810) but explained more fully by Bealank:
http://stratics.com/community/threa...her-network-outage.277646/page-4#post-2255886

 

[pumpkin_escobar]

Thanks a lot, it worked I opened the "hosts" folder.

Thanks Petra

 

[Petra Fyde]

Don't thank me, thank Tardis, Bealank and Botak

 

[BeaIank]

I also suggest that about one week from now, all of you that edited the hosts file edit it again to remove the entry.
One week is usually enough for the DNS to propagate even to the most stubborn DNS servers across the world.

 

[Grace of Minoc]

it won't let me save it, what exactly do I do to not get the access denied gump?

 

[flappy6]

i better stick to atari

 

[Dr Pet]

U all must thank the UO team for posting any of this on the website, or sending any sort of mail telling us how to fix the issue. No , no just drop us for 24 hours and keep quiet.. the playing members really enjoy that. Ohhh wait we are all paying members. Shooooo

 

[Petra Fyde]

Please read Bealank's post for an explanation of why we're hitting this problem:
http://stratics.com/community/threa...connect-to-utlima-online.297036/#post-2255903

 

[GarthGrey]

What about when you look all the way into the etc folder and it's empty. On win7 ?

 

[BeaIank]

Then you need to set your Windows to show system and hidden files:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/show-hidden-files-in-windows-7/

 

[GarthGrey]

Then you need to set your Windows to show system and hidden files:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/show-hidden-files-in-windows-7/

It's been set that way since the last time we had this issue. ??

 

[Prince Erik]

it won't let me save it, what exactly do I do to not get the access denied gump?

Make sure you're running notepad or whatever editor as Administrator. (Right click notepad icon, run as administrator) then open the file and try.

-PE

 

[Prince Erik]

Please read Bealank's post for an explanation of why we're hitting this problem:
http://stratics.com/community/threa...connect-to-utlima-online.297036/#post-2255903

Sounds like someone at their hosting company has their DNS TTL set too high... if they left it at the older 86400 second value it could take some systems up to 24 hours to pick up the change. We just moved data centers and had to deal with this last week.

I also second removing this line after the problem is resolved!

-PE

 

[BeaIank]

It's been set that way since the last time we had this issue. ??

First, make sure you are at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

If you are, and there isn't a hosts file, you can create one. Make sure it's name is hosts and not hosts.txt

The basic contents of the file are:
# copyright (c) 1993-2009 microsoft corp.
#
# this is a sample hosts file used by microsoft tcp/ip for windows.
#
# this file contains the mappings of ip addresses to host names. each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. the ip address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# the ip address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# for example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within dns itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost

You don't need to add those lines to the file, as they're only comments.
Open the file you created, add the line:

107.23.85.115 login.ultimaonline.com

And save it.

 

[BeaIank]

Sounds like someone at their hosting company has their DNS TTL set too high... if they left it at the older 86400 second value it could take some systems up to 24 hours to pick up the change. We just moved data centers and had to deal with this last week.

I also second removing this line after the problem is resolved!

-PE

You tell me... I dread every time we have to move servers because it will be a major headache until the DNS propagate.

 

[Petra Fyde]

Last time we did this (see bumped thread from June 30th 2012 -http://stratics.com/community/threads/looks-like-theres-another-network-outage.277646/)

I posted this thread: http://stratics.com/community/threads/reminder-windows-host-file.277784/ on July 2nd 2012
I plan to do the same thing again. - or I could just bump that one