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my Windows Phone is working but not my Surface, which is working on sites except FR
in trying to change my DNS, the box is checked: obtain dns server address automatically
do I need to add the new FR dns? Shouldn’t I just be able to connect without doing anything?
Thanks - this is all new to me
Your Surface is a tablet or laptop? It should work as I stated above. Find that local “hosts” file and put this line in there using notepad.exe
209.157.64.200 www.freerepublic.com
Since your browser cannot find freerepublic.com (domain name) out there in the Internet cloud to resolve or match the domain name with its IP number, you are telling it where to go from your computer. Your Internet browsers will look for your ‘hosts’ file.
Wiki has the listing for several operating systems to where to find the “hosts” files.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29
The path again for most if not all Windows operating systems to find the “hosts” file from the “root” or the beginning of the folder tree.
System32\drivers\etc\hosts