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Vvellum
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how to speed up the shroomery
#5410550 - 03/16/06 10:43 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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add these to your hosts file:
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0.0.0.0 google-analytics.com 0.0.0.0 bigboards.com 0.0.0.0 stats.bigboards.com
pretty easy in windows to modify, but I forget how to...so here's the way to do it in linux:
sudo gedit /etc/hosts
& copy/paste/save - restart your browser.
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: Vvellum]
#5410597 - 03/16/06 10:57 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
for windows
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: Vvellum]
#5410630 - 03/16/06 11:05 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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hell freakin yeah dude thanks.
and thanks to you too, hella.
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: Cowgold]
#5410651 - 03/16/06 11:12 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Whoa, thats amazing...thanks!
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: Kaleidoscope]
#5410667 - 03/16/06 11:17 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Coulda worked, but I don't even know.
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Vvellum
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
#5410680 - 03/16/06 11:20 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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yeah, that's it in windows, you gotta restart your machine, of course...
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: ClammyJoe]
#5410683 - 03/16/06 11:20 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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nice...that really does speeds things up
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THE KRAT BARON
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
#5410686 - 03/16/06 11:21 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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HellaMeister said: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
for windows
Doesn't exist on my computer. I'm on WinXP.
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Vvellum
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no...you gotta browse to that location and open the file called hosts with a text editor.
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Hm, try getting to it manually through explorer.
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
#5410696 - 03/16/06 11:23 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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then you have to drag the file into notepad.
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: Vvellum]
#5410697 - 03/16/06 11:24 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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go to: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers then open the "etc" folder then open "hosts" with the notepad paste "0.0.0.0 google-analytics.com 0.0.0.0 bigboards.com 0.0.0.0 stats.bigboards.com"
Save & restart browser
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: Vvellum]
#5410703 - 03/16/06 11:25 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Oh, alright I've got it now. Thanks.
In WinXP you have to go to: C:\WINXP\system32\drivers\etc
at least on my machine anyhow.
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: Tien]
#5410706 - 03/16/06 11:26 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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here are more entries to put into your hosts file (to block more ad crap): http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt
I recommend changing the 127.0.0.1 to just 0.0.0.0 to speed things up even more.
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I'm just assuming that you have your system files hidden. Make sure to change your folder settings.
Tools>Folder Options>View tab>Show hidden files.
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: Vvellum]
#5410821 - 03/16/06 11:59 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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would it be reasonable to copy paste that whole thing in there? i mean from the link
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: insectvhore]
#5410832 - 03/17/06 12:01 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Actually, even if it was hidden, i dunno if it would give you that error or not.
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: insectvhore]
#5410843 - 03/17/06 12:03 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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yes
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: Vvellum]
#5411354 - 03/17/06 04:42 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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bi0 said: here are more entries to put into your hosts file (to block more ad crap): http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt
I recommend changing the 127.0.0.1 to just 0.0.0.0 to speed things up even more.
surely changing 0.0.0.0 to just 0 would be even faster?
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: OJK]
#5411482 - 03/17/06 06:44 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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What exactly does this addition to the hosts file do then? Im not computer illiterate or anything but i'm not sure how this works
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: Dfekt]
#5411493 - 03/17/06 06:53 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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MistaMiner said: What exactly does this addition to the hosts file do then? Im not computer illiterate or anything but i'm not sure how this works
Instead of doing dns resolution, and then connecting to those sites, it loops back, gets denied and continues merrily on it's way.
0.0.0.0 doesn't even loopback, just dies (unknown address)
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: Dfekt]
#5411502 - 03/17/06 07:01 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Basically, the hosts file is the first layer of DNS resolution, done locally (although it isn't part of the DNS system )
Networks (including the internet) work on a basis of communication using IP addresses. They allow computers to interact and find resources using a single, unified form of addressing. However, IP addresses tend to be kind of hard to remember. People prefer to remember URLs using letters and numbers formed into domain names that make sense to us (e.g. remembering the domain name "www.shroomery.org" is a lot easier for most people then remembering the IP address "69.28.174.162").
The system that translates domain names that make sense to us to IP addresses that make sense to computers is called the Domain Name System (DNS).
Usually, when you enter a domain name into an internet browser, the browser requests a DNS server (a remote computer) to translate the domain name to an IP address so it can locate the information you're looking for.
However, you can use the HOSTS file to hard-wire certain domain names to certain IP addresses (e.g. If I ran a website, but didn't want to pay for a domain name, I could simply use the IP address of my internet connection, and tell everyone I wanted to use the website to edit their hosts file so that www.myhypotheticalwebsite.com was mapped to the IP address of my machine). If a domain name has an entry in the HOSTS file, it will override all other forms of domain name resolution (so even if you map a domain name to an invalid IP, your system will still try to use that IP, it won't query a DNS server for a valid one).
Therefor, you can in effect block access to certain websites or servers by hard-wiring their domain names to fake or invalid IP addresses using your HOSTS file.
The entry
0.0.0.0 google-analytics.com
resolves all attempts to access that analysis server to an invalid IP address, so attempts to reach that server won't load. If there are certain aspects of a website that you don't want to use (i.e traffic analysis, adverts, etc.) and they are hosted on different servers than the main site, you can use the hosts file to prevent those elements loading while still using the site for those elements you do want to use.
You can also use 127.0.0.1, which is called localhost, which is a loopback address to your own local system.
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Re: how to speed up the shroomery [Re: blink]
#5411506 - 03/17/06 07:04 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Thank you for showing me I have way too much time on my hands
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