Please correct me if I’m wrong, but If the “internet goes down”, it’s most likely the fault of DNS tables. No ISP would willingly just shut down their servers. So, how do you prepare for something like this?? Write down the direct address to your most important sites, that way you bypass DNS. Or download your own DNS table that why you don’t have to rely on the DNS servers or DNS tables.
In terminal or cmd.exe, use: NSLookup website.com
Log all your most important website IP’s and keep them somewhere
GAW: IP: 104.21.71.144 IP: 172.67.145.123
EDIT: I believe it’s way more complicated on a non- dot com site. Testing now. I believe you may have to create a custom DNS route/translation or have your own table
2ND EDIT: IMPORTANT! GAW is behind CloudFlair, a DDOS Security type firewall. While this may work for other small websites, it’s likely not going to work on GAW because the IPs above are owned by cloud flare and are then, internally within cloudflare, translated to a secure address. Unless an exception within cloudflare is added, you will likely be unable to access the site using an IP.
Others, smaller websites, would work if you had the IP
Ideally you have your own hosts file with the most important websites already configured.
For Windows:
located in windows\system32\drivers\etc
there contains a file simply named 'hosts'
copy this file to your desktop
edit it with notepad
at the bottom of the file add this one line exactly
172.67.145.123 greatawakening.win
save the file (to your desktop) - ensure that windows does not add a .txt extension to this file. Then drag and drop it into your windows\system32\drivers\etc folder. Yes on the overwrite.
This will allow you to be able to access GAW even if worldwide DNS ceases to exist.
I would not recommend leaving this configured forever, incase GAW changes IP addresses or anything. But knowing how to do it for temporary purposes is a good idea.
For MAC:
open a terminal
type
Type sudo nano /etc/hosts and press Return
Enter your admin password and press Return
Using the "Nano" text editor can be a bit hard.. but follow these simple steps:
Use the Return key to create some space below the existing records
Input the IP address:
172.67.145.123
Press the Tab key
Enter the domain name:
greatawkening.win
Save the file by pressing Ctrl + O
Exit with Ctrl + X
This is a good temporary solution. I would not leave this configured forever in the event GAW changes their IP addresses.
This. We don't know where GAW exists after Cloudflare. That is why these services exist.
Upvote this ^
tempted to downvote for suggesting nano but I won't 🤣
I wanted to suggest vim but I know nobody would be able to quit it 🤣🤣🤣
it's the only way for us old timers 👍
If I could sticky your comment in this thread, I would. Could you elaborate some more on this please? I’m a Mac user
If you're mac user, you need to open terminal: CMD + Space -> Terminal
put command:
sudo nano /etc/hostsand enter your mac user password
and then add those additional lines: ip-number domain-name
as described above
On mac it's in /etc/hosts as it is on Linux. What we need is a backup DNS server that at least has the important sites attached.
Yep, always save the file. Be a Pedefile lol