SKY Broadband File hosting Fix
So, what's up?
For some reason, it appears that Sky users are again unable to access certain webpages, for an unknown reason. It seems to be affecting mainly filesharing sites but others are reported to be affected too. The common symptom is the webbrowser going to a HTTP 500 - Internal Server Error page, a page sitting on connecting for a long time, reporting a page as done without actually loading it, or a download manager waiting forever for a connection.
What's affected?
The list of sites currently includes, but is not limited to:
Filesharing sites
RapidShare: 1-CLICK Web hosting - Easy Filehosting
RapidShare: 1-CLICK Web hosting - Easy Filehosting
MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service
Hotfile.com: One click file hosting
2shared - file upload
Deposit Files
Free File Hosting. SharingMatrix.com file hosting and storage.
?????????? ????????????? TurboBit.net ? ????? ??????? ?? 100 ??, ?????????? ??????? ??????
HotShare - Share your personal videos, photos, movies, music, flash and files.
Uploading.com - o mais simples e seguro m?todo de armazenar seus arquivos!
zSHARE - Free Image, Video, Audio, Flash and File Hosting
MEGAVIDEO - I'm watching it
Multiupload.com - upload your files to multiple file hosting sites!
How can I get round it?
The SSL Trick - RS and Hotfile
Firstly for Rapidshare, you should be able to access the webpage by simply substituting the beginning of web address from http:// to https://. This connects you on the SSL secure connection, rather than the regular one and so effectively your link would instead become:
Or
So far, this does not seem to be able to work with Megaupload, and I don't believe it has been tested on any others as of yet either. If you do test, please respond to the thread stating your results.
The IP Trick - Working on RS and MU
Alternatively, it seems possible for the site to be accessed via the direct IP address of the servers, cutting out the DNS servers.
So far the tried and tested ones are 195.122.131.46 for Rapidshare.com and 209.222.148.136 for Megaupload.com.
So a rapidshare link would become
and a Megaupload link would be
The following are the IP Addresses to the other filesharing sites in the above list for you to try with the IP trick.
They have not yet been tested, so if you try them, please state here whether they worked for you or not.
Hotfile.com: One click file hosting - 74.120.8.75
2shared - file upload - 208.43.81.133
Deposit Files - 80.208.23.35
Free File Hosting. SharingMatrix.com file hosting and storage. - 85.17.226.209
?????????? ????????????? TurboBit.net ? ????? ??????? ?? 100 ??, ?????????? ??????? ?????? - 188.72.243.99
HotShare - Share your personal videos, photos, movies, music, flash and files. - 64.20.51.114
www.Filesurf.ru - 87.249.29.19
Uploading.com - o mais simples e seguro m?todo de armazenar seus arquivos! - 88.85.70.9
This trick does not appear to work with Zshare or Multiupload.
The Host File Trick - Working on RS and MU
If you use an auto-downloader, such as FlashGet, JDownloader on DownThemAll! this may help you.
Open up the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file and at the bottom, add each of these lines that applies to you.
195.122.131.46 rapidshare.com
209.222.148.136 megaupload.com
Now when you visit
it should work for you straight away.
If you use an autodownloader with megaupload, you may need to remove the beginning "www." from the start of each of the links. This is easily done using notepad.
Go to Edit->Replace... and in the new window, type "www." into the Find What: box, and leave the Replace With: box blank, then put these new links into your autodownloader and the files should then work.
Here is the repeated untestedlist for use with Host File trick adjusted for direct copying into the host file.
Again, please confirm whether these do or do not work if you try them, so you can help others.
Code:
74.120.8.75 Hotfile.com
208.43.81.133 2Shared.com
80.208.23.35 Depositfiles.com
85.17.226.209 Sharingmatrix.com
188.72.243.99 Turbobit.net
64.20.51.114 Hotshare.net
87.249.29.19 Filesurf.ru
88.85.70.9 Uploading.com
Credits
IAmNotAUser
NewsreadeR,
invalid,
stuie_y2k2,
russ555,
Man_hunt,
Joe_UK,
no1Joeno1
Regards:
Alun
For some reason, it appears that Sky users are again unable to access certain webpages, for an unknown reason. It seems to be affecting mainly filesharing sites but others are reported to be affected too. The common symptom is the webbrowser going to a HTTP 500 - Internal Server Error page, a page sitting on connecting for a long time, reporting a page as done without actually loading it, or a download manager waiting forever for a connection.
What's affected?
The list of sites currently includes, but is not limited to:
Filesharing sites
RapidShare: 1-CLICK Web hosting - Easy Filehosting
RapidShare: 1-CLICK Web hosting - Easy Filehosting
MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service
Hotfile.com: One click file hosting
2shared - file upload
Deposit Files
Free File Hosting. SharingMatrix.com file hosting and storage.
?????????? ????????????? TurboBit.net ? ????? ??????? ?? 100 ??, ?????????? ??????? ??????
HotShare - Share your personal videos, photos, movies, music, flash and files.
Uploading.com - o mais simples e seguro m?todo de armazenar seus arquivos!
zSHARE - Free Image, Video, Audio, Flash and File Hosting
MEGAVIDEO - I'm watching it
Multiupload.com - upload your files to multiple file hosting sites!
How can I get round it?
The SSL Trick - RS and Hotfile
Firstly for Rapidshare, you should be able to access the webpage by simply substituting the beginning of web address from http:// to https://. This connects you on the SSL secure connection, rather than the regular one and so effectively your link would instead become:
Or
So far, this does not seem to be able to work with Megaupload, and I don't believe it has been tested on any others as of yet either. If you do test, please respond to the thread stating your results.
The IP Trick - Working on RS and MU
Alternatively, it seems possible for the site to be accessed via the direct IP address of the servers, cutting out the DNS servers.
So far the tried and tested ones are 195.122.131.46 for Rapidshare.com and 209.222.148.136 for Megaupload.com.
So a rapidshare link would become
and a Megaupload link would be
The following are the IP Addresses to the other filesharing sites in the above list for you to try with the IP trick.
They have not yet been tested, so if you try them, please state here whether they worked for you or not.
Hotfile.com: One click file hosting - 74.120.8.75
2shared - file upload - 208.43.81.133
Deposit Files - 80.208.23.35
Free File Hosting. SharingMatrix.com file hosting and storage. - 85.17.226.209
?????????? ????????????? TurboBit.net ? ????? ??????? ?? 100 ??, ?????????? ??????? ?????? - 188.72.243.99
HotShare - Share your personal videos, photos, movies, music, flash and files. - 64.20.51.114
www.Filesurf.ru - 87.249.29.19
Uploading.com - o mais simples e seguro m?todo de armazenar seus arquivos! - 88.85.70.9
This trick does not appear to work with Zshare or Multiupload.
The Host File Trick - Working on RS and MU
If you use an auto-downloader, such as FlashGet, JDownloader on DownThemAll! this may help you.
Open up the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file and at the bottom, add each of these lines that applies to you.
195.122.131.46 rapidshare.com
209.222.148.136 megaupload.com
Now when you visit
it should work for you straight away.
If you use an autodownloader with megaupload, you may need to remove the beginning "www." from the start of each of the links. This is easily done using notepad.
Go to Edit->Replace... and in the new window, type "www." into the Find What: box, and leave the Replace With: box blank, then put these new links into your autodownloader and the files should then work.
Here is the repeated untestedlist for use with Host File trick adjusted for direct copying into the host file.
Again, please confirm whether these do or do not work if you try them, so you can help others.
Code:
74.120.8.75 Hotfile.com
208.43.81.133 2Shared.com
80.208.23.35 Depositfiles.com
85.17.226.209 Sharingmatrix.com
188.72.243.99 Turbobit.net
64.20.51.114 Hotshare.net
87.249.29.19 Filesurf.ru
88.85.70.9 Uploading.com
Credits
IAmNotAUser
NewsreadeR,
invalid,
stuie_y2k2,
russ555,
Man_hunt,
Joe_UK,
no1Joeno1
Regards:
Alun