having trouble connecting to e621. i have tried everything. google chrome, firefox, internet explorer, mobile phone, another computer, resetting router, nothing at all

"The server at e621.net can't be found, because the DNS lookup failed. DNS is the network service that translates a website's name to its Internet address. This error is most often caused by having no connection to the Internet or a misconfigured network. It can also be caused by an unresponsive DNS server or a firewall preventing Google Chrome from accessing the network.
Access a cached copy of http://e621.net/"

ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED

i had to use VPN browser to be able to connect

What country are you in?

I'm going to assume that you are using wifi on your mobile phone. If you can, try turning off wifi and accessing it over mobile.

If you can access it fine, continue with these stops. I wrote them in another thread, but it is likely to help you here:

paintedfox said:
For anyone still having problems connecting to e621, here's what worked for me.

Click windows button --- type cmd --- on the shortcut, right click and Run as Admin -- type ipconfig /flushdns press enter

-- reboot your computer and try it.

If this fixes the issue, there's no need to do anything else.

The DNS basically says "sherlockholms.com? You'll need to go to 221B Baker Street." and your computer writes it down on a piece of paper for future reference (the DNS cache). However if Sherlock ever moves your computer needs to cross it off (delete the cache) and write down the new address, which you get from an address book (DNS server). Usually this happens automatically and you don't have to do anything at all, but in some cases it doesn't update for whatever reason, hence /flushdns (the command "flushes" the DNS cache).

If anyone using OS X wants to flush the DNS cache, let me know the version of OS X you are running as the instructions may be a bit different from version to version. Edit: This blog post summarizes it well, but let me know if you need help.

click windows button --- Control panel --- under Network and Internet click View network status and tasks -- upper left click change adapter settings -- right click on your connection, Local area connection is if you're wired, Wireless Network Connection if wireless --- click Properties -- click to highlight Internet Protocol Version 4 --- click Properties button -- click Use the following DNS server addresses and in the boxes type 208.67.222.222 as Preferred and 208.67.220.220 as Alternate -- click OK, Close and close network connections -- reboot your computer and try it.

For anyone interested in doing this, this changes your DNS server to OpenDNS. Some DNS's are better about keeping the address up to date or generally respond faster than whatever it is you are currently using (e.g., LagCo internet's DNS server might be slow or buggy) and changing it can fix slowdowns and glitches for some people. Then again, it may not. An alternate server to try is 8.8.8.8 which is Google's DNS server; some may have better luck with it depending on your area.

Likewise, if anyone using OS X/iOS wants to change your DNS, let me know and I'll try to walk you through it. I'm running Yosemite/iOS 8, but the instructions are pretty much the same for other versions.

Changing the DNS on your router (if you can) may solve the issues for all of your devices, but doing them each manually would do the same thing.

Munkelzahn said:
What country are you in?

Based on punctuation conventions, I'd guess a French-speaking one.

**fixed** by changind dns