External HTTP file download error

[Drakath]

I often get this error: "#1006 External HTTP file download error:Error downloading requested files. Couldn't resolve host name. [Could not resolve host: epicrow.eu] [some lua file] (Reconnecting with internal HTTP)"

Does that mean that my website host is slow? Does anyone know a fast external HTTP?

[Woovie]

Couldn't resolve host name means your DNS failed to turn epicrow.eu into an IP. Try via cmd.exe to "ipconfig /flushdns"

[Drakath]

It said: "Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.".

[Woovie]

Okay, does it work now?...

[Drakath]

No, I still get the error quite often.

[Dutchman101]

No, I still get the error quite often.

It's 1. issues with the files on the server,

try this: cmd > (first flushdns as Woovie said)

and then: ipconfig /registerdns (quickly after flush)

after that, this: cmd > netsh winsock reset

(make sure you run the prompts as administrator btw)

and restart your PC

[Drakath]

Restart my pc? How is that gonna help? This website is not hosted on my computer.

[Dutchman101]

Restart my pc? How is that gonna help? This website is not hosted on my computer.

That was for after the 'netsh' command i listed (the change it makes needs a reboot)

so unless you restart your PC after you won't know if it worked.

[Drakath]

I did it but I still receive the error.

[ccw]

Does this happen for everyone else as well, or just you?

What if the httpdownloadurl line in your mtaserver.conf files?

[Drakath]

It never happened to me. I just see this error in logs. It happens like 15 times a day which is not that much, a player tries to connect, get this error and then gets disconnected.

The httpdownloadurl is http://epicrow.eu/client/

[ccw]

I think this is some problem at the client end, and not your server. It could be due to firewall, anti-virus, virus, parental controls, local DNS server failure etc.

Affected players should automatically reconnect and use the internal web server.

[Woovie]

It definitely sounds like a DNS failure. Here's some instructions on using Google's DNS. This should fix your problem.

https://developers.google.com/speed/pub ... docs/using