Address lookup of "asteroid.powweb.com" failed.

[gumbysworld]

Finding Host asteroid.powweb.com ...
Address lookup of "asteroid.powweb.com" failed. It may be misspelled, or your computer may not be connected to the network or Internet.
Also check that your DNS and local name servers are properly configured and responding.

I keep having trouble getting in by FTP. Is there just a user limit problem? It seams to take me trying over and over for 15-20 mins and I will finally get in. I just rather see a user limit error then a DNS.

[gumbysworld]

Soon as I got done typing and tried if for the 10th time. It went through. I just wonder whats up. Not a major problem just annoying.

[stevel]

The particular problem you had is DNS related. It's very hard (impossible, really) to diagnose after the error goes away. As there are typically several DNS servers involved in a request (your local DNS server gets its information from another, which gets its from another), the problem could be anywhere.

Comcast users, for the past week, were having DNS troubles in general, though these seem to have been solved.

[gumbysworld]

I use AT&T if that helps or atleast you can keep it in mind if it comes up again.