“Using the hosts fix will temporarily solve the problem

And if someone could tell me:
what is the “hosts fix”?
Thanks for your time and help.
Answer #1
From a cached web page in april, News
We appear to have just fixed the speed issues with our server but it seems to have also dropped the connection TO most users please wait while we try to fix this as well as our mail servers.
edit: we appear to have weird issues with one of our servers thus our DNS is pointing at the wrong one.
If you cannot wait, you may edit your hosts file.
    If you cannot be bothered to read the link provided above, just edit your hosts file and add the following line.
    Location of hosts file on windows � C:Windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts
    On *NIX the hosts file is located at � /etc/hosts
    You may have to open the hosts file from an elevated notepad, if you use vista or windows 7/8.
    Add the subsequent line to your hosts file
    119.42.146.35 www..org
Answer #2
DNS issues hosts FIX: http://pastebin.com/UFk18GC5
Answer #3

I am currently using: 119.42.146.35
EDit2: using today 30.06.2013 = 119.42.146.37
Answer #4
Hosts file is usually hidden, so unhide systems files.
Windows/System32/drivers/etc
Hosts file is usually set to ‘read only’so…
Right click/Properties ….untick the ‘read only’ box then click apply/OK
Right click on hosts file then choose open from the menu
A box will pop up asking you which program to use
Choose Notepad
Add lines as mentioned above, save the file then goto Properties again and tick the ‘Read only’ box.
My hosts file looks like this:
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
#   127.0.0.1       localhost
#   ::1             localhost
127.0.0.1 www.bitsumactivationserver.com
127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobeereg.com
127.0.0.1 www.adobeereg.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 125.252.224.90
127.0.0.1 125.252.224.91
119.42.146.36 .org
119.42.146.36 www..org
119.42.146.35 .org
119.42.146.35 www..org
119.42.146.34 .org
119.42.146.34 www..org
Above is my way of editing the hosts file but I don’t claim it is the easiest or best way of doing this.
Answer #5
SaturnSid:
Is there any benefit in multiple entries?
Does dns go to 146.36 and if it find nothing then go on to .35 and .34?
OR
Does dns just try the first or last entry?
(I find conflicting information on google)
Answer #6
So if I do this, the z bb search will work again?
Answer #7
try Host Profiles Manager u can edit hosts file easily & also swap them with no effort
Answer #8
So if I do this, the z bb search will work again?
That’s a different problem as the search is re-indexing.