You mean http://www.playonlinux.com ? I can access it. Try again, maybe the server was just temporarily not available. And yes, you need wine, as playonlinux is just more or less a frontend to simplify handling wine.
ANSWER 2 - Setting a custom DNS nameserver:
Please follow those steps:
sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.backup
to create a backup of the DNS configuration file.
sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.default
to create another copy of the DNS configuration file.
sudo sed /nameserver/s/\b69.89.215.3\b/8.8.4.4/g /etc/resolv.default
sudo nano /etc/resolv.default
opens an editor. Replace the old nameserver addresses (69.89.215.3,...) with the line nameserver 8.8.4.4
.
To save, press [Ctrl]+[o] and hit enter. Exit with [Ctrl]+[x].
sudo echo "#!/bin/sh
cp /etc/resolv.default /etc/resolv.conf" > /etc/network/if-up.d/setnameserver.sh
sudo nano /etc/network/if-up.d/setnameserver.sh
opens an editor on a new file. Please type the following:
#!/bin/sh
cp /etc/resolv.default /etc/resolv.conf
To save, press [Ctrl]+[o] and hit enter. Exit with [Ctrl]+[x].
This is to create a bash script that automatically replaces the current config file with our prepared default-copy on every network startup.
sudo chmod +x /etc/network/if-up.d/setnameserver.sh
to make the script executable.
Maybe you have to do a reboot or at least reconnect to your network. After this, try again to browse the playonlinux.com site or test it with ping
, traceroute
or nslookup
.