That is very odd indeed and I'm wondering if it is something local if multiple computers are having the issue.
Have you restarted your router?
Can you ping and get a response from the Feathercoin DNS Seed nodes below?
dnsseed.feathercoin.com
dnsseed.fc.altcointech.net
dnsseed.alltheco.in
dnsseed.btcltcftc.com
There is no old copy of Feathercoin online. If you PM me your email address I can mail it to you.
So while trouble shooting I noticed Steam could not also connect to it's network. I contacted my ISP and they reset a switch to my home, after 20min, I can now connect to the steam network and most importantly; the feathercoin network! Thanks for you assistance, if this issue arises again I will inquire about changing ISP's.
EDIT1: To restore the wallet backup I have, I typed -rescan in the console so the client can find the .dat but it's not. Where do I place the backed up wallet so it can be restored?
EDIT2: Solved, I just replaced the wallet.dat in the roaming file with my back up, and done! back to mining!