diff --git a/packages/dappmanager/package.json b/packages/dappmanager/package.json
index 6c34640b29..286e0951ad 100644
--- a/packages/dappmanager/package.json
+++ b/packages/dappmanager/package.json
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     "http-proxy": "^1.18.0",
     "is-ip": "^3.0.0",
     "lodash-es": "^4.17.21",
+    "kubo-rpc-client": "^3.0.2",
     "memoizee": "^0.4.14",
     "multicodec": "^3.2.1",
     "multiformats": "^11.0.1",
@@ -81,7 +82,6 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/mocha": "^10",
     "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
-    "kubo-rpc-client": "^3.0.2",
     "mocha": "^10.7.0",
     "prettier": "^2.3.2",
     "rewiremock": "^3.13.7",
diff --git a/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/index.ts b/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/index.ts
index 6c6463dfab..1b47c3cc2c 100644
--- a/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/index.ts
+++ b/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,28 @@
 import express from "express";
+import { params } from "@dappnode/params";
+import { ethers } from "ethers";
+import { create as createIpfsClient } from "kubo-rpc-client";
 import { getIpfsProxyHandler, ProxyType } from "./ipfsProxy.js";
-import { ResolveDomainWithCache } from "./resolveDomain.js";
+import { mainnetJsonRpc, ResolveDomainWithCache } from "./resolveDomain.js";
+import { logs } from "@dappnode/logger";
+import * as views from "./views/index.js";
+
+const ETH_API_URL = mainnetJsonRpc;
+const IPFS_API_URL = getIpfsApiUrl();
+const APIS_CHECK_TIMEOUT_MS = 3_000;
+const APIS_CHECK_CACHE_MS = 10_000;
+
+type ApisAvailability = {
+  isEthAvailable: boolean;
+  isIpfsAvailable: boolean;
+};
+
+let apisAvailabilityCache:
+  | {
+      value: ApisAvailability;
+      timestamp: number;
+    }
+  | undefined;
 
 export function getEthForwardMiddleware(): express.RequestHandler {
   // Create a domain resolver with cache
@@ -15,7 +37,32 @@ export function getEthForwardMiddleware(): express.RequestHandler {
     try {
       const domain = parseEthDomainHost(req);
       if (domain !== null) {
-        ethForwardHandler(req, res, domain);
+        ensureApisAvailability()
+          .then((apisAvailability) => {
+            if (!apisAvailability.isEthAvailable || !apisAvailability.isIpfsAvailable) {
+              logs.warn(
+                `ETHFORWARD blocked ${domain}: ETH API up=${apisAvailability.isEthAvailable}, IPFS API up=${apisAvailability.isIpfsAvailable}`
+              );
+
+              res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "text/html" });
+              if (!apisAvailability.isEthAvailable && !apisAvailability.isIpfsAvailable) {
+                res.write(
+                  views.noEthAndIpfs(
+                    new Error(`Ethereum API ${ETH_API_URL} and IPFS API ${IPFS_API_URL} are unavailable`)
+                  )
+                );
+              } else if (!apisAvailability.isEthAvailable) {
+                res.write(views.noEth(new Error(`Ethereum API ${ETH_API_URL} is unavailable`)));
+              } else {
+                res.write(views.noIpfs(new Error(`IPFS API ${IPFS_API_URL} is unavailable`)));
+              }
+              res.end();
+              return;
+            }
+
+            ethForwardHandler(req, res, domain);
+          })
+          .catch(next);
         return;
       }
 
@@ -26,6 +73,79 @@ export function getEthForwardMiddleware(): express.RequestHandler {
   };
 }
 
+async function ensureApisAvailability(): Promise<ApisAvailability> {
+  const now = Date.now();
+
+  if (apisAvailabilityCache && now - apisAvailabilityCache.timestamp < APIS_CHECK_CACHE_MS) {
+    return apisAvailabilityCache.value;
+  }
+
+  const [isEthAvailable, isIpfsAvailable] = await Promise.all([isEthApiAvailable(), isIpfsApiAvailable()]);
+  const value = { isEthAvailable, isIpfsAvailable };
+  apisAvailabilityCache = { value, timestamp: now };
+
+  return value;
+}
+
+async function isEthApiAvailable(): Promise<boolean> {
+  try {
+    const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(ETH_API_URL);
+    await withTimeout(provider.send("web3_clientVersion", []), APIS_CHECK_TIMEOUT_MS);
+    return true;
+  } catch (e) {
+    logs.debug("ETHFORWARD ETH API check failed", e);
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+async function isIpfsApiAvailable(): Promise<boolean> {
+  if (!IPFS_API_URL) return false;
+
+  try {
+    const ipfsClient = createIpfsClient({
+      url: IPFS_API_URL,
+      timeout: APIS_CHECK_TIMEOUT_MS
+    });
+
+    await withTimeout(ipfsClient.id(), APIS_CHECK_TIMEOUT_MS);
+    return true;
+  } catch (e) {
+    logs.debug("ETHFORWARD IPFS API check failed", e);
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+function getIpfsApiUrl(): string {
+  try {
+    const ipfsUrl = params.IPFS_HOST || params.IPFS_LOCAL;
+    const url = new URL(ipfsUrl);
+    url.port = "5001";
+    url.pathname = "/";
+    url.search = "";
+    url.hash = "";
+    return url.toString();
+  } catch (e) {
+    logs.warn("ETHFORWARD Invalid IPFS URL for API check", e);
+    return "";
+  }
+}
+
+async function withTimeout<T>(promise: Promise<T>, timeoutMs: number): Promise<T> {
+  let timeoutHandle: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
+
+  const timeoutPromise = new Promise<never>((_, reject) => {
+    timeoutHandle = setTimeout(() => {
+      reject(new Error(`Timeout after ${timeoutMs}ms`));
+    }, timeoutMs);
+  });
+
+  try {
+    return await Promise.race([promise, timeoutPromise]);
+  } finally {
+    clearTimeout(timeoutHandle!);
+  }
+}
+
 function parseEthDomainHost(req: express.Request): string | null {
   // Check if a request is for a decentralized website, based on their host
   // - decentral.eth => true
diff --git a/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/ipfsProxy.ts b/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/ipfsProxy.ts
index 14f2ef4789..9894c4d988 100644
--- a/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/ipfsProxy.ts
+++ b/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/ipfsProxy.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { urlJoin } from "@dappnode/utils";
 import { logs } from "@dappnode/logger";
 import * as views from "./views/index.js";
 import { NodeNotAvailable, ProxyError, EnsResolverError, NotFoundError, Content } from "./types.js";
+import { mainnetJsonRpc } from "./resolveDomain.js";
 
 export enum ProxyType {
   ETHFORWARD = "ETHFORWARD",
@@ -110,9 +111,31 @@ function errorToResponseHtml(e: Error, domain?: string): string {
     else if (e.location === "ipfs") return views.noIpfs(e);
 
   // Proxy errors
-  if (e instanceof ProxyError) return views.unknownError(e);
+  if (e instanceof ProxyError) {
+    if (e.target.includes("ipfs.dappnode")) return views.noIpfs(e);
+    if (e.target.includes("swarm.dappnode")) return views.noSwarm(e);
+    return views.unknownError(e);
+  }
+
+  // ETH resolution errors may still happen after preflight checks
+  if (isEthNodeUnavailableError(e)) return views.noEth(e);
 
   // Unknown errors, log to error
   logs.error(`ETHFORWARD Unknown error resolving ${domain}`, e);
   return views.unknownError(e);
 }
+
+function isEthNodeUnavailableError(e: Error): boolean {
+  const err = e as Error & { code?: string; shortMessage?: string };
+  const fullMessage = `${err.message || ""} ${err.shortMessage || ""}`.toLowerCase();
+
+  return (
+    err.code === "NETWORK_ERROR" ||
+    err.code === "SERVER_ERROR" ||
+    fullMessage.includes(mainnetJsonRpc.toLowerCase()) ||
+    fullMessage.includes("could not detect network") ||
+    fullMessage.includes("failed to fetch") ||
+    fullMessage.includes("econnrefused") ||
+    fullMessage.includes("ehostunreach")
+  );
+}
diff --git a/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/resolveDomain.ts b/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/resolveDomain.ts
index af5a4ae619..7c7113626f 100644
--- a/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/resolveDomain.ts
+++ b/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/resolveDomain.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import { ethers } from "ethers";
 import resolverAbi from "./abi/resolverAbi.json" with { type: "json" };
 import ensAbi from "./abi/ens.json" with { type: "json" };
-import { Network, Content, NotFoundError, EnsResolverError } from "./types.js";
+import { Content, NotFoundError, EnsResolverError } from "./types.js";
 import { decodeContentHash, isEmpty, decodeDnsLink, decodeContent } from "./utils/index.js";
 import memoize from "memoizee";
 
-const providerUrlCacheMs = 60 * 1000;
 const domainsCacheMs = 5 * 60 * 1000;
 
 /**
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ const domainsCacheMs = 5 * 60 * 1000;
  * Last updated March 2020
  */
 const ensAddress = "0x00000000000C2E074eC69A0dFb2997BA6C7d2e1e";
-const ropstenJsonRpc = "http://ropsten.dappnode:8545";
+export const mainnetJsonRpc = "http://execution.mainnet.dncore.dappnode:8545";
 
 const CONTENTHASH_INTERFACE_ID = "0xbc1c58d1";
 const TEXT_INTERFACE_ID = "0x59d1d43c";
@@ -24,34 +23,17 @@ interface InterfacesAvailable {
   [interfaceHash: string]: boolean;
 }
 
-async function getEthersProviderByNetwork(network: Network): Promise<string> {
-  switch (network) {
-    case "mainnet":
-      return "http://execution.mainnet.dncore.dappnode:8545"; 
-    case "ropsten":
-      return ropstenJsonRpc;
-    default:
-      throw Error(`Unsupported network: ${network}`);
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * Caches obtaining and validating an eth client
  * Caches the domains by domain and provider instance
  */
 export function ResolveDomainWithCache(): (domain: string) => Promise<Content> {
-  const _getEthersProviderByNetwork = memoize(getEthersProviderByNetwork, {
-    promise: true,
-    maxAge: providerUrlCacheMs
-  });
   const _resolveDomain = memoize(resolveDomain, {
     promise: true,
     maxAge: domainsCacheMs
   });
   return async function (domain: string): Promise<Content> {
-    const network = parseNetworkFromDomain(domain);
-    const providerUrl = await _getEthersProviderByNetwork(network);
-    const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(providerUrl); // TODO: review
+    const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(mainnetJsonRpc); // TODO: review
     return _resolveDomain(domain, provider);
   };
 }
@@ -59,8 +41,6 @@ export function ResolveDomainWithCache(): (domain: string) => Promise<Content> {
 /**
  * Resolves a request for an ENS domain iterating over various methods
  * - `.eth` domains: Resolve with mainnet
- * - `.test` domains: Resolve with ropsten
- * - If NETOFF error, return no-ropsten.html
  * - else: throw Error
  * @param domain
  * @returns content object
@@ -95,24 +75,6 @@ export async function resolveDomain(domain: string, provider: ethers.Provider):
   throw new NotFoundError("content not configured", { domain });
 }
 
-/**
- * Returns the network to fetch from given an ENS domain
- * @param domain "name.eth" | "name.test"
- */
-function parseNetworkFromDomain(domain: string): Network {
-  if (!domain.includes(".")) throw Error(`domain does not have an TDL`);
-  const parts = domain.split(".");
-  const extension = parts[parts.length - 1];
-  switch (extension) {
-    case "eth":
-      return "mainnet";
-    case "test":
-      return "ropsten";
-    default:
-      throw Error(`TDL not supported ${extension}`);
-  }
-}
-
 // Utils
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/types.ts b/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/types.ts
index b342c0ccde..28b844779f 100644
--- a/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/types.ts
+++ b/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/types.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export type Location = "ipfs" | "swarm";
 /**
  * Network names supported by the ETH FORWARD
  */
-export type Network = "mainnet" | "ropsten";
+export type Network = "mainnet";
 
 /**
  * Content descriptor
diff --git a/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/views/index.ts b/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/views/index.ts
index 262e4dbc02..b1668e1bd4 100644
--- a/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/views/index.ts
+++ b/packages/dappmanager/src/api/middlewares/ethForward/views/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { params } from "@dappnode/params";
 const adminUiUrl = `http://my.dappnode/`;
 const adminUiInstallUrl = `${adminUiUrl}/installer`;
 const adminUiPackagesUrl = `${adminUiUrl}/packages`;
-const ropstenName = "ropsten.dnp.dappnode.eth";
 const swarmName = "swarm.dnp.dappnode.eth";
 
 const a = (url: string, text?: string): string => `<a href="${url}">${text || url}</a>`;
@@ -22,22 +21,13 @@ export function notFound(e: NotFoundError): string {
 export function noEth(e: Error): string {
   return base(
     "Ethereum node not available",
-    `Your mainnet ethereum node is not available
+    `This feature is only available when running both IPFS and Ethereum nodes.
     <br />
     ${e.message}`,
     e
   );
 }
 
-export function noRopsten(): string {
-  return base(
-    "Ropsten not installed",
-    `Please install the Ropsten DNP (DAppNode package) to resolve .test domains
-    <br />
-    ${a(`${adminUiInstallUrl}/${ropstenName}`, "Install Ropsten")}`
-  );
-}
-
 export function noSwarm(e: Error): string {
   return base(
     "Swarm not installed",
@@ -51,12 +41,23 @@ export function noSwarm(e: Error): string {
 export function noIpfs(e: Error): string {
   return base(
     "IPFS not available",
-    `Make sure your IPFS node is available 
+    `This feature is only available when running both IPFS and Ethereum nodes.
+    <br />
     ${a(`${adminUiPackagesUrl}/${params.ipfsDnpName}`, "IPFS status")}`,
     e
   );
 }
 
+export function noEthAndIpfs(e: Error): string {
+  return base(
+    "Ethereum and IPFS not available",
+    `This feature is only available when running both IPFS and Ethereum nodes.
+    <br />
+    ${a(adminUiPackagesUrl, "Check core packages status")}`,
+    e
+  );
+}
+
 export function ethSyncing(): string {
   return base(
     "Page Not Available",