update New server issue thread

[timwhit]

Seems like you guys have been posting a lot more since the move, but it could just be my imagination.

Well, every night on the old server I would try to load up the page at about 11pm central time and it would take 30-60 seconds to load. I think they did backups around that time. So, rather than posting anything, I was mainly waiting.

 

[Handruin]

I had the same problem. It also happened throughout the day during those times when I had something to post that was random or had to clean up spam.

 

[udaman]

SF has been doing fine all evening. Maybe Uda has flaky cable or - dare I say it - a Mac problem.

No, LM, you must have missed my rants. I have 56k dialup, I live in the devil's triangle of So. Cal. Million dollar homes, yet DSL can't work well, tremendous downtime on squirrel ravaged copper lines that from my location, go nearly 15k ft to the CO (central office of the telco). Ie. DSL blows at super slow speeds, cable not much better. I have a friend tired of waiting for Verizon to bring in FIOS, went with Time/Warner cable. Guess what, it's nearly as slow as a slow DSL connection, and he's paying $100/mo for the TV/internet package.

With the new server, I'm getting SF to load pages faster than just about any site I've ever been on (and as I've already said, I haven't even fired up my OSX 10.5.6 partion yet to run the faster Safari beta 4 browser...it's almost too fast already ), as fast as my friends cable connection on sites which are much slower than SF.


So why has the site been down for what 1 or 2 days now? I couldn't even get handruin dot com

Handy should update his twitter acct to let us know when something crashes, like servers being down. Meh, guess there is some utility in that silly social disease known as Twitter.

 

[Handruin]

Handy should update his twitter acct to let us know when something crashes, like servers being down. Meh, guess there is some utility in that silly social disease known as Twitter.

That's not a bad idea...actually a good use for anyone following a twitter account could be for system status updates.

 

[timwhit]

So why has the site been down for what 1 or 2 days now? I couldn't even get handruin dot com

The site hasn't been down. Just because you can't access something doesn't mean it's down.

Please spend the next 48 hours reading the following pages rather than writing a pointless reply.

DNS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_system
TCP/IP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Protocol_Suite
Hosts File: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll

 

[LunarMist]

Maybe it does not work on a Mac.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll[/url][/SIZE]

 

[udaman]

The site hasn't been down. Just because you can't access something doesn't mean it's down.

Please spend the next 48 hours reading the following pages rather than writing a pointless reply.

DNS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_system
TCP/IP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Protocol_Suite
Hosts File: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll

Lol, twitless, I clicked on the last link but found no mention of you. Why do you post up wasteful links like SD?

Just because both Handydot.com and SF are the *only* sites that return no access, the *only* sites out of dozens I surf on a daily basis, doesn't mean I'm having a "Mac" problem...try trolling someone else you guys, I'm not buying into your baiting tactics, lol. Even Effin twitter/handruin works just fine...you just don't have an answer, so the best you can do is ad hominem attacks, sad/pathetic.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

The only time I couldn't get into SR was when they were actually down...again, not Mac problem

 

[udaman]

Still can't get 'access' to SF, other than intermittent through my main laptop.

Using another Mac, via DSL (different ISP) to post this:

Oh please, most wise ones; bukkake me all over your gushing streams of wisdom, lol.

 

[Handruin]

I have no idea why you can't access the site. You might want to call your ISP and see what's up with the DNS. You should be able to get here via IP address until then.

 

[LunarMist]

I have no idea why you can't access the site.

Karma?

 

[Handruin]

I didn't add him to the IP blocked list.

 

[CougTek]

No matter what, that's a nice feature of the new server.

 

[timwhit]

No matter what, that's a nice feature of the new server.

Almost all ISPs and forum software have IP blocklists.

 

[udaman]

Did all of the images below, using my 'normal' ISP... ucle.edu, while unable to access SF this morning (yesterday I could).

So decided to try something else, used a different dialup ISP, located in LA, but different area code, etc.

Same browser, same everything, did not even close and restart browser, everything is *identical* except using different ISP.

So why is this happening with ucla.edu and not other ISP's???

(timwitt ain't too bright, he could have just said "udaman, sorry I can't help, I have no idea why you can't access SF" even if he did suspect/could help...that way he'd have days on end without having to read any of my 'pointless' posts on SF, my inability to gain the secret code access to SF ...and likewise, my of his ignorant/trolling 'pointless' posts )

 

[Handruin]

I've removed all my old accounts on the old host, so if your ISP's DNS is not updating then you'll no longer be seeing the old website.

What IP address do you get when you ping storageforum.net? As you can see in the first screen capture (whois) the correct IP address is listed for our site. If you're not resolving that IP address, you'll need to call your ISP/help desk and ask them why DNS propagation has not occurred in over a week.

As a last suggestion, try configuring your own machine's network to point to a public DNS server.

 

[P5-133XL]

This has been a very smooth switchover to a much better and faster host.

Thanks!

 

[timwhit]

(timwitt ain't too bright, he could have just said "udaman, sorry I can't help, I have no idea why you can't access SF" even if he did suspect/could help...that way he'd have days on end without having to read any of my 'pointless' posts on SF, my inability to gain the secret code access to SF ...and likewise, my of his ignorant/trolling 'pointless' posts )

I gave you all the information necessary to fix the issue. Change your hosts file, it takes 30 seconds.

If you're on OS X it's here: Mac OS X: /private/etc/hosts

If you don't know how to do it, then: http://support.apple.com/kb/TA27291

After reading your shitty posts for the last couple years, I will be ignoring all your future posts.

 

[LOST6200]

Danm; I don tblame you!

Waht is this about secret coderes access? mAybe Uda is off the mendicationes.

 

[Fushigi]

uda, if you don't stop the insults, everyone will have you on ignore. It's uncalled for and won't help when you have something of merit to post.

As to your problem accessing SF, configure your machine to not use the obviously lacking DNS provided by your ISP. Use 4.4.4.2 through 4.4.4.4; Verizon's public DNS instead.

 

[Stereodude]

uda, if you don't stop the insults, everyone will have you on ignore. It's uncalled for and won't help when you have something of merit to post.

That seems to be his endgame. He's constantly poking a sharp stick in the eye of the few people who don't have him on ignore.

 

[Handruin]

My ISP is being dumb now. I can't resolve storageforum.net using their DNS servers since last night. I have to use other DNS servers. What a pain.

 

[LunarMist]

No problems here.

 

[Handruin]

It's my ISP...some how their DNS lost the record for this website...and everything else I host. I've checked other DNS servers and the records are correct within their system.

 

[Handruin]

Something is weird. Now I can no longer resolve sf using public DNS from level 3.