PDA

View Full Version : Wow, only 7 online users


mr e
05-09-2003, 12:27 AM
Wow, it's dead right now, come one people post something :D

What happened, the forum's a little slow, but really :ogre:

Chris Gwynne
05-09-2003, 01:35 AM
I believe some people are having issues with the server, some people are able to access the site whilst others cannot. It's CIA related I think.

Brad
05-09-2003, 01:36 AM
Yea, alot of people cant get to .org and vBt.com right now due to some issues, thats why its real slow.

Steve Machol
05-09-2003, 01:54 AM
Router and/or DNS issues:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=71130

jw791
05-09-2003, 02:31 AM
works fine for me :surprised:

Disturbed
05-09-2003, 08:28 AM
i couldnt access by normal means, so i'm using a proxy now :/

Xenon
05-09-2003, 10:25 AM
yep, it's a problem for all of us, even me can just get into with a proxy..

Boofo
05-09-2003, 11:09 AM
Same here. I finally got a proxy IP from vb.com to use. I haven't been able to get on since yesterday am.

Corbu
05-09-2003, 11:14 AM
I can access by a normal way, I must take a proxy to go here since 2 days now.

Oblivion Knight
05-09-2003, 02:29 PM
I must be one of the lucky ones for a change..
I've been able to access the site without any problems.

N9ne
05-09-2003, 02:34 PM
I'm using a proxy.

drumsy
05-09-2003, 03:25 PM
Usin' a proxy and about time I got in.

Logikos
05-09-2003, 04:29 PM
yeah im using a proxy to acess. Hasnt worked for me in 2 days

Link14716
05-09-2003, 07:25 PM
Yea, it disappeared yesterday for me, I think, so I now have to use a proxy server to access it. Obviously, there are a lot of issues with the name servers/DNS.

Koutaru
05-09-2003, 09:18 PM
;) proxy access for me too. Hopefully they'll fix the problem soon so others can access

Dan
05-09-2003, 11:46 PM
OMG! I love proxies!

MetroSports82
05-10-2003, 01:46 AM
i second that Oricon. :D hopefully the issue will be resolved soon, because it sure didnt' feel the same for most of the week, w/o having access to vb.org. :(

Erwin
05-10-2003, 03:48 AM
I'm using my work proxy server from home via ICA Citrix. Very slow and annoying. I can't get on to it from home too. Looks like a DNS issue, or routing issue.

Chris Gwynne
05-10-2003, 05:05 AM
Works just peachy for me. :D

mr e
05-10-2003, 06:51 AM
Wow, it's fine for me too, crazy. The proxies you guys use, what are they, I know you can find proxies on the net, but is that where you guys get them? Or is it with your provider or something?

Xenon
05-10-2003, 08:30 AM
i just use one which was posted on vb.com :)

vB-Host.com
05-10-2003, 08:49 AM
It is routing from the nameservers.. I would be happy to provide vb.org with secondary DNS on one of my nameserver boxes to provent this from the future. This is a prime example why you don't keep your eggs in one basket. For us we have three nameserver boxes on three different backbones, UUNet, Savvis and Internap. If their is a routing issue on one of the three, you still have the other two to handle DNS functions.

Doing a whois lookup on vb.com and vb.org show totally different name servers proving it is indeed a routing issue as everyone can reach vb.com One final note, When you are not surfing this site, go into your browser config and turn your proxy off. Proxies are a lot slower then your normal Internet connection over TCP/IP. If anyone has any questions on DNS routing, feel free to PM me

Kars10
05-10-2003, 10:43 AM
I use Proxy to...but the speed sucks... :p

Erwin
05-10-2003, 10:47 AM
What vB-Host says is true - my own server has 3 different nameservers pointing to it as multiple redundancies. :)

vB-Host.com
05-10-2003, 11:11 AM
Yeap in this day an age, multi home is the only way to go.. e-com is at a all time high and some businesses lose thousands of dollars by just 15 minutes of down time. Two things you should check before signing up with your web host.. whom ever it may be. One be assured they have atleast two premium bandwidth providers (uunet, savvis, sprint, att, qwest, internap, cable and wireless) two make sure their main pipe is not Cogent. For those unaware of the hosting business Cogent is about 12 cents per Gb and about as stable and trouble free as that 99 cent six pack of beer that just says "beer" in blue letters. In Jan, Cogent lost their contract with AOL and Earthlink for a peering points and it has been going down since. What this means is if your server is on Cogent and a user comes from say ATT cable.. they peer and connect.. If that user is on Earthlink or AOL... Well now that user has to go across to a network that shares a peering with both Cogent and AOL or Earthlink creating 3 to 7 more hops to your server.

Things sure have changed since I first started hosting sites and my local user group bbs on a performa 520 and a 64k single channel ISDN line... lol WebSTAR 1.2, MacDNS and Eudroa Mail Server

N9ne
05-10-2003, 11:25 AM
The proxy i'm using is super-fast, luckily :D

vB-Host.com
05-10-2003, 11:38 AM
care to share the IP? ;)

amykhar
05-10-2003, 12:21 PM
Look at the bright side of this. For the most part, only the people who took the time to search and read at Vbulletin.com are here now. Not much of the stupid 2000 requests for existing hacks and the level of conversation around here is better for the most part.

Hmmm, can we keep this broken forever? :D

Amy

Boofo
05-10-2003, 12:30 PM
You forgot about me being here, Amy. If I can get through, you know the rest of my following will make it. ;)

Tony G
05-10-2003, 12:30 PM
Just got it, twas smart enough to check vB.com and get a proxy address that now works.

Didn't work for me on my normal connection though.

Dan
05-10-2003, 12:47 PM
True if it could stay this way it would be perfect....

Xenon
05-10-2003, 02:09 PM
Amy amy, you're an evil girl ;)

unfortunately my proxy gets slower every second....

amykhar
05-10-2003, 02:21 PM
Today at 09:30 AM Boofo said this in Post #29 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=393310#post393310)
You forgot about me being here, Amy. If I can get through, you know the rest of my following will make it. ;)

Hey, you read, search, and follow directions well :D Now, if you start asking how to make invisible users visible to moderators or how to make mods of subforums different than mods of forums, I'll ask Xenon and Erwin to change the url to this place and not tell you what it is :D

Amy

vB-Host.com
05-10-2003, 06:46 PM
sorry to go off topic here but... how do you make invisible users visible to moderators?














haha only joking ;)

solent
05-10-2003, 09:00 PM
well its been 2-3 that i couldnt access vb.org but now its ok as it seems.

great to be back again.

nuno
05-10-2003, 09:32 PM
WOOHOO!! :banana:

amykhar
05-10-2003, 10:17 PM
Yep. I got in with no proxy this time :)

Chris M
05-10-2003, 10:31 PM
It has worked for me for ages, but our network uses a Proxy, so thats probably why;)

Satan

futureal
05-10-2003, 10:42 PM
I was shut out for a few days, but it's back working for me now. :)

Broekie
05-11-2003, 05:22 AM
Yay! I don't have to use a proxy anymore, I can visit the site on a normal way again :)

Seems like the problems are solved?

Boofo
05-11-2003, 05:30 AM
Yesterday at 10:21 AM amykhar said this in Post #33 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=393335#post393335)
Hey, you read, search, and follow directions well :D Now, if you start asking how to make invisible users visible to moderators or how to make mods of subforums different than mods of forums, I'll ask Xenon and Erwin to change the url to this place and not tell you what it is :D

Amy

LOL at Amy.

All I want to know is where is that hack that does that thing with that way to do the whole thing like it used to.

Erwin
05-11-2003, 10:06 AM
It wasn't a DNS or nameserver issue. In any case, we are back in business. :)

Xenon
05-11-2003, 10:19 AM
in that case, a party is needed ;)

and the thread no longer