Problem accessing the boards?

[Miss X]

Hey guys,


Just wanted to pass on a tip for anyone who knows anyone who can't get to the PC at the moment.

I was not able to get to the PC from my computer at home yet could do it fine at college so I figured there must be an IP related problem. Set up a proxy at home and I can now view the PC without a problem.

I know a lot of others are having the same problem so if you do know someone who is, let them know that setting up a proxy is a way to view. If they don't know how to do this then they can contact me. I didn't know how until today! :lol:


Vic.x

[fallenSaint]

Vic is my h3r0!

[Miss X]

Noooo. You're my hero for teaching me about how to use a proxy!

[HarmNone]

Please let us know if this is working for those of you who have been having problems. It could give Kranar a clue as to what might be causing the problems. :)

[imported_Kranar]

For those who are unable to access forum.gsplayers.com from home, are you able to access forumx.gsplayers.com?

It's hard to determine if this is a server issue or a software issue, but if both forum and forumx are unavailable from home, then I can get a better idea of what's going on.

[HarmNone]

I haven't had any problems, at all, this morning. I'm able to access both boards without a hitch. Have things cleared up for others, or are some of you still experiencing difficulties?

[Buckwheet]

I was getting connection refused errors on both domains.

Which makes sense because forum or forumx are just subdomains.

[HarmNone]

Was that today, Bucky? I'm just asking because I was having trouble yesterday, and for a few days before that, but none today. :)

[Miss X]

Just tested. I can't get to either under my own IP from home but I can get to them both if I use a proxy.

[HarmNone]

Thanks, Miss X! That may be helpful to Kranar. :)

[Buckwheet]

Yes that was today.

I tried to connect from a multitude of servers(I have 9 online througout the world). Also from my home connection on Comcast cable and from my computer at work which is on Qwest's backbone.

[Edited on 1-7-2006 by Buckwheet]

[HarmNone]

Ish. This is truly weird. I'm not having any problems today. :S

[Augie]

Originally posted by Kranar
For those who are unable to access forum.gsplayers.com from home, are you able to access forumx.gsplayers.com?

It's hard to determine if this is a server issue or a software issue, but if both forum and forumx are unavailable from home, then I can get a better idea of what's going on.

When I am at work, I can not access either set of forums. When I come home I can access them just fine. I USED to be able to access them at work (albeit very spotty).

I haven't tried to run a proxy cause I have no clue how :lol:

[Snapp]

I can't access either sites at work. Both are fine at home. :shrug:

[fallenSaint]

If it helps any Kranar I cannot access either from my work as well, and when I try to ping it from work it only bounces back one response. I had to remote into the Home PC to view the forums. And I can’t do proxy at work due to our setup.

[Buckwheet]

Okay you have some serious issues in routing I think.

Tracing route to gsplayers.com [207.210.76.66]

over a maximum of 30 hops:



1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.5.25.2

2 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.5.251.122

3 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 10.5.253.229

4 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms 10.5.253.238

5 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms 10.1.253.197

6 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms 10.1.233.138

7 24 ms 24 ms 24 ms 10.1.233.129

8 24 ms 24 ms 24 ms 10.1.232.71

9 24 ms 24 ms 24 ms 155.70.42.81

10 24 ms 24 ms 24 ms 155.70.33.145

11 24 ms 24 ms 24 ms dvr-edge-03.inet.qwest.net [63.145.64.9]

12 24 ms 24 ms 24 ms dia-core-03.inet.qwest.net [205.171.10.33]

13 46 ms 46 ms 46 ms dal-core-02.inet.qwest.net [67.14.2.10]

14 46 ms 46 ms 46 ms dap-brdr-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.225.53]

15 46 ms 46 ms 46 ms 204.70.134.33

16 139 ms 46 ms 46 ms bcs1-as0-0.dallas.savvis.net [204.70.193.213]

17 48 ms 47 ms 47 ms bcs2-so-6-0-0.Dallas.savvis.net [204.70.192.50]

18 68 ms 68 ms 68 ms dcr2-so-6-0-0.Atlanta.savvis.net [204.70.192.69]

19 68 ms 68 ms 68 ms bpr2-so-0-0-0.AtlantaPaix.savvis.net [208.172.75.238]

20 68 ms 68 ms 68 ms 208.173.60.218

21 68 ms 68 ms 69 ms 209.51.149.109

22 68 ms 68 ms 68 ms 209.51.137.98

23 68 ms 68 ms 69 ms gravity.dnsprotect.com [207.210.76.66]



Trace complete.

Thats from my work address which I can now view the boards.

Of course its going to look weird because my VPN goes down to texas and then out so ignore everything before dallas.savvis.net.

This is where it gets really bad...

This is from a top of the line datacenter in LA.

Tracing route to gsplayers.com [207.210.76.66]

over a maximum of 30 hops:



1 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms CUSTOMER.VPLS.NET [209.11.243.89]

2 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms GIG2-8-1000M.BR2.SNA1.VPLS.NET [66.186.32.17]

3 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms POS14-2-2488M.BR2.SNA1.VPLS.NET [66.186.32.14]

4 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 146.82.146.74

5 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms g0-8.na22.b000899-0.lax04.atlas.cogentco.com [38.99.195.121]

6 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms g1-0.101-core01.lax04.atlas.cogentco.com [38.112.39.29]

7 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms p15-1.core01.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.201]

8 4 ms 4 ms 4 ms p5-0.core01.san01.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.78]

9 37 ms 37 ms 37 ms p6-0.core01.iah01.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.5]

10 75 ms 75 ms 75 ms p15-0.core01.tpa01.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.46]

11 75 ms 75 ms 75 ms p5-0.core01.mco01.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.141]

12 75 ms 75 ms 75 ms p15-0.core01.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.154]

13 75 ms 75 ms 75 ms g8-ba21.b000173-0.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.6.166]

14 75 ms 75 ms 75 ms global_net_access.demarc.cogentco.com [38.101.48.94]

15 75 ms 75 ms 75 ms 209.51.137.81

16 79 ms 75 ms 75 ms 209.51.137.102

17 76 ms 75 ms 75 ms gravity.dnsprotect.com [207.210.76.66]

Basically cogent=bad bad bandwidth for web hosting on.

Its fine for file servers where you don't mind slow access times, congestion, and a few dropped packets.

But to top that off...are you serious about this??

Reverse IP: Web server hosts 641 websites

This is in the GNAX datacenter in Atlanta?

Which means this server is through some sort of reseller.

No wonder you are getting problems. No way can a dedicated server run 641 other websites and this one.

[Edited on 1-7-2006 by Buckwheet]

[Buckwheet]

New reply since I don't want to cause problems.

Feel free to delete this if its out of line.

So here is the deal.

I see the dnsproject is the main domain this particular server is attached to. However you can't pull up anything at dnsproject.com.

It is not able to find an IP address for that domain.

That seems like a pretty big problem for me since this server is listed as a subdomain.

Second, the registrar listed is a web hosting company. Their web page doesn't load either. Unable to connect to the web server.

Thirdly, everything I can find online about the web hosting company listed is negative, lots of downtime, outages, and un happy customers.

Now, I do apologize if this is someone's business I am not trying to rag on it or anything.

Keeping the PC going is my main focus here.

But something, in my experience in this industry, isn't adding up.

[HarmNone]

You sure aren't stepping on my toes, Bucky! I'm technically illiterate! Besides, I'm sure Kranar will appreciate having this information. Thanks a bunch, hon! :kiss:

[imported_Kranar]

Yeah, I'm finding this isn't a software issue afterall.

I'm going to contact the hosting company to look into the problem.

[Drew2]

Alternatively, get a new host.

[imported_Kranar]

I already paid a crapload of money for the current one.

[Wezas]

Kranar I would be willing to stand behind any decision to ban Tayre for life.

[Drew2]

I believe the current campaign is called "Ban Wezas!", not "Ban Tayre".

Speaking of banning Tayre, he got a GM ban from the Landing last night. I'm not allowed in the Landing for an indefinite amount of time.

But that's for another thread.

[HarmNone]

Originally posted by Tayre
I believe the current campaign is called "Ban Wezas!", not "Ban Tayre".

Speaking of banning Tayre, he got a GM ban from the Landing last night. I'm not allowed in the Landing for an indefinite amount of time.

But that's for another thread.

Aha! That's what that rumor I heard was all about! I was trying to figure out why the entire population of the Landing was so busy making offerings of thanks to any and all gods, whether dark or light. :lol:

[Drew2]

Well it literally took an act of "gods" to get him out, so I feel pretty good about that. :D

[Sean of the Thread]

Originally posted by Tayre
Well it literally took an act of "gods" to get him out, so I feel pretty good about that. :D

Latrin will keel you for making God plural.

[HarmNone]

Dieties are, most definitely, plural. :)

[Bobmuhthol]

So I just found out that this site works since I'm at MangledKitty's house.

And I'm very fucking pissed because I have not been able to connect in the longest time and assumed the problem existed for everyone.

Fuck you all.

[Buckwheet]

I was finally able to get online tonight again from home. Here is the tracert.

Tracing route to gsplayers.com [207.210.76.66]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.2.1
2 7 ms 7 ms 8 ms 10.228.24.1
3 10 ms 8 ms 7 ms 68.87.177.205
4 8 ms 11 ms 8 ms 68.87.174.113
5 23 ms 23 ms 24 ms 12.118.20.9
6 28 ms 23 ms 24 ms tbr2-p033701.sl9mo.ip.att.net [12.122.80.198]
7 25 ms 24 ms 23 ms tbr2-cl7.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.122.10.45]
8 23 ms 22 ms 24 ms ggr2-p390.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.123.6.37]
9 218 ms 27 ms 35 ms so-9-1.car4.Chicago1.Level3.net [4.68.127.165]
10 23 ms 24 ms 23 ms ae-1-56.bbr2.Chicago1.Level3.net [4.68.101.161]

11 87 ms 52 ms 52 ms ae-0-0.bbr1.Atlanta1.Level3.net [64.159.1.45]
12 55 ms 51 ms 56 ms ae-12-55.car2.Atlanta1.Level3.net [4.68.103.131]

13 49 ms 53 ms 48 ms 4.78.210.6
14 47 ms 48 ms 48 ms 209.51.149.109
15 58 ms 48 ms 49 ms 209.51.137.98
16 48 ms 49 ms 47 ms gravity.dnsprotect.com [207.210.76.66]

I will refrain from making any further comments on the situation until after we have talked. Level 3 however is not bad.

[Edited on 1-8-2006 by Buckwheet]

[Trinitis]

If you are still gathering information, I just found out that my roomie cannot access the PC on his system. We're on the same connection, running through a router. I can open PC no problems, he can't view it at all.

[DeV]

Originally posted by Miss X
Just tested. I can't get to either under my own IP from home but I can get to them both if I use a proxy. Same problem I've been having. I've been using a different proxy from home. The connection seems to be a little better at work, but for the most part it is on and off. Glad to see this is being looked into.

[Bobmuhthol]

I totally love having to use a transparent proxy. It makes my day THREE TIMES AS GAY.

[Hulkein]

Having stuff about your Math team in your signature already puts you at maximum gay, my friend.

[Edaarin]

Drop it like it's hot.

[Ebondale]

Originally posted by Hulkein
Having stuff about your Math team in your signature already puts you at maximum gay, my friend.

:lol2:

Burn!

[HarmNone]

Finally! It took awhile, but I finally found a proxy that works for me. This is just too weird!

Some of the proxies I tried were sooooo sloooowwwww thay had me cracking up. I\'m watching the boards come up a line at a time! :lol:

[Bobmuhthol]

128.138.189.30:3128

Slower proxies either: aren't in United States, use more security.

[HarmNone]

The ones I tried were, supposedly, in the States. It may have been that they were high security. Anyhow, this one\'s working just fine. :)

[HarmNone]

This just seems really weird to me. I admit I\'m technically illiterate, but what the heck is going on? How does any of this make sense? I can get here using a proxy but I can\'t get here through Charter, when Charter seems to be perfectly fine going anywhere else on the freaking internet! It\'s nuts!

[Bobmuhthol]

...

Maybe we've discovered something!!

<-- Charter Communications customer.

[HarmNone]

Hee! Unfortunately, it\'s not just those of us who use Charter, Bob. It seems to be picking people at random. It makes absolutely no sense to me. I was hoping YOU could explain it! :)

[Bobmuhthol]

I have no idea what would cause it. It takes a while for Internet Explorer to give up and say that PC can't be displayed, as if the connection is attempting to be established but the PC server is struggling to make the connection. I totally can't ping, tracert, or whois the server with my connection. :(

[HarmNone]

It really is weird. I\'d been having sporadic problems for a week or so, but nothing major. Yesterday I had no problems at all. Today...it sucked the big one! It just doesn\'t make any sense. :(

Bucky? Does it make sense to you, or has the world gone totally bonkers? :lol:

[Bobmuhthol]

I let a tracert run for a while, then read buckwheet's previous post:

<<14 47 ms 48 ms 48 ms 209.51.149.109
15 58 ms 48 ms 49 ms 209.51.137.98
16 48 ms 49 ms 47 ms gravity.dnsprotect.com [207.210.76.66]>>

I hit a 209.51.x.x IP and the next connection timed out. The PC server officially hates my IP.

[HarmNone]

It\'s obviously not too crazy about mine, either. :(

[imported_Kranar]

According to the host, the problem isn't on our end or on their end directly.

For those who are unable to connect, one of the network hops from the PC host to their computer is down. Hopefully this is something that can and will resolve, but it should be only a temporary problem.

[HarmNone]

Whew! Thanks, Kranar! I\'d begun to think I was losing what\'s left of my mind! This whole thing just made no sense to me. Of course, things technical often leave me gibbering to myself.....

:kiss:

[Trinitis]

Originally posted by Kranar
According to the host, the problem isn't on our end or on their end directly.

For those who are unable to connect, one of the network hops from the PC host to their computer is down. Hopefully this is something that can and will resolve, but it should be only a temporary problem.

How could this issue effect my roomie but not me? We both use the same cable connection. Our IP is 1 number different. I don't know why he would get the error, but I would not.

[HarmNone]

That really is strange. Maybe Kranar can explain how that can happen. As far as I\'m concerned, it\'s black freaking magic! :scared:

[Trinitis]

Originally posted by HarmNone
That really is strange. Maybe Kranar can explain how that can happen. As far as I'm concerned, it's black freaking magic! :scared:

Well if it is black magic, you should be the go too gal, no? I mean..you've got candles, a tree, and upteen dozen cats! That should fix something, no?

[HarmNone]

Heh. Remember, this is black magic!! All my magical contacts are currently engaged in white magic applications. I wouldn't want to interrupt them, in case the world came to an end with us on it, eh? ;)

[Trinitis]

Um, I thought it was not possible for cats to be involved in any form of white magic?

They are, after all, pure evil of the most demonic form.

[HarmNone]

Hee! They\'ve got you fooled, I see. This way, their white magic can sneak up on you and make you ever so sweet and gentle! :D

[Trinitis]

Well..I did find myself growing attached to my mothers kitten.

But I stand strong with my statement that it's so damn ugly, its hard to not like it. Pitty and all..

[Killer Kitten]

Not sure if this is the right thread or not.
I've been having a lot of trouble the past several weeks using the forum. When I click on my link I'll get an hourglass forever, then a 'server is busy' notice. Same thing when I try typing in the address.

Sometimes I can get to the first page but when I pick a category it hangs up, then tells me unavailable.

Sometimes it works great, but not very often.

I'm a computer illiterate, I can turn the thing on and find most of my pictures, and that's about it.

[Ravenstorm]

No idea what was done but suddenly I can access the board again without using a proxy. Nicely done. Unless nothing was changed in which case wtf?

Raven

[HarmNone]

Glad to hear it, Raven! I hope the same is true for others who have been having problems! :)

[Drew2]

It comes and goes for me. I'll go days with no access, and at random times I'll be able to access them. Which is why I haven't posted in a couple weeks.

Good news for you guys, I guess!

[Wezas]

Same here, no proxy, now have access. Whatever happened worked.

[CrystalTears]

Still can't access from home without going through my job's Citrix server, but it's nice to see it getting better. :)

[Back]

Ok, today I can access without a proxy.

Did Kranar ever figure out what it was? Are some IPs getting blocked for some reason?