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General => The Shed => Topic started by: ceres on August 11, 2011, 00:54:15

Title: Not quite sure what happened there....
Post by: ceres on August 11, 2011, 00:54:15
Gave Dan a shout when the forum went down but he doesn't seem to have been around so wonder if it was a problem wherever it's hosted.
Title: Re: Not quite sure what happened there....
Post by: Digeroo on August 11, 2011, 07:05:44
Nice to see you back. 



Title: Re: Not quite sure what happened there....
Post by: Trevor_D on August 11, 2011, 07:13:01
Thought it was just me!
Title: Re: Not quite sure what happened there....
Post by: grannyjanny on August 11, 2011, 07:36:01
Glad it wasn't just me ;).
Title: Re: Not quite sure what happened there....
Post by: Poppy Mole on August 11, 2011, 08:13:30
Me too
Title: Re: Not quite sure what happened there....
Post by: shirlton on August 11, 2011, 08:41:23
I too thought that it was just me.
Title: Re: Not quite sure what happened there....
Post by: betula on August 11, 2011, 08:44:24
Have a few friends on Facebook from A4A who could confirm the problem was with the site. :)

A couple of years back it used to regularly go down.
Title: Re: Not quite sure what happened there....
Post by: ceres on August 11, 2011, 09:20:51
When a website isn't responding, you can use this to check if it's down - just enter the URL:

Is it down for evderyone or is it just me (http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/)
Title: Re: Not quite sure what happened there....
Post by: ceres on August 11, 2011, 09:22:02
Message from Dan, he's not in the UK so we may have to be a little patient until he can fix it.
Title: Re: Not quite sure what happened there....
Post by: claybasket on August 11, 2011, 09:30:39
could'nt get you last night,was gutted,glad your all back.
Title: Re: Not quite sure what happened there....
Post by: katynewbie on August 11, 2011, 09:35:19
 :'( :'( :'(

Sob! Was bereft last night...
Title: Re: Not quite sure what happened there....
Post by: manicscousers on August 11, 2011, 09:37:10
phew  ;D
Title: Re: Not quite sure what happened there....
Post by: lincsyokel2 on August 11, 2011, 14:09:49
I did a ping and a  tracert on it, thats the sure-fire dang-nab-it no-fancy-stuff way to find out whats going on !!
Title: Re: Not quite sure what happened there....
Post by: Poppy Mole on August 11, 2011, 14:15:47
Thanks for that it is very interesting
Title: Re: Not quite sure what happened there....
Post by: tricia on August 11, 2011, 17:39:19
It was awful! - I had to go to bed without my A4All fix  :( :( :(. So glad we are all together again  ;D ;D ;D.

Tricia
Title: Re: Not quite sure what happened there....
Post by: lincsyokel2 on August 11, 2011, 18:26:58
I juts did some digging. Why is the server hosted in Minneapolis ?? Thats makes us not only severely vulnerable to cross atlantic internet storms, but also means whoever is running is probably getting up and going to bed 8 hours after the rest of us.

Your not trying to tell me there no suitable hosting in the UK? I run a site hosted in the UK , supports phPBB and SQL, unlimited traffic, mailboxes, 100 databases, email support, £3.99 a month

*EDIT*

oh look: this is why:

http://www.internetpulse.net/Main.aspx?Period=RH24

look a tthe horizontal line COGENT where it crosses the vertical column SAVVIS. A red box. That indicates a net storm of some sort, exactly on the bit of the internet we use to get here.

and here http://www.internetpulse.net/Main.aspx?Origin=Savvis&Destination=Cogent&Metric=TCP