Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 27, 2017 18:14:50 GMT -5
Well for a couple of days my browser has not been able to find the server here and I've not been able to log on. Tommy was very helpful and suggested several things to try, me being a computer ignorant doofus and all. Tried them all to no avail and was abut ready to go spend a hundred bucks and see my computer dude. Then, low and behold, I was just able to long on. Thinking the problem done fixed itself or some such computer gremlin magic. Cool but I will never ever be able to understand these diabolical gizmos.....Mel
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Aug 27, 2017 18:23:59 GMT -5
Yahoo!! I was just headed in here to post a 'help me help Mel' thread.
I'm thinking it might have been storm related - maybe a data center in Houston went under water or something. We may never know.
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Aug 27, 2017 18:25:51 GMT -5
BTW, sorry about helping you wipe out all your saved passwords  Even though clearing the browser is a necessary evil and I do it frequently, I know what a pain in the butt that part of it is. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 27, 2017 18:27:43 GMT -5
Well for a couple of days my browser has not been able to find the server here and I've not been able to log on. Tommy was very helpful and suggested several things to try, me being a computer ignorant doofus and all. Tried them all to no avail and was abut ready to go spend a hundred bucks and see my computer dude. Then, low and behold, I was just able to long on. Thinking the problem done fixed itself or some such computer gremlin magic. Cool but I will never ever be able to understand these diabolical gizmos.....Mel I was locked out, too. Is your provider Windstream by any chance?? |
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Post by MrP on Aug 27, 2017 19:53:41 GMT -5
I am back in also! Must have been a Windstream problem. Didn't do anything just started working. I really don't post that much so at first I said no big deal. I was wrong! You can't even 'like' when you are not signed in.................................MrP
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Aug 27, 2017 20:39:35 GMT -5
Strangely enough until today I had never heard of Windstream...  |
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Post by melhill1659 on Aug 27, 2017 21:27:29 GMT -5
( bitterbrook) Steve emailed me earlier with this same problem. A few emails later and poof he was able to get back on. I haven't experienced any problems. |
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Post by Tommy on Aug 28, 2017 0:40:07 GMT -5
( bitterbrook) Steve emailed me earlier with this same problem. A few emails later and poof he was able to get back on. I haven't experienced any problems. Thanks Mel - yeah it made me wonder how many others were having problems that we hadn't heard from. |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 28, 2017 7:10:21 GMT -5
Yep, windstream here too. Seem to have a lot of problems with windstream round here. Glad to be able to get back on though. Thanks again Tommy for your help....Mel
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Post by johnjsgems on Aug 28, 2017 8:36:08 GMT -5
We have Verizon for our wireless. It is so bad here they offered to let us out of our contract without penalty (back when they had the multi year contracts). Sad thing is the other phone services are even worse. If we get out of traveling to shows will switch to high speed satellite. Some days I can't get RTH to work, it times out or just won't open.
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 28, 2017 10:47:49 GMT -5
When we called the tech guy, he said that the DNS tables were probably corrupted. Maybe our call alerted them to the problem. It only effected this site- ONLY. That's pretty strange to me.
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Post by Tommy on Aug 28, 2017 13:51:37 GMT -5
When we called the tech guy, he said that the DNS tables were probably corrupted. Maybe our call alerted them to the problem. It only effected this site- ONLY. That's pretty strange to me. In Mel's case he couldn't access either the root domain (rocktumblinghobby.com) OR either of the forum domains from his computer using Firefox or his wife's computer using IE. This had to be on the provider's end because all three of those URL's use different DNS. I do know that on Friday my host Dreamhost was under a DDOS attack so it's entirely possible that they messed with their DNS to block the attack then it had to re-propagate around the internet - which would explain it eventually fixing itself. It doesn't explain losing access to the forum though unless coincidentally Proboards also uses Dreamhost which we have no way of knowing. |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 28, 2017 16:25:36 GMT -5
Duh! Don't know from root domains, DDOS attackers or whatchahosts. All I know is them there tinie little magic robots whats in the innards of this machine musta done got on the ball and tightened the nuts on the whatchmacallits, dohickiedang'ers and bangerbuzzergimcracks etc that done got my machine all fixed up an workin agin....Mel
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Post by MrP on Aug 28, 2017 17:30:38 GMT -5
When we called the tech guy, he said that the DNS tables were probably corrupted. Maybe our call alerted them to the problem. It only effected this site- ONLY. That's pretty strange to me. In Mel's case he couldn't access either the root domain (rocktumblinghobby.com) OR either of the forum domains from his computer using Firefox or his wife's computer using IE. This had to be on the provider's end because all three of those URL's use different DNS. I do know that on Friday my host Dreamhost was under a DDOS attack so it's entirely possible that they messed with their DNS to block the attack then it had to re-propagate around the internet - which would explain it eventually fixing itself. It doesn't explain losing access to the forum though unless coincidentally Proboards also uses Dreamhost which we have no way of knowing. My problem was the same. I could only get on if I went thought my phone plan. I had to shut of the Wi-Fi to access RTH...........................MrP |
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Even though clearing the browser is a necessary evil and I do it frequently, I know what a pain in the butt that part of it is.
