Intermittent Outage? - Page 2

Phil Waterman · #1 05-05-09, 00:56

Hi All

I suspect the problem may be at my end (local dsl provider is in financial problems) or has MLU been going on and off line a lot lately? Example has it been down for several hours today?

Cheers Phil

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #2 05-05-09, 01:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Hi All

I suspect the problem may be at my end (local dsl provider is in financial problems) or has MLU been going on and off line a lot lately? Example has it been down for several hours today?

Cheers Phil

Phil,

Not as far as I know. I'm set up to receive error messages whenever the Forum goes down, and I've had none for several days. Having said that, I WAS out for several hours this morning, but Sally was here and she noticed no trouble either, in either email reception or the Forum itself.

Keep me posted, though...

Jif

Willanthry · #3 11-05-09, 14:07

G'day Geoff

Now that i'm a member of this site, i try to access it a lot more often. I don't know if it's a problem at my end or not, but it seems that the only time i can access the site is at night (over here). If i try in the morning or during the day, the page is not to be found, no matter how many times i refresh it.

I wonder if that's a peak time for action on the forums here?

Cheers
Toby

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #4 11-05-09, 14:54

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Originally Posted by Willanthry

G'day Geoff

Now that i'm a member of this site, i try to access it a lot more often. I don't know if it's a problem at my end or not, but it seems that the only time i can access the site is at night (over here). If i try in the morning or during the day, the page is not to be found, no matter how many times i refresh it.

I wonder if that's a peak time for action on the forums here?

Cheers
Toby

Toby, try http://orbit.dnsrouter.com/~mlu/forums/ for easier access. Something's screwed up with either the MAPLELEAFUP.ORG domain name or the domain server itself at odd times. I'm working to resolve the situation, but it's like herding cats...

Geoff

Keith Webb · #5 28-08-07, 12:51

...toe bone's connected to the foot bone and the foot bone's connected to the shin bone...

All sounds like double dutch to me.

Incidentally I now have to log in each time... haven't changed any settings this end... strange.

Thanks for chasing things through, Jif.

Hendrik van Oorspronk · #6 28-08-07, 12:52

Hello Geoff,

No connection threw the nomal way, only by yhe tortuge dns router

Green greetings Hendrik

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #7 29-08-07, 00:37

Speaking of which, there IS a backdoor into the forum you may use when you get one of these errors. The URL is:

http://tortuga.dnsrouter.com/~mlu/forums

Bookmark it as a secondary access to be used when required; it makes you login again, but what the hell.

Jif

hrpearce · #8 29-08-07, 00:50

Still having trouble between 04:30 & 09:00 but other times I usually get in first time Robert.

cliff · #9 29-08-07, 04:02

hmmmm....I'm not having any problems whatsoever...must be my good looks

Col Tigwell · #10 29-08-07, 04:23

What it is Cliff, it looks at your profile, and sees you canot walk to good. Back up swings in as says, this man has been to hell, better not mess with him.

Hope every thing is Ok up your end mate

Regards

Col

#11 29-08-07, 04:24

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Originally posted by cliff
hmmmm....I'm not having any problems whatsoever...must be my good looks

Oh my ...

... don't talk like that with women present! Shame on you

cliff · #12 29-08-07, 07:22

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Originally posted by Col Tigwell

Hope every thing is Ok up your end mate

Regards

Col

Col things are fine. Just a bit tired lately as I try and do too much. Must be the stubbon/pigheadedness I inherited from my folks.

Ma Yappy I am suitably humbled but never (a)shamed!

But honestly I am having no probs with getting in. Mind you this is a complete new computer setup so I wonder if it may improve for some of you if you dump the cookies from your machines and start again?

Cheers
Cliff

#13 29-08-07, 07:46

Quote:

Originally posted by cliff Ma Yappy I am suitably
humbled but never (a)shamed!

:witch

hrpearce · #14 30-08-07, 12:03

You WON Jif I got on first try all day today

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #15 30-08-07, 12:09

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Originally posted by hrpearce
You WON Jif I got on first try all day today

Don't count your chickens YET, Robert! I'm getting to be a pretty good

but it's the one that gets away that gives you the trouble!

cliff · #16 30-08-07, 21:35

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Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
Don't count your chickens YET, Robert! I'm getting to be a pretty good but it's the one that gets away that gives you the trouble!

you must NOT be talking about women as it is the one you catch that normally gives you all the trouble!

I know Ma......

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #17 30-08-07, 23:00

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Originally posted by cliff
you must NOT be talking about women as it is the one you catch that normally gives you all the trouble!

Damnstraight there, Cliffy! And boy, did I learn that the hard way... several times!!

Doesn't help, either, when all the good'uns now turn and flee the moment they detect you in their AO! (jeez, coulda SWORN I hadda bath this week, mebbe.....)

wim sikkelbein · #18 09-09-07, 19:13

Geoff,

It's working again!!!!

After no connection earlier this day and a very slow connection a couple of hours ago it al works fine again.

Wim.

ps i got your e-mail

#19 09-09-07, 19:26

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Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
Damnstraight there, Cliffy! And boy, did I learn that the hard way... several times!!

Humphfffff ... pssshaw ... pashooo ... maybe ya deserved the trouble

(ooops ... gotta fly now folks ... bye :witch )

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #20 09-09-07, 20:14

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Originally posted by wim sikkelbein
Geoff,

It's working again!!!!

Something HAS been going on, since sometime very early this morning (my time), perhaps after about 0900Z. My email was buggered as well. I've wasted half the bloody day trying to dig deep in this, but can't find a damned thing!

I suspect perhaps a concentrated denial-of-service attack on one of the other clients on this server. In any case, it's blown a day I had earlier anticipated actually doing something constructive with.

out:

In any case, everything seems to have settled now. In future, you can and should use either

gwball _at_ sympatico.ca

or

corowa30 _at_ sympatico.ca

or

jif _at_ corowa30.org

...or preferably all three (that way I can trace routings), to contact me if things go wonky again. Copy sunray _at_ mapleleafup.org in any case.... and you KNOW what to do with the " _at_ " business, I trust.

Thanks,

Jif

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #21 09-09-07, 21:18

Quote:

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
....In any case, everything seems to have settled now. In future, you can and should use either

gwball _at_ sympatico.ca

or

corowa30 _at_ sympatico.ca

or

jif _at_ corowa30.org

...

NOTE TO VD2 --

Remember to take the ' _at_ ' thingys out of there before you try those emails? There's a good girl...

#22 09-09-07, 21:23

Quote:

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
NOTE TO VD2 --

Remember to take the ' _at_ ' thingys out of there before you try those emails? There's a good girl...

Okay DEAR

:witch

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #23 09-09-07, 22:09

...whatever did I do to deserve this?! In my next life I'm going to come back as a cow, methinks (although perhaps not an Australian one

). Or better still, a moggie; that'll shut 'em up! I can eat all sorts of disgusting stuff then upchuck all over everything nice they have... and shed to-boot! That'll fix 'em...

cliff · #24 09-09-07, 22:29

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Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
...whatever did I do to deserve this?! In my next life I'm going to come back as a moggie

Mate you would be like me and be unlucky enough to come back as a mangy alley cat rather then a pampered pet

#25 09-09-07, 22:33

You animals

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #26 09-09-07, 22:58

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Originally posted by cliff
Mate you would be like me and be unlucky enough to come back as a mangy alley cat rather then a pampered pet

Geez, Cliff... it just so happens I am already! At least that's how I'm inevitably instructed by all the good women I approach [sniff] ...just no accounting for taste these days! I mean, who in their right mind would dismiss rugged good looks, an impressive vocabulary of obscenities and a take-no-prisoners attitude out of hand??!! Certainly no one I would want to hang around with...

#27 15-09-07, 08:46

I have no idea how the ones and noughts wend their way to and from your server Geoff, but it is wholly fast and reliable here and has been all this year as best as I can remember. As I can't recall any frustrations we can assume it just works.

If you want to know the routing you'll have to tell me how to resolve it; me, I just click my MLU favourites link and it appears in probably 100mS.

R.

sapper740 · #28 29-01-08, 17:59

Jefe, I've been experiencing the same problem as described by others. Connection to MLU has been sporadic at best for the better part of two weeks now. I'll make 7-8 attempts over the course of several hours before I can finally connect. It makes no difference if I use a link, a web search, or your internet address saved in my favourites. In the future I'll email you when it happens to see if that provides any insight into whats going on for you.

lynx42 · #29 30-01-08, 11:17

G'day Geoff,
Unable to access all day today. started trying about 8.30am, finally accessed about 8.30pm. Tried about 20 times.
Regards Rick.

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #30 30-01-08, 12:14

Quote:

Originally posted by lynx42
G'day Geoff,
Unable to access all day today. started trying about 8.30am, finally accessed about 8.30pm. Tried about 20 times.
Regards Rick.

What access were you using, Rick? The MLU one or Tortuga? Always try the latter if the former doesn't work...