Issues on connectivity

[Logi]

Just a heads up to everyone, but I haven't been able to connect to the site for a few days now. I've been using a proxy to redirect for the time being as I suspect it's a problem with my ISP. However, if the issue doesn't clear up in a few more days I'll have to look into more permanent solution. I'll be a lot slower to process rolls and new rules in the meantime.

[The Rock Doctor]

Just a heads up to everyone, but I haven't been able to connect to the site for a few days now. I've been using a proxy to redirect for the time being as I suspect it's a problem with my ISP. However, if the issue doesn't clear up in a few more days I'll have to look into more permanent solution. I'll be a lot slower to process rolls and new rules in the meantime.

I've had similar issues for, I dunno, three or four days.

[Tanthalas]

Best of luck yall, I have had no issues thus far.

[Walter]

One time, about 4-5 days ago, I had some issues that I could not connect for a short period of time (about half an hour or so). Occasionally when refreshing the page, I get a page that says that the connection was reset, but another refresh solves that.

[Jefgte]

Same thing for me for an evening connection.

Jef

[Guinness]

I just posted a banner. The webhost tells me the shared webhost is under a DDOS attack, which they are combatting. They also took the opportunity to try to upsell me for more expensive services, which does not make me happy.

So after an entertaining conversation with the help desk about DDOS mitigation (a subject I know quite a bit about), I'm looking at other options. The transition would likely take a few days no matter what I end up doing, which might mean having to make the forum read-only for a day. I'll post an update when I figure out more.

I'm a little bit sad about this, as this site has been on that host for, if I'm counting correctly, about 8 years with no issues until now.

[Guinness]

Logi and Snip: you should have my email address if you need to contact me directly, right?

[Kaiser Kirk]

Sad to hear,
Thanks for the update.

I just posted a banner. The webhost tells me the shared webhost is under a DDOS attack, which they are combatting. They also took the opportunity to try to upsell me for more expensive services, which does not make me happy.

So after an entertaining conversation with the help desk about DDOS mitigation (a subject I know quite a bit about), I'm looking at other options. The transition would likely take a few days no matter what I end up doing, which might mean having to make the forum read-only for a day. I'll post an update when I figure out more.

I'm a little bit sad about this, as this site has been on that host for, if I'm counting correctly, about 8 years with no issues until now.

[Guinness]

Update: I'm still not able to access the site at all from home. I was able to pull backups today, which I can use to mock up the site somewhere else. I'm going to proceed with that as an academic exercise, but if this doesn't ease in the next few days, I'll start working on a plan in earnest to move it.

The good news is: the way that the infrastructure and DNS setup is done, a migration should be doable in just a few hours, and not the days I'd feared.

I'll post more news to this thread as I get down the road.

[Tanthalas]

Thanks for the update mate, glad to hear it wont be as horrible as you had thought previously.  I am still not having any issues connecting (oh the Irony of me who normally has every connection issue in the world being more or less unaffected by this one).

Update: I'm still not able to access the site at all from home. I was able to pull backups today, which I can use to mock up the site somewhere else. I'm going to proceed with that as an academic exercise, but if this doesn't ease in the next few days, I'll start working on a plan in earnest to move it.

The good news is: the way that the infrastructure and DNS setup is done, a migration should be doable in just a few hours, and not the days I'd feared.

I'll post more news to this thread as I get down the road.

[Jefgte]

Thanks for your time & your work.

;)

[Guinness]

I haven't had any connectivity issues the last few days, and more importantly I can fetch regular backups again, so I think the storm may have passed. This is good, because I'm lazy and didn't want to have to make changes ;-)

[Logi]

I got connectivity back around two weeks ago, but things have gotten quite busy for me. I think it should clear up enough for me to make a decision on the cruiser rules & push out my missing sim reports this weekend.