Doish13 Posted 4October, 2012 Report Share Posted 4October, 2012 Guys am I the only one getting an error message to access this site? Have not been able to get on for past half hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb84911 Posted 4October, 2012 Report Share Posted 4October, 2012 Same here. Started last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Man Posted 4October, 2012 Report Share Posted 4October, 2012 Been a day or so Doish. Probably some tech bug . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh Posted 4October, 2012 Report Share Posted 4October, 2012 Me too, nice pic JB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Man Posted 4October, 2012 Report Share Posted 4October, 2012 +1 Yeah John. Seen that location somewhere before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-banger Posted 4October, 2012 Report Share Posted 4October, 2012 Kerry has looked into it, and he has to get a techie in to do some sort of IT mumbo jumbo. It seems to be spasmodic, but if you keep trying you can eventually get access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caver Posted 4October, 2012 Report Share Posted 4October, 2012 Doish, it's been happening for about a week and a half. Seems that they're experiencing some space issues. I reported it to Kerry a few days ago and he's raised a 'ticket' with the ISP who hosts the Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb84911 Posted 4October, 2012 Report Share Posted 4October, 2012 Thanks Hugh, and thanks Theo for the phone camera pic.(last smt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted 4October, 2012 Report Share Posted 4October, 2012 Hey All, Yes, sorry for the annoyance factor, I'm still trying to track down the exact problem as it is intermittent and seems to reset itself at the top of the hour. Forum host company have made suggestions as to forum access economies (!??) that I might need to reassess, but I am still trying to find the answer. Kerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh Posted 5October, 2012 Report Share Posted 5October, 2012 Hi Kerry, Has this ever happend before? Hope you manage to get it sorted. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurK Posted 5October, 2012 Report Share Posted 5October, 2012 Hey All, Yes, sorry for the annoyance factor, I'm still trying to track down the exact problem as it is intermittent and seems to reset itself at the top of the hour. Forum host company have made suggestions as to forum access economies (!??) that I might need to reassess, but I am still trying to find the answer. Kerry Is that them nicely saying you need to buy more bandwidth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doish13 Posted 5October, 2012 Author Report Share Posted 5October, 2012 Thanks Kerry & Mods for looking into it - I thought my wife had worked out a way to block the site on my Ipad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted 5October, 2012 Report Share Posted 5October, 2012 Yeah maybe, but in the discussions so far they haven't actually suggested that. Our usage hasn't actually been that high lately and the plan we have should be able to deal with it. I have a boffin looking into it and as soon as I know anything... Kerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted 5October, 2012 Report Share Posted 5October, 2012 Thanks Kerry & Mods for looking into it - I thought my wife had worked out a way to block the site on my Ipad. (Just got my iBad yesterday, and I'm having fun already! Quite impressive tools). Kerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted 5October, 2012 Report Share Posted 5October, 2012 For those of you who are able to get through!!! Still no absolute remedy, the case continues.... I've spent 4 hours this afternoon/evening with my boffin and completed a range of changes. The last two things now need to be done by the forum host entity, and a ticket has been lodged and I await their response. For what its worth, it would seem that we have had an infestation of "bots" planted in our system. The reason, we can only guess, to subvert is the most likely. From where they came, I do not know. My boffin has her nose to the ground! Kerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doish13 Posted 5October, 2012 Author Report Share Posted 5October, 2012 Hi Kerry, I have no idea what you just said however this site on a iPad = antisocial behaviour with the family after dinner time I'm told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-banger Posted 5October, 2012 Report Share Posted 5October, 2012 Hi Kerry, I have no idea what you just said however this site on a iPad = antisocial behaviour with the family after dinner time I'm told. What at first may seem anti social behaviour, will over time become the norm PS Thks for your efforts Kerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted 6October, 2012 Report Share Posted 6October, 2012 Ok, am I going to jinx myself, or is it fixed?! Maybe so, so says InvisionPower anyway... Damned bots!!! Post away! FYI: have restricted the amount that guests can search for, amongst other things. We have often many, many more guests than members online, and quite frankly if they want all the features they can join up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Man Posted 6October, 2012 Report Share Posted 6October, 2012 All seems good now. I was surprised of the flexibility the forum offered when I first started looking as a guest. Most forums are a lot tighter which is not a bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted 6October, 2012 Report Share Posted 6October, 2012 A lot less flexible now! I'm reluctant to restrict viewing to only members a la most forums, but maybe I'm too liberal? Food for further thought... Kerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurK Posted 6October, 2012 Report Share Posted 6October, 2012 still happening at this end unfortunately...... Don't want to pry Kerry but it sound like the site has a virus or malware on its server. I would be going after the hosting company if that is the case, unless you have your own server and you maintain the a/v component. If its just a hosted website then it would be their responsibility. If I am off the mark tell me to bugger off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasserkuhl Posted 6October, 2012 Report Share Posted 6October, 2012 Sounds like a resource issue to me. Its limiting/denying access due to traffic. Is it at all possible somebody has been attacking the server for political reasons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurK Posted 6October, 2012 Report Share Posted 6October, 2012 Sounds like a resource issue to me. Its limiting/denying access due to traffic. Is it at all possible somebody has been attacking the server for political reasons? Totally agree. If there is malware on the server though that is consuming outbound traffic then the service provider will be restricting the sites bandwidth access. It wont differentiate between malware traffic or web traffic. Oh and I wasnt able to access the site at 2:15PM again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted 6October, 2012 Report Share Posted 6October, 2012 OK, pain still persists... In hourly communication with IP supplier, found particular combative issues which we are attempting to deal with, pls stay tuned and patient. Kerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasserkuhl Posted 6October, 2012 Report Share Posted 6October, 2012 Something/Someone is firing activity at the server to overload it. Thats about the extent of my IT expertise!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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