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Nat Pilot	posted 09-10- 10:42 AM MH, yesterday again this damn crap server was shut down, I can't give you a tracert for it because it couldn't resolve, the server was down, wasn't there.. couldn't be traced, I tried to ping it just in case, couldn't do that either.. it has just taken 30mins for this page to load, again I couldn't tracert or ping, I left the page loading, seemily locked up until eventually it loaded.. this is getting pathetic, it's pissing me off and I'm sure many others, this is a damn weekend, the time when most people have time to get onto the board and the piece of shit is down again, oh shock horror.. the message board is down, it must be a weekend again.. Can we just move these forums someplace else that works since the server it's on right now just can't be relied on, why not just move lock stock and barrle back to the old forums?? Yes, I am pissed off about this, it's not your fault, but I don't see why we should have to have it like this anyway, lets just move to some place that works. ~Nat~ ------------------ JG3 "Naturlich" If you can't out run em.. <B>OUT GUN EM!</B> <B>Nats FS-SDOE Site</B> IP: Logged
ArgonV Pilot	posted 09-10- 10:46 AM I too have ben having problems with it. Sometimes it loads fast, sometimes it doesnt load at all, and sometimes it loads rrrrreeeeeeaaaaaaaalllllllyyyyyyyyy sssslllllloooooowwwwww. (This all took place today mind you) ------------------ -=Make sims, not hype=- IP: Logged
Von Pilot	posted 09-10- 11:03 AM Same thing here down for about a hour. I'm in Salem Oregon 8:00am downtime. Now 8:58am it's up again. Very strange.... IP: Logged
Diego Lozano Pilot	posted 09-10- 11:34 AM Yep, same here and I have a cable modem! IP: Logged
Jerry Pilot	posted 09-10- 12:03 PM I couldn't get in Sat AM for several hours, West Coast time. IP: Logged
Spanky the Mad Dog Pilot	posted 09-10- 12:16 PM Spanky here... Yep same thing here. Maybe we should have just left it on the ezboards. IP: Logged
SchaF Pilot	posted 09-10- 12:39 PM well..don't think in europe was any better:)) i think it was yesterday..i couldn't get on to the main page quite long..few hours i think..but happens often that page is not working..just 404 error.. ------------------ SchaF bailed out! ;) IP: Logged
wakeup tailgunner Pilot	posted 09-10- 01:27 PM Yep, I was locked out until late Saturday UK time. Been on holiday all week, itching to see what had been going on, no Forum.... I would just like to know why, and if it is going to be a regular re-occurring problem..... IP: Logged
Pete Hawk Pilot	posted 09-10- 02:30 PM I agree. It's like when the weekend gets here you can count on the site going down, sometimes until Monday. IP: Logged
Nat Pilot	posted 09-10- 02:33 PM Tail, it's already a regular event.. you can almost tell the day of the week by the server downtime I gotta agree with Spanky, moving back to the old forums on ezboards is the best thing to do, atleast we can always get to that site, it's been down once in something like 6 months but was back the same day. The state of things with this board is just damn frustrating [This message has been edited by Nat (edited 09-10-2000).] IP: Logged
Mk10 225th Pilot	posted 09-10- 03:06 PM Thank goodness. Thought it was just me. ------------------ Mk10 Maj=225th= IP: Logged
Michael Harrison General	posted 09-11- 07:05 AM Guys, when you can't get to the server, please run a tracert and let me know where it fails. BIG NOTE If the name (www.fightersquadron.com) doesn't resolve, then then problem is not with our server, but with your ISP. IP: Logged
AGAS - 5 Pilot	posted 09-11- 07:22 AM Thanks MH..... The vast majority of time when I can't get to the message board I get a timed out on the 'connecting to site....' stage and it doesn't go onto 'web site found...' etc. Is this what you mean by the above? If the server that the message board sits on is down what should we see....does it just default back to fightersquadron.com page ? I tried that tracert the last time. It timed out on me too after jumping over most of Aust and the pacific... Cheers, AGAS 5 [This message has been edited by AGAS - 5 (edited 09-11-2000).] IP: Logged
Pachy Pilot	posted 09-11- 08:01 AM The name failed to resolve saturday morning, so I thought it was my ISP. I telneted to my old university computer (which obviously does not have the same DNS as my ISP), tried a nslookup and it didn't work either. Today it works. In fact, it seems the domain inertiagames.com is erased from the DNSes every weekend. At least my ISP's DNS, my former university's DNS, and maybe others. IP: Logged
Zurawski Pilot	posted 09-11- 08:18 AM I can't speak for everyone... But "usually" when I can't reach FighterSquadron.com, I can each bluesNews.com... I've always suspected a switching station somewhere along the rout is hosed. IP: Logged
Nat Pilot	posted 09-11- 08:49 AM MH, we're not stupid, it's your server not our ISP's. I can't believe that my ISP suddenly decides to block lynx.inertiagames.com every weekend just for the hell of it, I'm sure we can all get to our usual websites etc, wether in the USA, or Slovinia! Your server basicaly is fucked up, or your netwotk administrator needs shooting, the sooner the better. Tell you what, this happens one more time and all my posts of anything I'm releasing etc will be posted on http://server3.ezboard.com/bfightersquadronmessageboard cause this board is getting beyond a joke.. Hell just look at the replies, you're trying to tell me when we can't do a tracert that everyones ISP is blocking you but your server is actually working fine?? duh! ------------------ JG3 "Naturlich" If you can't out run em.. <B>OUT GUN EM!</B> <B>Nats FS-SDOE Site</B> IP: Logged
Sv Pilot	posted 09-11- 09:20 AM It can be quite complicated... it very well may be a DNS server issue, not with all of us Nat, but one of fightersquadron.com's upstream providers. This IS an issue that fightersquadron.com needs to deal with and it is indeed very fustrating. It is not only the weekend, but almost every weekend it is down. Also it seems to effect like 95% of us when it happens, some posts (usually 1 or 2) leak seem to get through. Michael, maybe a designated forum member here can email some certain network admin person while there is this issue? Then it could be looked into... ------------------ -Sv =FC= WWI in SDOE! IP: Logged
Nat Pilot	posted 09-11- 09:38 AM T minus 5 days and counting till the board is down again... [This message has been edited by Nat (edited 09-11-2000).] IP: Logged
Speedbrake Pilot	posted 09-11- 12:18 PM Yea! It's like the last guy out of the office Friday night: lock the desk, turn off the lights, shut down the server. IP: Logged
SchaF Pilot	posted 09-11- 12:33 PM hehe..hey nat! it's slovenia ..:) or in our langueage slovenija! ;() just little correction:) greets from laibach! :)) ------------------ SchaF bailed out! ;) IP: Logged
Jerry Pilot	posted 09-13- 11:01 AM Hey! We were down again last night!!! At least we didn't have to wait for the weekend!!! IP: Logged
Nat Pilot	posted 09-13- 11:55 AM Officialy reopend and ready and always working http://server3.ezboard.com/bfightersquadronmessageboard "Build it and they will come" As for this piece of sh*t server... got nothin to say IP: Logged
Condor Pilot	posted 09-13- 12:08 PM Hi Nat, Can you please tell us how you "really feel"? Condor out ------------------ IP: Logged
Von Pilot	posted 09-13- 03:03 PM This was last night and this morning... IP: Logged
wakeup tailgunner Pilot	posted 09-13- 03:37 PM Well, it can't be that bad, we've had nearly five whole hours of continuous service....... is this a record.... IP: Logged
Werner Molders Pilot	posted 09-13- 03:49 PM Perhaps I've caught some strange sort of empathy illness here, but I just can't see how the continued sarcasm in reference to the forum (which is obviously having some troubles) is going to solve anything. I mean, do you see MH going "gee, those guys are getting really vitriolic, I should probably get on that". No!! Now before I get flamed into next week, let me say I have no trouble with with people writing sarcasm and vitriol into your posts. I don't want to ignite a censorship debate or be pigeon-holed the way Zur was on the BA board when the B17-ii MP thing hit. Thus, my point is simple: write what you will, but consider what has a higher likelihood of getting the fix/solution achieved sooner. Werner ------------------ Visit Abbeville Field Today! IP: Logged
Nat Pilot	posted 09-13- 04:04 PM personally I've not been deliberately sarcastic, I'm just pissed off and fed up with this all the time IP: Logged
Sv Pilot	posted 09-13- 04:07 PM Well Werner, This site has never worked well from day one, but it seems as if MH feels that it is "our" responsibility. I'm almost with Nat on this one, why should I suffer? We could have our own nice working server. I said "almost" because in the end, with a small community like ours, it is better to have a long term solution run by Inertia - otherwise we all need to scramble when the host leaves the community. I don't think Inertia is as apt to pack up and leave, well maybe after reading this thread they will If this community was really important to Inertia, wouldn't they be a bit more concerned about the fact that it has only about a 70% uptime? If I hear even the smallest complaint about the schoolmusic.com site I launch a full investigation until the problem is dismissed as a false alarm, as is always the case I just can not explain the lack of concern except to say that they really don't think anything is wrong... maybe they are in a stage of denial? Well something is wrong, and it most certainly takes away from this community. Many of us (well ok, maybe just me) work out of the sheer need to impress our fellow colleagues, not easy when the forum is down -or heaven forbid I have an OpenPlane question during my only couple hours on the weekend to work on my plane. Please look into this issue! -Sv IP: Logged
Nat Pilot	posted 09-13- 04:15 PM can somneone explain to me then why there was a mass exedos from Lectors Fighter Squadron message board, which seems to be running fine, which is ofcourse where my A10 is posted, and where I personaly shall be posting more from now on since it's seems much more relieable than here. OK, sarcasm might not get the problem fixed.. but then.. nothing in the past has got it fixed either oder? SV, I'm the same as you I think.. I love workin on SDOE, and I know inside I love to try and impress you other guys (even if it don't work.. lol) all I want is a message board that works, and this one doesn't to be brutaly honest IP: Logged
Zurawski Pilot	posted 09-13- 04:50 PM "pigeon-holed"? Pigeon-holed nothing!... I got my bung-hole wrecked! I guess that's what one gets when they're an ass kisser! Wait til I find out what FS member is over there under a different alias... I've got a size ten and half foot to introduce him to! IP: Logged
Werner Molders Pilot	posted 09-13- 05:00 PM Zur- lol! After a number of rewrites I finally settled on "pigeon-holed". It seemed the least graphic of my options. Sv- Look into the issue? What more is there to look into? We can post tracerts until we're blue in the face. The ball is now in MH's court, so what happens next is up to him. I too think it sucks big time when I can't access the site, because I like to see what's new and who's building what, but the problems seem only to have exacerbated in the last little while, so I'm sure it is something that will get resolved eventually. And about moving back to ezboard? Well, I remember the stink that was raised and the "one move too many?" posts when we moved here. I don't plan on joining any exodus bandwagon any time soon. If you're renting a house and there's a crack in the wall, you go talk to your landlord about it, you don't up and move. Sure, sure, you move if your landlord ignores you, but I have more faith in MH than that, and I hope he posts again soon to let us know where he's at with this. Cheers! Werner ------------------ Visit Abbeville Field Today! IP: Logged
Nat Pilot	posted 09-13- 05:11 PM here here WM IP: Logged
Mighty General	posted 09-13- 05:38 PM Michael is in London this week working with our publisher on R/C flight models. He has net access, but I'm guessing he's pretty busy. That's why you haven't heard from him much the last few days. I just spoke with our network administrator. He's also the guy who builds installers for us and Ritual, and they had a deadline they had to meet earlier this week. This server is now at the top of his to-do list and he was actively working on it when I went in to talk to him. Expect it to go down for short periods in the next couple of days while he tries to figure out what's going wrong. He has already tried the simple stuff. And since it only goes down once a week or so, it's not always going to be immediately obvious whether or not he's fixed the problem. But it is being addressed. IP: Logged
Lothar Pilot	posted 09-13- 06:08 PM The reason Inertia hosts this board is so that it isn't dependent on any one person who may get too busy, or move, or otherwise not have the time or interest to maintain it. Remember, this is exactly what happened to the first SDOE board, and when it was permanently shut down unannounced it caused a ruckus. IP: Logged
Jerry Pilot	posted 09-13- 06:23 PM Nat, to answer your question: When Pete Hawk pulled the plug on his forum with no notice we suddenly had no where to go and were left hanging. Lector (God bless him) got a new one up and running in a matter of days. MH was concerned that the plug could be pulled again as long as the forum was run by volunteers who could lose interest. So he set up this board run by Inertia on a server they could control. I much prefer a board run by people with a vested interest like Inertia....as long as it works at all. The thought of the plug being pulled again is scary. Hundreds of us were in a state of panic and I don't want to go through that again. Pete's a great guy and I respect him immensely...but you never totally forgive someone for kicking you in the balls. IP: Logged
Pye Cadet	posted 09-13- 06:24 PM When the connection to the site failed last night,, so did some other sites,,pings really bad on sdoe server to others, ,but , and peer to peer flying unaffected It's more than a sever problem , router somewhere, that report above stops , then reports final destination, show us a tracertr from the same site above working and see which router is affected IP: Logged
Nat Pilot	posted 09-13- 06:32 PM I to would like nothing more than for this to be our be all and end all message board, just look how it's grown fro about 250 when I joined back in Jan, just give me a few days, I'm still very pissed off with the situation here right now, especially so beacuse it's something I don't have control over. I'm sure most of you have seen my blasts in the past, not nasty but bitter.. I think this will blow over aswell as have the others, but like I said, I'm mightly pissed off with this message board right now, and if it does carry on being down then I'll remain pissed off.. thats not what I want.. so, lets hope that this problem gets solved in the near future and we'll settle down agin, and my blood preassure can go back to normal. ~Nat~ Jerry, thanks for that, understand. Mighty, thanks for the explination of whats going on/about to go on, it's good to hear. IP: Logged
Von Pilot	posted 09-13- 06:59 PM Another ping stop. IP: Logged
Jerry Pilot	posted 09-13- 07:27 PM Von, that's a cool piece of software. What is it? IP: Logged
Nat Pilot	posted 09-13- 07:41 PM Visualroute 5b, you can get it from their site, can't remmber the name, but the search pulled that up straight away, if you get it, mail me Jerry ok IP: Logged

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