I will be moving the site over to some newer higher spec servers in the next week, expect about an hour downtime one morning this week while this takes place.
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KingBlairhorn
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Right in the middle of a Scotland squad announcement!ASMO wrote: Wed Jun 08, 2022 10:31 am Really sorry, had some corruption on the SQL during the move (that's the last time i let OS near anything with a wire in it) had to restore to a backed up copy.
Thanks and its a pleasure (most of the time)Flockwitt wrote: Thu Jun 09, 2022 5:43 am Hey ASMO, don't often get the chance to say thank you for this site and the work you do on it so... thank you!
Certainly feels like it is running a bit quicker now
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Torquemada 1420
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The rest of us get plenty of chance, but still don't say thank youFlockwitt wrote: Thu Jun 09, 2022 5:43 am Hey ASMO, don't often get the chance to say thank you for this site and the work you do on it so... thank you!
Thank you ASMO!
It is significantly quicker with regards pages with multiple Twitter posts embedded in it. My phone safari browser was really struggling with those. Much improved now.
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Marylandolorian
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Same with my 3-4 yo iPad, I had to put a poster on ignore in the Ukraine thread, then click on each of his postsFlockwitt wrote: Thu Jun 09, 2022 8:53 pmIt is significantly quicker with regards pages with multiple Twitter posts embedded in it. My phone safari browser was really struggling with those. Much improved now.
Hey ASMO, any reason why I can't access the site on my home connection any more? Works fine from mobile and other Virgin Media connections. I can't ping the server and traceroutes get to a pulsant.net hop and then nothing more, though that seems to be the case even from connections that can ping to it and browse the site.
Are you using a Vpn? I sometimes get issues with a few servers.JM2K6 wrote: Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:19 am Hey ASMO, any reason why I can't access the site on my home connection any more? Works fine from mobile and other Virgin Media connections. I can't ping the server and traceroutes get to a pulsant.net hop and then nothing more, though that seems to be the case even from connections that can ping to it and browse the site.
Nope, bog standard Virgin Media home broadband, no VPN in use.laurent wrote: Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:33 amAre you using a Vpn? I sometimes get issues with a few servers.JM2K6 wrote: Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:19 am Hey ASMO, any reason why I can't access the site on my home connection any more? Works fine from mobile and other Virgin Media connections. I can't ping the server and traceroutes get to a pulsant.net hop and then nothing more, though that seems to be the case even from connections that can ping to it and browse the site.
I was in the middle of arguing with Toga so there's a non zero chance Asmo just lost patience and IP banned me
Reboot your router ;)JM2K6 wrote: Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:35 amNope, bog standard Virgin Media home broadband, no VPN in use.laurent wrote: Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:33 amAre you using a Vpn? I sometimes get issues with a few servers.JM2K6 wrote: Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:19 am Hey ASMO, any reason why I can't access the site on my home connection any more? Works fine from mobile and other Virgin Media connections. I can't ping the server and traceroutes get to a pulsant.net hop and then nothing more, though that seems to be the case even from connections that can ping to it and browse the site.
I was in the middle of arguing with Toga so there's a non zero chance Asmo just lost patience and IP banned me
Nope no ban mate, did the router reboot work?JM2K6 wrote: Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:35 amNope, bog standard Virgin Media home broadband, no VPN in use.laurent wrote: Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:33 amAre you using a Vpn? I sometimes get issues with a few servers.JM2K6 wrote: Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:19 am Hey ASMO, any reason why I can't access the site on my home connection any more? Works fine from mobile and other Virgin Media connections. I can't ping the server and traceroutes get to a pulsant.net hop and then nothing more, though that seems to be the case even from connections that can ping to it and browse the site.
I was in the middle of arguing with Toga so there's a non zero chance Asmo just lost patience and IP banned me
You can also try flushing your DNS on a windows machine
Navigate to the desktop. ...Right-click the Start button (the Windows logo in the lower-left).Choose Command Prompt (Admin).When asked whether to allow Command Prompt to make changes to your computer, select Yes. ...Type "ipconfig /flushdns" and press Enter.Type "ipconfig /registerdns" and press Enter.
No joy. It's not dns, resolves to the same ip on working and non working connections.
All my kit is getting turned off for a while tomorrow for some building electricity work so we'll see what happens when I get a new IP assigned from virgin (it takes a while so a simple reboot usually doesn't do it)
All my kit is getting turned off for a while tomorrow for some building electricity work so we'll see what happens when I get a new IP assigned from virgin (it takes a while so a simple reboot usually doesn't do it)
Hey Asmo - I think it is some sort of security thing going on. I was trying to post from my VPN just now and kept getting 403 errors (I can send you the text of the post if you're curious what was triggering it) and then it blocked me entirely. I think I had 403s back when I was arguing with Toga as well.
So the theory here is that something in my post is making the forum software go "nuh-uh" and then trying too many times results in an IP ban of sorts.
Anyway all I was trying to post was confirmation that VM didn't change my IP (boo, they don't do this any more) and that it's the very last hop not responding, so it's definitely something server-side and almost certainly security related.
So the theory here is that something in my post is making the forum software go "nuh-uh" and then trying too many times results in an IP ban of sorts.
Anyway all I was trying to post was confirmation that VM didn't change my IP (boo, they don't do this any more) and that it's the very last hop not responding, so it's definitely something server-side and almost certainly security related.
Ok, post what you have and i will take a look.JM2K6 wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 1:02 pm Hey Asmo - I think it is some sort of security thing going on. I was trying to post from my VPN just now and kept getting 403 errors (I can send you the text of the post if you're curious what was triggering it) and then it blocked me entirely. I think I had 403s back when I was arguing with Toga as well.
So the theory here is that something in my post is making the forum software go "nuh-uh" and then trying too many times results in an IP ban of sorts.
Anyway all I was trying to post was confirmation that VM didn't change my IP (boo, they don't do this any more) and that it's the very last hop not responding, so it's definitely something server-side and almost certainly security related.
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Man, I've been having so many issues connecting/staying connected to the site for the past couple of days. Error messages and a 403 Access Denied message when I've been trying to post. Am currently connected using an Aussie IP address through a VPN, but even that seems to just be down to dumb luck. No idea what's going on... 
Edit: yeah, having problems posting on this IP now too. Dang.
Edit: yeah, having problems posting on this IP now too. Dang.
Morning all, for those of you having issues, can you message me your ip addresses, i will take a look at the firewall, if you dont know what your ip address is go here
http://ip4.me/
http://ip4.me/
That's because you kept trying to submit the post that was causing the 403, and getting IP banned automatically.
Did you save the text of it? If so whack it up on pastebin or something and maybe we can work out what's triggering itGumboot wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:54 pm OK, I tried posting a reply quoting you (JM2K6) and got the 403 again, even using a vpn.
Frustrating...