The forums *are not* working 100%

[Si_the_geek]

Same here... we have a 10MB/sec connection to the internet (working for a big company has some benefits!), and at times I can't get through to this site... all pages time out for 5-10 minutes, yet other sites work fine

[plenderj]

Originally posted by Si_the_geek
Same here... we have a 10MB/sec connection to the internet (working for a big company has some benefits!), and at times I can't get through to this site... all pages time out for 5-10 minutes, yet other sites work fine

128k dialup isdn here and all other sites work okay.
And as definite proof, for the vbforums I put on a web-based e-mail address as my e-mail addy.
So I get the auto-notification, then try to click on the link, and nothing happens

[Si_the_geek]

same here.. occasionally the message I get notification of doesn't appear for a few hours ..and sometimes I don't get any notification at all, I just see in the recent threads that messages I have posted in have new replies

[plenderj]

Just a few minutes ago there I could not get onto any vbf pages.
I got a few auto-notifications in my webmail, and then I tried to view the threads but nothing was happening.
And as proof, I could ping www.vbforums.com and was getting good response times.
Here also are two traceroutes that worked while I could not view pages ;

Tracing route to www.vbforums.com [161.58.186.97]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  2    30 ms    40 ms    40 ms  ts15.dublin.indigo.ie [194.125.145.175] 
  3    40 ms    40 ms    40 ms  fa2-0.tr2.cra.dublin.eircom.net [194.125.145.126] 
  4    30 ms    41 ms    40 ms  fa0-0-0.core1.cra.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.191.65] 
  5    70 ms    40 ms    40 ms  pos5-0-0.core2.adl.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.192.246] 
  6   260 ms    80 ms    70 ms  pos1-0-0.core1.the.london.eircom.net [159.134.191.102] 
  7    40 ms    50 ms    50 ms  ge-1.linx.londen02.uk.bb.verio.net [195.66.225.138] 
  8   120 ms   121 ms   120 ms  p4-1-0-0.r80.nycmny01.us.bb.verio.net [129.250.4.181] 
  9   120 ms   120 ms   131 ms  p16-0-1-3.r21.nycmny01.us.bb.verio.net [129.250.2.170] 
 10   120 ms   130 ms   131 ms  p16-5-0-0.r02.asbnva01.us.bb.verio.net [129.250.5.99] 
 11   130 ms   130 ms   130 ms  p16-7-0-0.r01.asbnva01.us.bb.verio.net [129.250.5.20] 
 12   120 ms   130 ms   120 ms  p16-3-0-0.r00.stngva01.us.bb.verio.net [129.250.2.74] 
 13   120 ms   120 ms   120 ms  ge-4-1.c00.stngva01.us.ah.vwh.net [129.250.27.184] 
 14   120 ms   120 ms   130 ms  161.58.156.173 
 15   120 ms   130 ms   130 ms  vbforums.com [161.58.186.97] 

Trace complete.


Tracing route to www.vbforums.com [161.58.186.97]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  2    30 ms    40 ms    40 ms  ts15.dublin.indigo.ie [194.125.145.175] 
  3    30 ms    40 ms    40 ms  fe1-0.tr1.cra.dublin.eircom.net [194.125.145.107] 
  4    30 ms    40 ms    40 ms  fa4-0-0.core1.cra.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.192.33] 
  5    30 ms    40 ms    40 ms  pos5-0-0.core2.adl.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.192.246] 
  6    40 ms    50 ms    50 ms  pos1-0-0.core1.the.london.eircom.net [159.134.191.102] 
  7    41 ms    50 ms    50 ms  ge-1.linx.londen02.uk.bb.verio.net [195.66.225.138] 
  8   120 ms   130 ms   121 ms  p4-1-0-0.r80.nycmny01.us.bb.verio.net [129.250.4.181] 
  9   120 ms   130 ms   131 ms  p16-0-1-3.r21.nycmny01.us.bb.verio.net [129.250.2.170] 
 10   120 ms   130 ms   130 ms  p16-5-0-0.r02.asbnva01.us.bb.verio.net [129.250.5.99] 
 11   130 ms   130 ms   130 ms  p16-7-0-0.r01.asbnva01.us.bb.verio.net [129.250.5.20] 
 12   120 ms   130 ms   120 ms  p16-3-0-0.r00.stngva01.us.bb.verio.net [129.250.2.74] 
 13   120 ms   130 ms   120 ms  ge-4-1.c00.stngva01.us.ah.vwh.net [129.250.27.184] 
 14   121 ms   150 ms   120 ms  161.58.156.173 
 15   170 ms   140 ms   151 ms  vbforums.com [161.58.186.97] 

Trace complete.

[plenderj]

I had awful trouble posting that above post!
Just kept doing nothing ...

[plenderj]

ARGGGGGGGG
For the past few minutes I couldn't get access to ****ing anything on the forums.
So annoying!

AIRGAJIRFJGFDG
And this post too.
Christ almighty this is annoying.

[NotLKH]

Ditto.

Seems to be momentarily awake now, but for a while there
I'd click a thread, watch the progress bar go a third up, stall, and go nowhere after that, until I clicked the link a second time.

[NotLKH]

Originally posted by NotLKH
Ditto.

Seems to be momentarily awake now, but for a while there
I'd click a thread, watch the progress bar go a third up, stall, and go nowhere after that, until I clicked the link a second time.

OOPS, Dead again. Anyways,

"Cinnamon"??? Never heard of the site.

[plenderj]

Peeps having problems with VBF.
A thread was started in chit-chat by SLH about this, with a link to here.

I dunno about any of you, but when I type in www.vbforums.com to my address bar, it turns into "209.120.143.185", which is not the IP of the forums.
So that appears everywhere "www.vbforums.com" should.

Here's a totaly different trace to that site :

Tracing route to 209.120.143.185 over a maximum of 30 hops

  1     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  2   110 ms   170 ms   111 ms  ts12.dublin.indigo.ie [194.125.145.172] 
  3    30 ms    40 ms   100 ms  fe1-0.tr1.cra.dublin.eircom.net [194.125.145.107] 
  4    30 ms    40 ms   110 ms  fa4-0-0.core1.cra.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.192.33] 
  5   101 ms   140 ms   120 ms  pos5-0-0.core1.8av.newyork.eircom.net [159.134.191.106] 
  6   100 ms   111 ms   110 ms  acr2-so-3-3-1-0.NewYork.cw.net [206.24.193.157] 
  7   120 ms   121 ms   120 ms  206.24.193.150 
  8   290 ms   120 ms   121 ms  p10-0.nycmny1-nbr2.bbnplanet.net [4.0.7.14] 
  9     *      561 ms   390 ms  p9-0.phlapa1-br1.bbnplanet.net [4.24.10.177] 
 10   130 ms   130 ms   131 ms  p9-0.iplvin1-br1.bbnplanet.net [4.24.10.182] 
 11   130 ms   130 ms   130 ms  p15-0.iplvin1-br2.bbnplanet.net [4.24.10.154] 
 12   150 ms   150 ms   150 ms  p9-0.crtntx1-br1.bbnplanet.net [4.24.10.213] 
 13   150 ms   150 ms   151 ms  p1-0.dllstx1-cr1.bbnplanet.net [4.24.5.82] 
 14   150 ms   150 ms   151 ms  p1-0.dllstx1-cr3.bbnplanet.net [4.24.5.74] 
 15   150 ms   150 ms   151 ms  gigabitethernet0.yipes10.bbnplanet.net [4.25.58.198] 
 16   180 ms   180 ms   181 ms  66.7.141.190 
 17   180 ms   230 ms   190 ms  66.7.141.225 
 18   331 ms   370 ms   381 ms  dfw017ap01.yipes.com [66.54.195.129] 
 19   531 ms   330 ms   341 ms  66.54.148.10 
 20   180 ms   180 ms   191 ms  209.120.143.185 

Trace complete.

What the hell is going on ?
Where are the forums being hosted ?
Whats happening ?

[Si_the_geek]

I keep getting this



Warning: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'cinnamon.perfectpresence.com' (110) in /home2/vbforums/public_html/admin/db_mysql.php on line 38



There seems to have been a slight problem with the database.
Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.

An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

[Hampster]

new server:

Tracing route to 209.120.143.185 over a maximum of 30 hops

  1     7 ms     9 ms     9 ms  10.176.72.1
  2     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  3     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  4    11 ms    13 ms     9 ms  12.124.85.17
  5    10 ms    10 ms    12 ms  gbr1-p10.ormfl.ip.att.net [12.123.32.178]
  6    13 ms    10 ms    10 ms  gbr4-p70.ormfl.ip.att.net [12.122.5.125]
  7    19 ms    21 ms    19 ms  gbr3-p20.attga.ip.att.net [12.122.2.181]
  8    21 ms    19 ms    18 ms  gbr4-p60.attga.ip.att.net [12.122.1.142]
  9    36 ms    70 ms    44 ms  gbr4-p30.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.122.2.226]
 10    32 ms    33 ms    32 ms  ggr1-p370.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.123.9.53]
 11    38 ms    37 ms    50 ms  pos6-3.core1.Washington1.Level3.net [209.244.219
.157]
 12    40 ms    45 ms    38 ms  ae0-55.mp1.Washington1.Level3.net [64.159.18.129
]
 13    72 ms    69 ms    71 ms  so-3-0-0.mp1.Dallas1.Level3.net [64.159.1.109]
 14    71 ms    78 ms   132 ms  pos8-0.core1.Dallas1.Level3.net [209.247.10.98]

 15    75 ms    85 ms    76 ms  gige10-0.ipcolo1.Dallas1.Level3.net [209.244.15.
66]
 16    95 ms    51 ms    49 ms  unknown.Level3.net [209.246.152.206]
 17    56 ms    54 ms    49 ms  66.7.141.229
 18    49 ms    50 ms    49 ms  66.54.195.33
 19    51 ms    52 ms    56 ms  66.54.148.10
 20    54 ms    59 ms    52 ms  209.120.143.185

Trace complete.

Pinging 209.120.143.185 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 209.120.143.185: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=235
Reply from 209.120.143.185: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=235
Reply from 209.120.143.185: bytes=32 time=54ms TTL=235
Reply from 209.120.143.185: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=235

Ping statistics for 209.120.143.185:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 51ms, Maximum = 76ms, Average = 59ms

old server:

Tracing route to www.vbforums.com [161.58.186.97]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     7 ms     7 ms     8 ms  10.176.72.1
  2     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  3     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  4    11 ms    11 ms    10 ms  12.124.85.17
  5    15 ms    12 ms    11 ms  gbr1-p10.ormfl.ip.att.net [12.123.32.178]
  6    10 ms    11 ms    13 ms  gbr4-p70.ormfl.ip.att.net [12.122.5.125]
  7    18 ms    25 ms    20 ms  gbr3-p10.attga.ip.att.net [12.122.2.129]
  8    20 ms    20 ms    19 ms  gbr4-p60.attga.ip.att.net [12.122.1.142]
  9    45 ms    31 ms    30 ms  gbr4-p30.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.122.2.226]
 10    33 ms    37 ms    36 ms  ggr1-p370.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.123.9.53]
 11    37 ms    69 ms    32 ms  p4-0.att.asbnva01.us.bb.verio.net [192.205.32.21
0]
 12    35 ms    38 ms    35 ms  p16-7-0-0.r01.asbnva01.us.bb.verio.net [129.250.
5.20]
 13    36 ms    35 ms    48 ms  p16-3-0-0.r00.stngva01.us.bb.verio.net [129.250.
2.74]
 14    39 ms    34 ms    34 ms  ge-4-1.c00.stngva01.us.ah.vwh.net [129.250.27.18
4]
 15    42 ms    37 ms    37 ms  161.58.156.173
 16    37 ms    45 ms    37 ms  vbforums.com [161.58.186.97]

Trace complete.

Pinging vbforums.com [161.58.186.97] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 161.58.186.97: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=240
Reply from 161.58.186.97: bytes=32 time=47ms TTL=240
Reply from 161.58.186.97: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=240
Reply from 161.58.186.97: bytes=32 time=42ms TTL=240

Ping statistics for 161.58.186.97:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 37ms, Maximum = 47ms, Average = 42ms

1.2mbit cable...

[chrisjk]

Originally posted by plenderj
The forums *are not* working 100%

they ain't even working 10%...DB errors and 404's all bloody day!

[rjlohan]

Originally posted by chrisjk
they ain't even working 10%...DB errors and 404's all bloody day!

Oh good, tis not just me then.

[Jethro]

Agreeing with the lads, anyone else think John's slacking off....

[Beacon]

Ok everyone see my new thread please!!!

[rjlohan]

Originally posted by Beacon
Ok everyone see my new thread please!!!

I have been - but it takes 3 minutes to reload the reply thing every time...

[mendhak]

VBforums is hosted on a 0catch.com server, correct?

[mendhak]

a wwhois check shows dn.net this is what I saw on their home page.

[honeybee]

I got problems too. Many times the forum pages do not load, today especially so. Replies have to be retyped sometimes, as clicking Submit Reply lands me on some error page. Also the database is inaccessible once in a while.



.

[plenderj]

Seems obvious to me anyway that they were transferring VBF over to another host and obviously everything didn't go to plan

[rjlohan]

Originally posted by plenderj
Seems obvious to me anyway that they were transferring VBF over to another host and obviously everything didn't go to plan

Did it take long for that thought process to form?

[mendhak]

I missed the ending, someone rang the doorbell...

[honeybee]

Originally posted by plenderj
Seems obvious to me anyway that they were transferring VBF over to another host and obviously everything didn't go to plan

The one advantage of this entire situation, which no one has acknowledged so far, is


The sprinks popups have disappeared!!!

.

[plenderj]

Originally posted by honeybee


The one advantage of this entire situation, which no one has acknowledged so far, is


The sprinks popups have disappeared!!!

.

I've never had any popups appear

[rjlohan]

Originally posted by plenderj


I've never had any popups appear

Congratulations...
Christ you're an arrogant ***** sometimes...

[honeybee]

Again they are painfully annoying to navigate, pages taking ages to load, posts appearing one by one, and in between the process just gets stuck somewhere, as if not being able to decide if it should abort the download or continue with it

At least you people shoulda told us to expect problems if you were gonna fiddle around!!

.