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How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 8:37:35 AM   
Badgermajik


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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 11:39:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		I'm glad I'm not the only one. I often have a lot of problem getting onto the forums. It depends what time of day it is. Server problems perhaps ?

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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 11:44:37 AM   
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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 12:04:17 PM   
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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 12:05:18 PM   
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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 1:22:57 PM   
Badgermajik


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Okay not really but it's annoying.

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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 1:44:10 PM   
freedomdwarf1


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Could it be other factors that have nothing to do with the forums?
Problems with the ISP for instance??

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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 1:53:53 PM   
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i've been wondering if it's a mac versus windows issue, so which browser do al y'all use?




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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 1:56:26 PM   
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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 2:13:42 PM   
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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 2:15:31 PM   
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ORIGINAL: UllrsIshtar
i've been wondering if it's a mac versus windows issue, so which browser do al y'all use?

I don't have a Mac, a smartphone, a tablet, or an i-anything.

All 9 are PC's with various hardware - no laptops.
All but two are Intel, the other two are AMD.
All are home-built, none are "off the shelf" PC's.
All have nVidia graphics cards of one sort or another. There's an odd FX5700 and a GF6200 but the rest are GF8400 or above.
All have 2GB of Ram or more.
All are running XP Pro Corporate Edition with SP3.
Browser is IE8 - we don't use anything else.
All connected via a HomePlug or 16/24 port routers on a home (wired) network. There's an odd 5-port router on the other desk.
We don't use wireless or WiFi connections.
Link to the outside world is via a single ADSL2 modem to our ISP.

Totaly solid connection, never had a problem unless it was the individual site.

And I've never had a single hiccup with CM, ever - yet.

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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 2:34:51 PM   
dcnovice


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i've been wondering if it's a mac versus windows issue, so which browser do al y'all use?

I use Safari on an elderly iMac. Works for me.

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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 3:45:05 PM   
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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 4:43:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		Problems. More lately. But hit the key in 15 seconds or 15 minutes and it will probably work.

I select all/copy before I post, but that isn't just here.

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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 5:22:01 PM   
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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 5:41:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		From my end it appears to be server issues or connection issues on the server end.

I think this because when 've had trouble I went to www.DownForEveryoneOrJustme.com

www.collarme.com is usually up but www.collarCHAT.com is usually down when I check.

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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 5:54:22 PM   
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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 6:19:46 PM   
MalcolmNathaniel


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Status: offline 		OK, here's why I know it's not your browser (the short version*)

Your browser sends a request to the OS for a DNS lookup.
The operating system is in charge of sending a request to the DNS server to translate "www.collarchat.com" into 72.13.91.174.
Your browser then sends a message to the OS for a connection to 72.13.91.174:80 with a standard HTTP CONNECT.
The server responds with a string of text in HTML (which may or may not include JAVA, FLASH or what have you) or it responds with an error code or it doesn't respond at all.

Because I used a separate server (www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com) which uses, presumably, different DNS servers, and a different line it is suggests that, assuming a backbone isn't down, that it is the server or the connection to the server that is down.

Because I can reach "down for everyone" I know that my connection is alive and kicking. I also know that my browser hasn't had a brain fart. Since I usually have between 10 and 20 pages open at a time I just go somewhere else for 15-20 minutes.

This can be caused by a lot of things. My top two guesses are: the server is reaching it's limits as to the database technology employed or someone is spamming the server hard at times and clogging the connection. My next two guesses are memory or drive fragmentation.

Bear in mind that I have no idea what OS/DB/Webserver is being used here, nor do I know what hardware it is running on. These are just guesses as to why it goes down.


*This isn't the proper venue (or forum, if you will) for an in depth discussion on the technicalities.

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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/12/2013 7:28:41 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Badgermajik

It seems to happen quite a bit.


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RE: How often do the forums go down? - 3/13/2013 1:52:13 AM   
MariaB


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ORIGINAL: MalcolmNathaniel


This can be caused by a lot of things. My top two guesses are: the server is reaching it's limits as to the database technology employed or someone is spamming the server hard at times and clogging the connection. My next two guesses are memory or drive fragmentation.

Bear in mind that I have no idea what OS/DB/Webserver is being used here, nor do I know what hardware it is running on. These are just guesses as to why it goes down.


*This isn't the proper venue (or forum, if you will) for an in depth discussion on the technicalities.


A large BDSM site recently closed and another well known site is having legal problems which is causing a bit of an exodus.

I have noticed a fairly large influx of new members here in the last few weeks which is good if only we have enough server space.


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