DTF down for some, up for others

[King Postwhore]

I'm back and good night!

[Super Dude]

Finally! My God, I have a problem if that was actually difficult to deal with all day.

[jingle.boy]

Finally! My God, I have a problem if that was actually difficult to deal with all day.

Take a number!

[lonestar]

Probably a good thing I got called into work, otherwise I would have had to spend the day on some random porn site adding new friction burns to the ole guy.

[Chino]

This has been the longest day of my life!!!

[gmillerdrake]

This has been the longest day of my life!!!j

Finally! My God, I have a problem if that was actually difficult to deal with all day.

Take a number!

Reading comments like this makes me feel better about myself. Did anyone else pester whoever it is who operates the DTF twitter account all day? I did. I just needed something DTF.

Probably a good thing I got called into work, otherwise I would have had to spend the day on some random porn site adding new friction burns to the ole guy.

And.... . Remind me not to order the hand tossed Caesar Salad if I ever visit your place 

[chknptpie]

Soooo can somebody explain the DNS yadda yadda stuff? I have 0 understanding what that means. I can access here at home, but at work I was hosed.

[lonestar]

And.... . Remind me not to order the hand tossed Caesar Salad if I ever visit your place 

Who in their right mind uses their hands to toss a salad? 

[Bolsters]

Had to reload it twice.

That solves the problem for me, too. Occasionally a page won't load but a single refresh is enough to get in.

[ariich]

Hooray, it's back! Yesterday at first I couldn't get on at work, but could on my phone. Then in the evening (UK time) I couldn't get on from anything.

[carl320]

It didn't work for me yesterday.  I kept clicking the bookmark tab and it kept telling me that it wasn't working 

[Chino]

Had to reload it twice.

That solves the problem for me, too. Occasionally a page won't load but a single refresh is enough to get in.

Well weren't you lucky. I on the other hand sat all day sobbing that I couldn't DTF.

[jingle.boy]

Had to reload it twice.

That solves the problem for me, too. Occasionally a page won't load but a single refresh is enough to get in.

Well weren't you lucky. I on the other hand sat all day sobbing that I couldn't DTF.

Take a number.

[wolfking]

Worked 100% for me when I've been here.

[Zantera]

Was up for me yesterday, didn't work this morning, but now it worked again.

[DebraKadabra]

Take a number!

Take a number.

You said it, not me...


 

[jingle.boy]

Thank god I already got in line!

[DebraKadabra]

 

[kirksnosehair]

Soooo can somebody explain the DNS yadda yadda stuff? I have 0 understanding what that means. I can access here at home, but at work I was hosed.

DNS = Domain Name Service


Every computer, phone, tablet, server, etc, that is connected to the internet has a unique numeric address that allows it to communicate with other devices that are also connected.  That unique number is called an I.P. address.  (I.P. = Internet Protocol) I.P. is actually short for TCP/IP with is an acronym for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.  It's a communication "language" for devices connected to the Internet.


Domain Name Service (DNS) provides a massive database that translates those IP Addresses into friendly names such as dreamtheaterforums.org.  It makes remembering how to look at something on the internet easier than having to remember its IP address.  To recall 50.97.68.155 (for example) would be more difficult than remembering Dreamtheaterforums.org.

[ProgressiveIce]

It was down for me the past two days. I tried different DNS servers (my university, two local ISPs and OpenDNS), none of them were able to resolve the domain.

[Tick]

down all day yesterday

[Cedar redaC]

You know, I've encountered no problems with getting on to the site.

[DebraKadabra]

The forum's up
The forum's down
It leaves me falling to pieces
It crashed and burned
Why won't it learn?
I just want to post a lot

 

[Lynxo]

Beat me to it.

[chknptpie]

Soooo can somebody explain the DNS yadda yadda stuff? I have 0 understanding what that means. I can access here at home, but at work I was hosed.

DNS = Domain Name Service


Every computer, phone, tablet, server, etc, that is connected to the internet has a unique numeric address that allows it to communicate with other devices that are also connected.  That unique number is called an I.P. address.  (I.P. = Internet Protocol) I.P. is actually short for TCP/IP with is an acronym for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.  It's a communication "language" for devices connected to the Internet.


Domain Name Service (DNS) provides a massive database that translates those IP Addresses into friendly names such as dreamtheaterforums.org.  It makes remembering how to look at something on the internet easier than having to remember its IP address.  To recall 50.97.68.155 (for example) would be more difficult than remembering Dreamtheaterforums.org.

Thanks for the education! But how does one change it like people have had to do?

[Zydar]

For me it's up. For me it's always up.

[Tick]

Behind the scenes at the rally to get DTF up and running again! It was inspiring and we are back!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiBqdmelCVk

[Elite]

FINALLY, I can get on it again!

[black_biff_stadler]

That, my friend, is indeed what she said.

[kirksnosehair]

Soooo can somebody explain the DNS yadda yadda stuff? I have 0 understanding what that means. I can access here at home, but at work I was hosed.

DNS = Domain Name Service


Every computer, phone, tablet, server, etc, that is connected to the internet has a unique numeric address that allows it to communicate with other devices that are also connected.  That unique number is called an I.P. address.  (I.P. = Internet Protocol) I.P. is actually short for TCP/IP with is an acronym for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.  It's a communication "language" for devices connected to the Internet.


Domain Name Service (DNS) provides a massive database that translates those IP Addresses into friendly names such as dreamtheaterforums.org.  It makes remembering how to look at something on the internet easier than having to remember its IP address.  To recall 50.97.68.155 (for example) would be more difficult than remembering Dreamtheaterforums.org.

Thanks for the education! But how does one change it like people have had to do?

It's a bit complicated, and there are a lot of variables involved.


Basic instructions: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/19249/how-to-assign-a-static-ip-address-in-xp-vista-or-windows-7/

[TheLordOfTheStrings]

Forum goes up, forum goes down. You can't explain that.

[chknptpie]

It's a bit complicated, and there are a lot of variables involved.


Basic instructions: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/19249/how-to-assign-a-static-ip-address-in-xp-vista-or-windows-7/

Annnnd now I don't even need to do it lol Thanks for trying to help.

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

I wasn't able to get on till really late last night.

[Orbert]

That's what she...


Oh sorry, Floyd already made that joke.

[krands85]

Well that was unpleasant!

I missed most of the down time yesterday, since my own internet was down until about 7.30pm. When I got back online, this place is down too. I checked "downforeveryoneorjustme" and it confirmed the site was down, so it wasn't just a problem at my end, plus I saw a message on the twitter page.

But I couldn't find any other info about the problem, so finally earlier today I checked on my phone and the site was fine. So I tried the DNS flush on my PC and rebooted my router...one it had rebooted though, my whole net was down again for 4 hours  Finally it's back and so is DTF