AV123 Forum down?

pmindemann · « **on:** 11 Jul 2007, 08:44 pm »

Hey Sean (or anyone), I've been trying to get on the AV123 forum site today, and haven't had any luck. I tried in both IE and FireFox, and have just gotten errors. Are your servers down?

konut · « **Reply #1 on:** 11 Jul 2007, 09:08 pm »

Down before, working now.

pmindemann · « **Reply #2 on:** 11 Jul 2007, 09:22 pm »

Quote from: konut on 11 Jul 2007, 09:08 pm

Down before, working now.

Indeed it is. Thanks.

Stereodude · « **Reply #3 on:** 13 Jul 2007, 10:29 pm »

Quote from: pmindemann on 11 Jul 2007, 09:22 pm

Indeed it is. Thanks.

Not anymore.

I think someone needs to find some new hosting. It was down for about 1 hour on Wed, down for well over 12 yesterday, and it's down now.

BradJudy · « **Reply #4 on:** 14 Jul 2007, 02:45 am »

Odd, it was up when I first saw your message earlier Stereodude, but now it's down. They definitely have some reliability issues with their current provider. Didn't they already switch once?

Stereodude · « **Reply #5 on:** 14 Jul 2007, 03:19 am »

Quote from: BradJudy on 14 Jul 2007, 02:45 am

Odd, it was up when I first saw your message earlier Stereodude, but now it's down. They definitely have some reliability issues with their current provider. Didn't they already switch once?

Not sure, but I don't think we'll see the forum again until Monday.

Stereodude · « **Reply #6 on:** 16 Jul 2007, 12:33 am »

Ok, so I know the forum is up, but I still can't get to it...

av123forum resolves to 69.64.71.243 which I get no reply from when I try to ping it.

A trace route doesn't really help me...

C:\>tracert av123forum.com

Tracing route to av123forum.com [69.64.71.243]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 5 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 8 ms 12 ms 6 ms c-3-0-ubr01.sterling1.mi.michigan.comcast.net [73.34.96.1]
3 8 ms 7 ms 9 ms ge-2-1-ur02.sterling1.mi.michigan.comcast.net [68.86.121.173]
4 10 ms 8 ms 7 ms te-9-2-ur03.sterlinghub.mi.michigan.comcast.net [68.87.191.58]
5 16 ms 8 ms 7 ms te-9-1-ur02.warren1.mi.michigan.comcast.net [68.87.191.6]
6 9 ms 8 ms 22 ms te-9-4-ur03.warren1.mi.michigan.comcast.net [68.87.191.10]
7 10 ms 15 ms 7 ms te-9-1-ur02.royaloak.mi.michigan.comcast.net [68.87.191.14]
8 13 ms 7 ms 8 ms te-9-2-ur03.royaloak.mi.michigan.comcast.net [68.87.191.18]
9 10 ms 9 ms 10 ms te-9-1-ur02.rochestrhlls.mi.michigan.comcast.net [68.87.191.22]
10 10 ms 9 ms 9 ms te-9-1-ur02.auburnhills.mi.michigan.comcast.net [68.87.191.26]
11 * 15 ms 8 ms te-9-1-ar02.pontiac.mi.michigan.comcast.net [68.87.191.30]
12 10 ms 11 ms 9 ms 68.85.235.197
13 18 ms 17 ms 16 ms 12.118.239.41
14 63 ms 61 ms 64 ms tbr2.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.123.6.13]
15 66 ms 63 ms 63 ms tbr2.sl9mo.ip.att.net [12.122.10.46]
16 60 ms 55 ms 57 ms tbr1.sl9mo.ip.att.net [12.122.9.141]
17 58 ms 56 ms 58 ms tbr2.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.10.90]
18 57 ms 57 ms 56 ms tbr2.phmaz.ip.att.net [12.122.10.82]
19 65 ms 57 ms 57 ms gar1.phmaz.ip.att.net [12.123.206.13]
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 66 ms 66 ms 63 ms gi0-49.dr1.dg1.phoenix.abac.net [69.64.66.22]
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * * * Request timed out.
24 * * * Request timed out.
25 * * * Request timed out.
26 * * * Request timed out.
27 * * * Request timed out.
28 * * * Request timed out.
29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out.

Trace complete.

I've rebooted this PC, my wireless router and my cable modem with no changes. I haven't noticed any problems with any other sites I've tried to go to. I can get to av123.com though

Any ideas?

BradJudy · « **Reply #7 on:** 16 Jul 2007, 01:16 am »

Works fine from here, I guess the AV123 hosting is in Pheonix:

Tracing route to av123forum.com [69.64.71.243]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 * * * Request timed out.
2 46 ms 46 ms 46 ms hlrn-dsl-gw25-217.hlrn.qwest.net [207.225.112.217]
3 49 ms 45 ms 46 ms hlrn-agw1.inet.qwest.net [71.217.188.193]
4 45 ms 45 ms 45 ms hlr-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.253.97]
5 67 ms 67 ms 67 ms dal-core-01.inet.qwest.net [67.14.2.2]
6 68 ms 67 ms 67 ms dap-brdr-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.225.49]
7 67 ms 67 ms 68 ms p14-1.ir1.dallas2-tx.us.xo.net [206.111.5.49]
8 82 ms 81 ms 82 ms p5-0-0.rar1.dallas-tx.us.xo.net [65.106.4.181]
9 88 ms 88 ms 87 ms p6-0-0.RAR2.LA-CA.us.xo.net [65.106.0.14]
10 99 ms 98 ms 98 ms 65.106.5.70.ptr.us.xo.net [65.106.5.70]
11 99 ms 98 ms 98 ms p15-0.CHR1.Phoenix-AZ.us.xo.net [207.88.81.46]
12 99 ms 99 ms 99 ms ip65-47-92-58.z92-47-65.customer.algx.net [65.47.92.58]
13 100 ms 101 ms 99 ms ip66-104-81-234.z81-104-66.customer.algx.net [66.104.81.234]
14 100 ms 100 ms 99 ms gi0-49.dr1.dg1.phoenix.abac.net [69.64.66.22]
15 100 ms 99 ms 101 ms av123forum.com [69.64.71.243]

Trace complete.

BTW: Holy cow Comcast routes you through a ton of junk - and on the same subnet too.

Stereodude · « **Reply #8 on:** 16 Jul 2007, 01:32 am »

So I'm basically screwed with no way to fix it and nothing I can do but wait and hope it starts working eventually?

BradJudy · « **Reply #9 on:** 16 Jul 2007, 01:58 am »

Hmmm...their server has issues again. Now I can tracert and ping it, but can't get the website.

DRL · « **Reply #10 on:** 16 Jul 2007, 04:09 am »

This seems to happen to me at least 3-4 times per week from 2 different locations/ISP's. I don't have that problem anywhere else so it seems to be something with the hosting or the site.

Sean Parque · « **Reply #11 on:** 17 Jul 2007, 07:49 pm »

It isn't the hosting that is the problem. It is the constant attacks. Our forum server has been repeatedly attacked by doers of maliciousness (heh); we pile on more security and they find a way around it... Rinse and repeat

BradJudy · « **Reply #12 on:** 17 Jul 2007, 09:01 pm »

Quote from: Sean Parque on 17 Jul 2007, 07:49 pm

It isn't the hosting that is the problem. It is the constant attacks. Our forum server has been repeatedly attacked by doers of maliciousness (heh); we pile on more security and they find a way around it... Rinse and repeat

I consider that a hosting issue - your hosting provider also handles many aspects of your security like detecting and stopping attacks before they bring down your service. If you do shop around for new hosting, be sure to ask about their IDS/IPS components and their incident response process. You'll quickly find some look at you funny and some are on top of it.

Sean Parque · « **Reply #13 on:** 19 Jul 2007, 03:10 pm »

Update:

It was an inside job! Unfortunately someone inside the data center bombed our server as well as many others. We are moving our server now so we will be down a short time.

Thanks for your patience.

Sean

skeeter99 · « **Reply #14 on:** 19 Jul 2007, 03:47 pm »

Wow that's awesome. I feel strangely disconnected from the world now

murphy11 · « **Reply #15 on:** 19 Jul 2007, 04:07 pm »

Quote from: skeeter99 on 19 Jul 2007, 03:47 pm

Wow that's awesome. I feel strangely disconnected from the world now

Bout time you found this place

nobbie · « **Reply #16 on:** 19 Jul 2007, 04:22 pm »

Waaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

flapjack · « **Reply #17 on:** 19 Jul 2007, 04:42 pm »

Quote from: nobbie on 19 Jul 2007, 04:22 pm

Waaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

Quit crying you big baby!

Hugh · « **Reply #18 on:** 19 Jul 2007, 04:49 pm »

Geez.

Can't get away from Mr. AH & Nubbie at all.

wshuff · « **Reply #19 on:** 20 Jul 2007, 03:08 am »

I have more posts than Nobbie over here. Guess that will last until breakfast tomorrow.