Issues with the site?

[Blackened300a]

I can't seem to log on with my pc or Voulas since yesterday. I'm actually writing this out with my blackberry. Is it just me?

[fastblackmerc]

Must be, have been on since yesterday with no problems.

[ImpalaSlayer]

As I texted you Paul, I have the same issue, can't access with any pc only my bb

[Fourth Horseman]

Appears to be a DNS issue. Several name servers local to me cannot resolve anything at the mercurymarauder.net domain, however Google's name servers (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) resolve it just fine.

[silver_2000]

Yes there is an unexpected DNS problem

Staff is working on it

Doug

[J-MAN]

You didn't get the memo?

[silver_2000]

DNS issue is resolving ... Just waiting for the interweb to catch up ...

Thanks for your patience

[Bigdogjim]

Thanks Silver:up:

[Marauder-Mike]

Thank GOD! I was going crazy without this site!

[silver_2000]

If you know anyone having trouble tell them to try restarting the PC or perhaps unplug and replug the router ...

All will be back to normal in a few hours once DNS catches up

Just to clarify.
None of the staff of MM.net or Bosshelp was responsible for this issue. the upside is this issue wont crop up again .. :cool:

[MM03MOK]

Thanks, Doug!! :2thumbs:

[Spectragod]

Wow, and I just thought it was because I sent my monthly payment in late. :rolleyes:

[napolitano]

Yes I couldn't get on the site all day on my phone it desktop. Back on now though.

[1stMerc]

Just got on a little while ago. Still a bit slow, but at least it's up. 2000 thanks.

[TAKEDOWN]

Had problems, but I'm back up and rolling! Lol, I didn't know what to do with myself for that small amount of time!

[ckadiddle]

I didn't realize how many times a day I log into mm.net until this issue cropped up. At home, I have ATT for ISP and my phone is through ATT also. Thankfully I have been able to get through from work. :) Thanks for all the hard work getting things resolved ! (forgive the geeky pun please!)

[justbob]

I am still having issues when trying to log in. It keeps knocking me offline. Only this site though???

[SC Cheesehead]

I am still having issues when trying to log in. It keeps knocking me offline. Only this site though???

Must be all those pop-ups from the midget porn sites are overloading your system... ;)

[justbob]

It was! Till Mikey fixed her up real good :)

[Papillon]

I'm back up and running on the home laptop and my iPhone but my office PC is still a no go. I was going through withdrawal all day!! Needless to say I couldn't wait to get home! :D

I tried unplugging the router like you said and was able to get to the main page with a few pics missing but when I tried to actually log on or view one of the threads I got the error message again that the site was down. Before I left work I unplugged the jack again and locked my station. I will reboot when I get back in the AM. I hope it works :(

[Fourth Horseman]

I'm back up and running on the home laptop and my iPhone but my office PC is still a no go. I was going through withdrawal all day!! Needless to say I couldn't wait to get home! :D

I tried unplugging the router like you said and was able to get to the main page with a few pics missing but when I tried to actually log on or view one of the threads I got the error message again that the site was down. Before I left work I unplugged the jack again and locked my station. I will reboot when I get back in the AM. I hope it works :(

Windows can sometimes be stubborn about hanging on to old cached DNS info. If it still doesn't work in the morning try opening a DOS window (Start -> Run -> cmd) and enter: ipconfig /flushdns

That should clear the DNS cache and force it to look to your name server for resolution next time you try to load mm.net.

[Papillon]

Windows can sometimes be stubborn about hanging on to old cached DNS info. If it still doesn't work in the morning try opening a DOS window (Start -> Run -> cmd) and enter: ipconfig /flushdns

That should clear the DNS cache and force it to look to your name server for resolution next time you try to load mm.net.


AWESOME! Thanks so much for the info! I will try it in the morning! :beer:

[Mr. Man]

AWESOME! Thanks so much for the info! I will try it in the morning! :beer:
A guy told me that the midgets can actually crawl though the line to individual computers. Then the wreak havoc to the mother board. They are probably watching you right now from behind your screen:D

[limostudd]

2 days i couldnt get in off of yahoo i was mad as hell but all good now

[JBeezy]

I can still only get on using my iphone4 via tapatalk. Even with this it's hit or miss. For 2 days prior I couldn't get on with either. I was having withdrawals

[DEFYANT]

Same problem here.

Must have been the big MV9 reveal.

[SID210SA]

I only had problems in the afternoon yesterday....all I got was could not connect to internet message...I then went through search insted of my favorites and got in that way...and has worked ever since.

[MOTOWN]

just able to pull up the site last night, out again, then back up this morning

[Blackened300a]

Same problem here.

Must have been the big MV9 reveal.

It bothered me that I helped put it together and was the last to find out about the announcement.

[Papillon]

Still can't log on from work. And I was having trouble logging on from my iPhone until a little bit ago. Had to reboot the phone 4 times!

I tried everything at work and still nada. :( At least I have my phone!

EDIT::: I'M BACK UP AT WORK TOO!!!!!!!!!! (for now) WOOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!

[Blackened300a]

I'M BACK UP AT WORK TOO!!!!!!!!!! (for now) WOOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!

I see how hard you're working as well. :D

[Papillon]

I see how hard you're working as well. :D

I AM WORKING!!! I'm checking up on the MV 9 planning :D

[kirk]

Haven't been able to get on from home since last week. Tried last night and still no go. I'll try a DNS flush tonight. No problem getting in from work.

[silver_2000]

Windows can sometimes be stubborn about hanging on to old cached DNS info. If it still doesn't work in the morning try opening a DOS window (Start -> Run -> cmd) and enter: ipconfig /flushdns

That should clear the DNS cache and force it to look to your name server for resolution next time you try to load mm.net.
Great advice

As far as the site being down - its not - never has been.

As far as the site being down last week it wasnt - there was a dns issue that started Saturday late and was resolved Sunday. Couldnt have been impacting you last week

The lingering issues are simply individual PCs not updating correctly

[duhtroll]

I have not been able to get on from home but could from work until mid morning today. Now I am only able to get mm.net on my droid.

[DEFYANT]

It bothered me that I helped put it together and was the last to find out about the announcement.


It's all a big gubermint conspricy! :burnout:

[myrodr]

have had problems for past 3 days

[Haggis]

Windows can sometimes be stubborn about hanging on to old cached DNS info. If it still doesn't work in the morning try opening a DOS window (Start -> Run -> cmd) and enter: ipconfig /flushdns

That should clear the DNS cache and force it to look to your name server for resolution next time you try to load mm.net.

Scott!!!! Glad to hear from you again, does this mean you will be hanging around more often?

[Fourth Horseman]

Scott!!!! Glad to hear from you again, does this mean you will be hanging around more often?

Hey Haggis! Nah, I'll be returning to "lurk mode" here shortly. ;)

[CBT]

Hey Haggis! Nah, I'll be returning to "lurk mode" here shortly. ;)
Historically, bad things tend to happen when any of the Four Horsemen are seen lurking about. :eek:

[Haggis]

Hey Haggis! Nah, I'll be returning to "lurk mode" here shortly. ;)

Better then nothing :up:

[gdmjoe]

silver_2000 ... As far as the site being down - its not - never has been.
Understand, however, from a user perspective it was.


... there was a dns issue that started Saturday late and was resolved Sunday.
From vantage points it was not resolved until late Monday ( 03Jan2011 ) afternoon.


The lingering issues are simply individual PCs not updating correctly
Does not explain the DNS issues ( again ) today ( 05Jan2011 ).

Even after ipconfig /flushdns ... ping | tracert was unable to resolve mercurymarauder.net from several DNS perspectives until later this evening.

What gives ?
.

[visionmercury]

its been real spotie for me still with my computer and and my phone . its been like that for about 4/5 days

[TAKEDOWN]

It's been on and off for me, maybe it's my Apple computer... Sounds like others aren't having the problem. Is there something I need to do?

[MOTOWN]

It's been on and off for me, maybe it's my Apple computer... Sounds like others aren't having the problem. Is there something I need to do?


its not just you, im having the same problem, hope its fixed soon:alone:

[FordNut]

I had no problems until last night. But it's working ok now.

[duhtroll]

Still having problems at work. It wouldn't work yesterday AM then came back later in the day. Now this morning the site is unreachable again.

Never had this with any other site I visit from here.

[kirk]

I successfully did a dns flush last night, but it did not fix the problem. I still can't hit the site from home.

[justbob]

Averaging 3 minutes to load a page...

[cruzer]

Did dns flush---get intermittant contact--not predictable:help:Maury

[LIGHTNIN1]

I had no problems til tonite at work before I left. Could not logon there. No problems before. No problems from home. Probably be fine by morning. More important things to worry about. Dead birds are falling out of the sky.

[duhtroll]

There are still issues with this site. Every morning without fail it is inaccessible from both home amd work. So far evry day later it will "come back" at work.

Whoever is pushing buttons needs to return the site to the settings it had a week ago.


I had no problems til tonite at work before I left. Could not logon there. No problems before. No problems from home. Probably be fine by morning. More important things to worry about. Dead birds are falling out of the sky.

[thathotrodlincn]

Had intermittant problems for the past several days. Tried several "fixes" on the computer(s), to no avail. What's up with the site?:(

[Pops]

Works here but not on the lap top at home

[PonyUP]

Doesn't work at the office, unless I log in through my cell internet card. Works at Home, but keeps shutting down the internet line so I ahve to resign in to the internet, then it works fine

[TAKEDOWN]

Alright I'm back on, hopefully it's permanent... Fingers crossed!

[SC Cheesehead]

Has issues this morning from around 7:00 am up until a couple minutes ago.

DNS error, site unreachable.

Okay now, though.

[TAKEDOWN]

^^^ I'm afraid to log off, lol! ^^^

[duhtroll]

As if by magic, it comes up every day here at the same time. "Down" first thing in the AM, up by about 10:30 or 11 AM. Though I know the site is not down, it is obviously not an individual computer or ISP problem.

It is always unreachable at home, yet always reachable on my phone.

[kernie]

As if by magic, it comes up every day here at the same time. "Down" first thing in the AM, up by about 10:30 or 11 AM. Though I know the site is not down, it is obviously not an individual computer or ISP problem.

It is always unreachable at home, yet always reachable on my phone.
Same here, mine goes out around 4pm. I have flushed, unplugged and cursed several times, nothing helps.

:help:

[MOTOWN]

this is a problem with the "site" its self, not any ones personal computer

[RF Overlord]

No, it's not a problem with the site, it's a DNS server issue. I'll let Doug explain the details, but basically for those who are having problems at work, but not at home (or vice versa), it's that the DNS server(s) used by your corporate net (or your ISP) took a while to update to the "faulty" info that occurred last Sunday, then took more time to update to the corrected info. That's why some people didn't lose connectivity until much later in the week.

The bigger the internet gets, the longer these things take.

[MOTOWN]

oh realy?, every ones isp had "faulty info" with only this site? yeah that makes perfect sense bud!

[RF Overlord]

Actually, that's exactly correct, and I don't appreciate your attitude. I'll have the server admin explain it to you.

[Bigdogjim]

Historically, bad things tend to happen when any of the Four Horsemen are seen lurking about. :eek:

In this case Fourth Horsemen is a good guy:up:

Been a long time my friend, nice to see posting again:cool:

[silver_2000]

As I get older I try NOT to jump into these kind of pissing matches but.... Since I was asked..

If you read the thread from the start I posted EXACTLY hat happened and the impact. Its not necessary that people agree with the facts - and the lack of agreement doesn't change the status as facts.

The DNS details are as follows. This sites DNS servers of record that were associated with Logan - Were taken off line with NO notice last week. When that happened we diagnosed the issue and took steps to repair it as soon as we could. The total time that the DNS was offline was less than 12 hours. Because of the way DNS works there is a delay in ISPs picking up the update. Then once the update reaches your ISPs DNS servers your PC caches that info for some time as well. SO there are multiple layers of delays and in the case of your PC and its settings you may need to reboot or reboot your router to get the new settings

So in summary IF we had known in advance that the DNS server of record for MM.net was being shut down we could have taken steps a week or 2 ahead of time to minimize ( nearly eliminate ) issues. Since the server was removed with no warning we collectively did the best we could to minimize issues as soon as we realized the problem.

Finally YES - due the the above problems everyone's ISP DID have faulty info on this site for about 4-6 hours. And if your problems lingered past about 10 minutes that's due to the DNS settings your ISP has configured or the DNS settings configured on your PC. Since in BOTH cases its very common to have non standard DNS settings.

That also explains why PCs didnt work but Cell phones did or why it worked at work but not at home. The site was up continuously - the issue was strictly with the way the internet takes the name mercurymarauder.net and converts it to an IP address and finds the right server. Which is after all what DNS does.

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical naming system built on a distributed database (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_database) for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet) or a private network (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network). It associates various information with domain names (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name) assigned to each of the participating entities. Most importantly, it translates domain names meaningful to humans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humans) into the numerical identifiers associated with networking equipment for the purpose of locating and addressing these devices worldwide.

The reality is that DNS is constantly changing for sites all day every day. In fact many of the bigger sites have whats called round robin DNS that means that you may get directed to different destinations based on time or day or other variables...

We collectively apologize for any inconvenience BUT getting into a pissing match doesn't help anyone ...

[SC Cheesehead]

^^^^^^ The way you 'splained it makes sense to me. ^^^^^^

Just glad we're back up and running normally again. :up:

[duhtroll]

I'm not a paying member and don't generally get upset about minor things like this, but you left one thing unanswered.

Why is the site unreachable every day for set periods of time only to correct itself later, then repeat the following day?

Wouldn't the ISP, once it has been updated, no longer have this problem? Once the PC is able to connect on that ISP, it shouldn't be a superball (up/down/up/down) anymore.

And if the ISP hasn't updated at all yet, how long should it take before we call them and ask what is up? You'd think updates would at *least* be done on an every 24-hour basis with the way websites change nowadays.


As I get older I try NOT to jump into these kind of pissing matches but.... Since I was asked..

If you read the thread from the start I posted EXACTLY hat happened and the impact. Its not necessary that people agree with the facts - and the lack of agreement doesn't change the status as facts.

The DNS details are as follows. This sites DNS servers of record that were associated with Logan - Were taken off line with NO notice last week. When that happened we diagnosed the issue and took steps to repair it as soon as we could. The total time that the DNS was offline was less than 12 hours. Because of the way DNS works there is a delay in ISPs picking up the update. Then once the update reaches your ISPs DNS servers your PC caches that info for some time as well. SO there are multiple layers of delays and in the case of your PC and its settings you may need to reboot or reboot your router to get the new settings

So in summary IF we had known in advance that the DNS server of record for MM.net was being shut down we could have taken steps a week or 2 ahead of time to minimize ( nearly eliminate ) issues. Since the server was removed with no warning we collectively did the best we could to minimize issues as soon as we realized the problem.

Finally YES - due the the above problems everyone's ISP DID have faulty info on this site for about 4-6 hours. And if your problems lingered past about 10 minutes that's due to the DNS settings your ISP has configured or the DNS settings configured on your PC. Since in BOTH cases its very common to have non standard DNS settings.

That also explains why PCs didnt work but Cell phones did or why it worked at work but not at home. The site was up continuously - the issue was strictly with the way the internet takes the name mercurymarauder.net and converts it to an IP address and finds the right server. Which is after all what DNS does.


The reality is that DNS is constantly changing for sites all day every day. In fact many of the bigger sites have whats called round robin DNS that means that you may get directed to different destinations based on time or day or other variables...

We collectively apologize for any inconvenience BUT getting into a pissing match doesn't help anyone ...

[CBT]

I wasn't going to mention it, but since this started happening, the site (from home) will not remember my screen name and password. I have to re-enter the info every time. No biggie, but since we are all sharing...

[silver_2000]

I'm not a paying member and don't generally get upset about minor things like this, but you left one thing unanswered.

Why is the site unreachable every day for set periods of time only to correct itself later, then repeat the following day?

Wouldn't the ISP, once it has been updated, no longer have this problem? Once the PC is able to connect on that ISP, it shouldn't be a superball (up/down/up/down) anymore.

And if the ISP hasn't updated at all yet, how long should it take before we call them and ask what is up? You'd think updates would at *least* be done on an every 24-hour basis with the way websites change nowadays.
This site is one of dozens on my server. The server hasn't been "down" in months if not years. Rarely you will see a note that says Server too busy, when the server is doing backup or something else, that should happen less than once a month. If I thought it would help I could post charts to show the up-time but honestly I think you just want to ***** ....

The DNS issues were resolved days ago. If you want to understand DNS better you can go to the wikipedia page I quoted.

There is NO set time of day where the site is unreachable. That could be proven by charting the posts on the various sites.

If YOU cant reach the site its a local problem with your internet connection or your PC or your security software.

Any remaining issues are YOUR issues. YOUR ISP, your PC.

IF there was a systematic problem with this site - It would be impacting HUNDREDS to thousands of people everyday. Its NOT.

If it were system wide with the server the number of impacted users every day would be in the thousands or tens of thousands. Its NOT.

If either of these things were true I would have received tens of phone calls and would have stayed focused on fixing it till it was resolved.

EDIT

for grins here is the load chart for the past year or so no gaps means no down time - the few big spikes show 5 or 10 min intervals where you would have seen server too busy.

It MAY be that your PC is infected with something that the firewall sees as malicious and the firewall is blocking your PC for 5 - 30 minutes at a time. If you go to www.whatismyip.com (http://www.whatismyip.com) and post your IP address here I can check the logs. BUT again that is a LOCAL issue on your PC. And again if the firewall were the issue it would be impacting 10's of thousands of visitors a day

SECOND EDIT

Maybe Cedar Falls Utilities or iowa telecom or daysinnlacrosse or verio is restricting your traffic

[duhtroll]

I have already said it is a minor issue. So as far as "*****-ing" goes, I simply asked a question.

I and others have followed the instructions you posted here, to no avail.

There is nothing on any of my PCs like an "infection" that would cause this :rolleyes: and my work ISP is largely flawless when it comes to such issues. I am posting from it now, as I have for the last few days (after 11 AM) because until that time of day the site cannot be resolved.

Thanks for the primer on DNS but as I have stated before, I know the site is not actually down. But being up and being accessible are two different things. If it were just my one PC on one ISP I wouldn't have even mentioned it. But I have two separate ISPs experiencing the same problem -- one intermittently, one long-term. Others have posted issues as well.

If my internet connection were having problems, it would be more than just one site and only in one location. If my ISP were having problems, it would be more than one site and only in one location (for me, anyway). If it were an ISP update issue, it would seem that once the site has been updated, the problem would go away, which it has not.

The problem is that this site loads sometimes, and sometimes it does not, from at least 3-4 places just mentioned here, not counting the ones who haven't been able to logon and say anything, or the ones who wouldn't say anything in the first place. Not a big deal, but so far nothing you have suggested explains it, so I asked a question.

And the number of regular posters on this site is nowhere near thousands, so those of us in that small group who are experiencing problems are telling you what we are experiencing. If you don't know why, you don't know why, and I will seek out someone who does know.

Please calm down.

EDIT: And since you bothered to post some of the places I have posted from (though most of them haven't been for months), the only one that matters is Cedar Falls Utilities, and this is the only site they seem to be having the problem with.

They load asiandonkeyporn.info just fine, so I wonder why they would restrict MercuryMarauder.net. :P


This site is one of dozens on my server. The server hasn't been "down" in months if not years. Rarely you will see a note that says Server too busy, when the server is doing backup or something else, that should happen less than once a month. If I thought it would help I could post charts to show the up-time but honestly I think you just want to ***** ....

The DNS issues were resolved days ago. If you want to understand DNS better you can go to the wikipedia page I quoted.

There is NO set time of day where the site is unreachable. That could be proven by charting the posts on the various sites.

If YOU cant reach the site its a local problem with your internet connection or your PC or your security software.

Any remaining issues are YOUR issues. YOUR ISP, your PC.

IF there was a systematic problem with this site - It would be impacting HUNDREDS to thousands of people everyday. Its NOT.

If it were system wide with the server the number of impacted users every day would be in the thousands or tens of thousands. Its NOT.

If either of these things were true I would have received tens of phone calls and would have stayed focused on fixing it till it was resolved.

EDIT

for grins here is the load chart for the past year or so no gaps means no down time - the few big spikes show 5 or 10 min intervals where you would have seen server too busy.

It MAY be that your PC is infected with something that the firewall sees as malicious and the firewall is blocking your PC for 5 - 30 minutes at a time. If you go to www.whatismyip.com and post your IP address here I can check the logs. BUT again that is a LOCAL issue on your PC. And again if the firewall were the issue it would be impacting 10's of thousands of visitors a day

[silver_2000]

If you don't know why, you don't know why, and I will seek out someone who does know.

Please calm down.

EDIT: And since you bothered to post some of the places I have posted from (though most of them haven't been for months), the only one that matters is Cedar Falls Utilities, and this is the only site they seem to be having the problem with.

They load asiandonkeyporn.info just fine, so I wonder why they would restrict MercuryMarauder.net. :P

I'm very calm. Im not the one screaming the sky is falling ...

The thousands of people refer to visits on pages. Humans viewing pages on this site and the dozens of others on the server. Every day - ALL day as the load graph clearly shows.

I could post more stats but you would ignore that as well.

I offered to try to figure out what might be wrong if you sent your IP address but you declined.

Duhtroll just wants to act like a troll... so have fun - Im out

For anyone else who has trouble with the site -
PM me your IP address from whatismyip.com
and try to access TALONclub.com or SVTLightnings.com or prowltalk.com
They ALL exist on the same server - it will be helpful to know what happens when you try to get to those...

[tbone]

I'm just glad it's not my PC. This issue has been bugging me as well. I thought I might have a virus.....

[duhtroll]

I'm very calm. Im not the one screaming the sky is falling ...

I don't see anyone doing that, (in fact I said the opposite) but nice exaggeration.


The thousands of people refer to visits on pages. Humans viewing pages on this site and the dozens of others on the server. Every day - ALL day as the load graph clearly shows.

I could post more stats but you would ignore that as well.

And I am referring to the few that are having trouble, which has nothing to do with your stats. Nor have I claimed that the site was down (even though I used the word "down" it was explained). Now that we have that clarified...

Just who are you arguing with? So far it isn't me.


I offered to try to figure out what might be wrong if you sent your IP address but you declined.

I wonder why. If you're going to post information like where I post from you'll probably post the IP too, and who knows what else. Beside that, you should already have had the information if you really wanted to solve the problem. All you would have to do is look it up, and since you looked up the posting information, it should have been right there in front of you.

I mean, I don't really care, but there has to be some sort of ethical boundary about posting information like that in a public forum. That doesn't make you my first choice for information sharing. I had already resolved to call my IP.


Duhtroll just wants to act like a troll... so have fun - Im out

Thanks, but I'll be the one to decide what my motivations are. But if it makes you feel better, have at it.

For the first time in the last few days, access from home is working, so either timing has finally caught up or you cleared CFU between now and the last time I was on. Good timing.

[MOTOWN]

Actually, that's exactly correct, and I don't appreciate your attitude. I'll have the server admin explain it to you.

since i wasnt able to log on since yesterday, maybe you should be more concerned with the problem were all having, instead of crying about a non existant attitude:rolleyes:

[MM03MOK]

since i wasnt able to log on since yesterday, maybe you should be more concerned with the problem were all having, instead of crying about a non existant attitude:rolleyes:
Sorry, but you did cop an attitude.

For a brief period of time, the "pointer" (DNS) wasn't working because it was turned off, without our knowledge. The "pointer" was redirected to a new "pointer" (DNS) as soon as we were aware of it but the Internet is like a BIG Domino game and the "faulty info" that was present for a short time proliferated through the world wide web. The MM.Net website never went down, it was the path to the website from your computer through the Internet to our web server, that was interrupted because of "faulty info". Your computer is part of the path so some may have needed to flush their DNS.

This discussion has become much more heated than it needed to. The WWW just needs time to send far and wide the corrected DNS info. I'm glad people enjoy our site. Administrators spend countless hours making sure things run smoothly and sometimes things are out of our control. Doug has (silver_2000) been a great asset, an unsung hero, if you will, to keeping us up and running. There is no way we'd still be up and running if it weren't for Doug's Server expertise and genuine caring about our website. How many server administrators that aren't involved in a website would take the time to address issues with the membership. He's there every time we need him, and I truly appreciate all he's done for us.

Again, if you're still having problems and just can't wait, flush your DNS and/or reboot your computer. That's all the advice we have.

[Pat]

During this time frame I was visiting the site throughout the day and night but did not experience any problems. Dell/AT&T.

[TAKEDOWN]

Had problems last night, buy hopefully I'm g00d to GO!

[SMOKE]

Appears to be a DNS issue. Several name servers local to me cannot resolve anything at the mercurymarauder.net domain, however Google's name servers (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) resolve it just fine.

Waaaay back on Page 1 was the solution to my issue. Quoted above.

I'm dangerous enough with a PC being I am in IT that I knew where to go to drop in the Google DNS addresses (I know others who've used them for years).

I'm on XP so here's where/what that looked like:

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/gallery/data/500/DNS_Update3.JPG

Problem solved for me. DNS flush didn't work but this did for days and days now and FWIW I'm leaving things this way.

I used the instructions here to guide me a bit LINK (http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/)

Best,
Jonathan

[MOTOWN]

Sorry, but you did cop an attitude.


Again, if you're still having problems and just can't wait, flush your DNS and/or reboot your computer. That's all the advice we have.


my apologies to rf overload, or any one else if i offended anyone, as this is never my intentions:bows:

[Pat]

You no get soup, one year.

[MOTOWN]

You no get soup, one year.


no SOUP!:mad2:

but i love soup!:lol:

[RF Overlord]

http://imamook.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/soup-nazi_320.jpg?w=320&h=240

Actually, that does kinda look like me...

[CBT]

http://imamook.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/soup-nazi_320.jpg?w=320&h=240

Actually, that does kinda look like me...

What?! What year? :lol:

[Blackened300a]

http://imamook.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/soup-nazi_320.jpg?w=320&h=240

Actually, that does kinda look like me...

A pair of glasses and shorts and you may be onto something. :D

[RF Overlord]

A pair of glasses and shorts and you may be onto something. :D...and about 100 more pounds. ;)

[Red91LX]

I use the site every day...So far it's never been a problem logging on and posting.

[Mr. Man]

Our log in is intermittently troublesome. Computers are useful but evil.:seesaw:

[Bigdogjim]

I am haveing no issues:)

Must be the user?

[SC Cheesehead]

Our log in is intermittently troublesome. Computers are useful but evil.:seesaw:

Luddite.... ;)

[hwy73]

You no get soup, one year.


5 days on the trash truck ! That's what we used to say at work. ( No offense to any sanitation engineers onboard. )

Well, we've had our little dustup for 2011...........

:popcorn:

[martyo]

I have been locked out for 2 days or so, but I am back.

[scruff]

i was locked out for a week lol i thought it was something i said

[TAKEDOWN]

Still having problems here, anyone else?

[MOTOWN]

i can only log on from 7am to about1-2pm, after that im locked out

[TAKEDOWN]

Problem for me seems to occur during evening hours... Oh BoY!!!

[MOTOWN]

first time in a week ive been able to log on after 2pm!

lucky day

[justbob]

Nightly here as well. All day no issues so far.

[kernie]

11am to any minute now!

Frustrating that this continues, not that i'm blaming anyone.

[justbob]

And yet EVERY other site works fine all day, all night. Go figure..

[risky]

I've been having problems for a week already. I finally was able to log in today but it took me a while To get threw

[Papillon]

Last week I was having issues logging on from work in the morning and it would be fine in the afternoon. Today it's the otherway around.... Logged on just fine this morning but the Internet Explorer and Firefox "cannot display the webpage" since a little after 1:00 this afternoon. Kinda frustrating. Thank God for my trusty iPhone though! (Hope I didn't just jinx THAT! Lol)

[CBT]

mine still doesn't save my name/password. have to type it all in each time. i know, boo hoo, right?

[tbone]

on/off on/off on/off

[visionmercury]

its still off and on for me

[martyo]

its still off and on for me

Ditto.

...........

[MM2004]

OK.

As RF mentioned earlier in this thread...

The site was never down, nor any other forums hosted on the server.

There was in fact a DNS error that was causing the problem and affected myself as well.

I was on the phone last night with Doug while he worked on the incident, using me to ping MM.net and other command prompts to try and gain access.

This morning, I was able to access MM.net from my home, and now have access via work.

All of this 'weirdness' with the DNS should be behind us by now.

My response time is back to what I consider 'normal' for the site and all appears well.

Be just a little more patient as this will come to a close quite soon.

Thanks,

Mike.

[MM2004]

BTW...

If you are still having issues accessing the site, you can always try the following:

Delete all temporary internet files and cookies.

Close all browser sessions. Re-launch and try MM.net again.

In command prompt type the following:

ipconfig /flushdns

It wouldn't hurt to execute the above command a couple times.

Launch your browser and try again.

Lastly, power down your computer, router and modem.

Enjoy a beverage of your choice, then power up the modem, router then your computer and try again.

If these do not work (didn't for me last night), then be patient as your ISP will then need to catch up to the DNS change.

As it did for me this morning.

;)

Mike.

[PonyUP]

Just an FYI, I think I got a virus from the site yesterday. Unfortunately I don't remember the thread, but it was an AntiVirus virus. Basically what it does is disable everything on your computer saying you got hit with a ton of viruses, but if you purchase the AntiVirus software, everything will be fine. It runs everything through a proxy server and disables the add/remove programs function and prevents you from doing anything. It even blocked me booting up in safe mode so I could fix it.

I've had to jump through a bunch of hoops, but I am in the process of fixing it now.

I cannot definitively say I got it from the site, but I was on the site when it happened, so I thought I would post this.

[MM2004]

I have not been made aware of any 'bugs' on this site nor the server.

We know for certain that it was not a 'bug' that caused the access issues.

Mike.

[kernie]

Just an FYI, I think I got a virus from the site yesterday. Unfortunately I don't remember the thread, but it was an AntiVirus virus. Basically what it does is disable everything on your computer saying you got hit with a ton of viruses, but if you purchase the AntiVirus software, everything will be fine. It runs everything through a proxy server and disables the add/remove programs function and prevents you from doing anything. It even blocked me booting up in safe mode so I could fix it.

I've had to jump through a bunch of hoops, but I am in the process of fixing it now.

I cannot definitively say I got it from the site, but I was on the site when it happened, so I thought I would post this.
I've been hit with that one virus{?}as well a couple times, not while on this site, i just unplug the puter for a couple of minutes. I have up to date McAfee, perhaps it takes care of the remains.

On since early this am, the problems are behind us? :banana2:

:beer:

[justbob]

So far so good today.

That link that RF left in the Kentucky thread for the steamboat gave me some wackyness. My avast knocked it clean and shut it down immediately.