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Hi Tony,

Every so often cannot connect to V8 or Capri forum. When it happens no issue on any other sites.

When it happened today did a trace route and this is the result

TraceRoute to 216.81.75.64 [www.v8forum.co.uk]

Hop (ms) (ms) (ms) IP Address Host name
1 16 12 6 72.249.0.65 -
2 38 10 9 8.9.232.73 xe-5-3-0.edge3.dallas1.level3.net
3 7 7 7 4.69.145.197 ae-43-90.car3.dallas1.level3.net
4 7 33 37 64.125.25.137 xe-2-0-0.cr2.ord2.us.above.net
5 10 47 13 154.54.7.37 te4-4.mpd01.dfw01.atlas.cogentco.com
6 27 37 21 154.54.25.98 te0-2-0-2.mpd22.iah01.atlas.cogentco.com
7 64 63 30 154.54.6.205 te0-4-0-1.mpd21.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com
8 55 48 49 154.54.29.214 te4-3.ccr01.mco01.atlas.cogentco.com
9 54 53 56 38.112.34.190 vl3507.na41.b006686-0.mco01.atlas.cogentco.com
10 59 62 64 38.112.1.194 colosolutions.demarc.cogentco.com
11 51 63 49 66.103.132.6 -
12 50 66 64 216.81.79.9 barney.rapidcolo.com
13 69 52 68 38.112.1.194 colosolutions.demarc.cogentco.com
14 69 Timed out Timed out 66.103.132.6 -
15 Timed out Timed out Timed out -
16 67 66 Timed out 216.81.79.25 rapidcolo.com
17 Timed out Timed out Timed out -
18 Timed out Timed out Timed out -
19 Timed out Timed out Timed out -
20 Timed out Timed out Timed out -

Trace aborted.


when it works its lke this

TraceRoute to 216.81.75.64 [www.v8forum.co.uk]

Hop (ms) (ms) (ms) IP Address Host name
1 18 7 6 72.249.0.65 -
2 6 5 6 8.9.232.73 xe-5-3-0.edge3.dallas1.level3.net
3 8 6 6 64.125.27.81 xe-0-1-0.cr2.dfw2.us.above.net
4 Timed out 34 44 64.125.25.137 xe-2-0-0.cr2.ord2.us.above.net
5 153 105 19 154.54.7.37 te4-4.mpd01.dfw01.atlas.cogentco.com
6 30 38 12 154.54.25.98 te0-2-0-2.mpd22.iah01.atlas.cogentco.com
7 50 48 52 154.54.30.46 te3-4.ccr01.tpa01.atlas.cogentco.com
8 58 57 52 154.54.29.214 te4-3.ccr01.mco01.atlas.cogentco.com
9 50 52 50 38.112.34.190 vl3507.na41.b006686-0.mco01.atlas.cogentco.com
10 59 49 58 154.54.29.130 te4-2.ccr01.jax01.atlas.cogentco.com
11 51 49 49 66.103.132.6 -
12 52 61 50 216.81.79.9 barney.rapidcolo.com
13 52 50 49 216.81.79.25 rapidcolo.com
14 52 50 54 216.81.75.64 nt40.hsphere.cc

Trace complete

regards
Reg

yeah it will effect both the sites mate as they are on the same server in the USA.

i have mailed them a few times and they are working on moving us to a new server later this year.

Happens to me all the time. I generally click a link then go look at another site and go back to forum. Just assigned to the fact that the hosting isnt very good but hey they are cheep.

Was not sure if it was just me seeing the issue. Like you say Marki normally works if you try a little later

katanaman wrote:Happens to me all the time. I generally click a link then go look at another site and go back to forum. Just assigned to the fact that the hosting isnt very good but hey they are cheep.

same as mate,
and yup they are cheap,
but if anyone can find cheap reliable hosting in the uk that can support both sites and forums (databases), and dont sting us for the traffic and data we shift each month then im listening, as not paying £300+ per year for UK hosting

Reg can you shring your avatar please mate,
we aim to keep the pics to a max of 128 x 128 pixels mate.

Will do Tony, took it off for now till I can shrink it

Right after threatening to leave our current host,
we have now been moved to a new more reliable server, (we shall see)
if during the day while im not about if the forum is off line could all of you that encounter any problems, timeouts etc log the time roughly and how long its a problem roughly,
just so i have something to throw back at them,

and mail me on tonyatcapri56.freeserve.co.uk remove the at and replace with @, this email account is always online and has nothing to do with the hosts in the USA.

Marki is there any way we can monitor the forum uptime and down time mate???

There was software I used a few years ago for this when the site kept going down but I cant remember what it was called now. Will have a look.

Still had it on my server so I have set it up again and it is running.

thanks mate,
i just want to see how reliable this new server is etc,

100% up so far, I call that an improvement

actually I have just realised I havent had any emails from forum since we were chatting last night. Just checked my email and thats working fine.

just had confirmation we are now on the new server,

im still getting mails mate,
wonder if we have been blocked by your mail host,
have you tried adding the forum mail to your address???
forummail@v8forum.co.uk

there hasnt been a delay of more than 5 seconds in the last 24 hours