We're back - temporary solution

[Mike Bobbitt]

Folks,

The good news is we're back online, thanks to the generosity of a friend and Army.ca member, Gray Collette. This is a temporary measure, while Bell works out a schedule to get us back online permanently.

Please note that this is a home connection, so we need to be cautious of how much bandwidth we use.

Please bear with me, there will be a few more service interruptions before we're back for good, but we are online for the moment.


Thanks Gray!

P.S. A side effect is that since we're now using a temporary dynamic address, some mail may not get through. If you register and don't get your e-mail, please bear with us until we get on our new service. I'll keep you posted.

 

[Blakey]

Big thanks to both of you...not too much to do sitting in Shilo  :

 

[tomahawk6]

Big thanks. I can assist you with a fast server for however long you need to use it.

 

[Burrows]

Much thanks Gray!

 

[Danjanou]

Mike IOU and Gary a beer or two.

Not being able to come here I was forced to go and play over at milphotos.net and that place is scary :'(

 

[Burrows]

Yeah...a 14 year old admin...we don't need that...we only have a 14 year old mod

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

I've just received an update from Bell. They expect to have the new connection hooked up sometime on Wednesday. Assuming all goes well with that, I'll plan to move the server to it's permanent home Wednesday night or Thursday morning.

I'll let you know as I learn more.


Cheers
Mike

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

All,

Just a reminder that we'll be offline briefly tonight or tomorrow morning while the server is moved back to it's permanent connection. I don't know exactly when the move will take place yet, I'm still waiting for Bell to complete the job order.


Cheers
Mike

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Quick update: We haven't done the move, and the new connection is not working properly yet. (Bell neglected to set it up correctly on their first 2 visits.) We're now looking at a 48 hour (max?) delay while Bell makes the required change, then we can consider the server move.

Thanks for your patience everyone, we *will* get things resolved, it's just taking some time.


Cheers
Mike

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

This morning, the 48 hour window came and went, with no progress from Bell. The latest is an assurance from them that it is now (after almost 2 weeks)  a "rush" job, but no ETA, so we're still going blind.

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Ok folks, I finally have some good news. The new connection is up and running (I'm posting from it right now) and so the server will be moved onto it sometime soon, probably tomorrow. As a result, it'll be off the air for an hour or two, but the whole process should not take long.

Thanks again for your patience, we're almost back to "normal."

 

[Trinity]

Thanks again for your patience, we're almost back to "normal."

Something around here is considered normal??? 

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

Aww, Mikey got his high speed back now?....I guess that leaves me alone in "dial-up" world......

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

I expect that we'll be off the air from roughly 1700-1900 ET today, while the move is completed. The outage may be longer for some as DNS will have to update to reflect the new address. (Again, you can speed this up by running "ipconfig /flushdns" some time after 1700, which forces your system to re-check DNS addresses.)

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

Quote,
can speed this up by running "ipconfig /flushdns"

..Umm, ya, OK....gee, I looked at my keyboard but I don't see that button.

 

[Kat Stevens]

Aww, Mikey got his high speed back now?....I guess that leaves me alone in "dial-up" world......

Nope Bruce, here in Outer Elbownia we get too choices, slow speed, and overnight downloads...

Kat

 

[-rb]

Those who want to flush their IP configs from a windows box can perform the following steps...

1.Go to the 'Start Menu -> run...'
2. type in cmd

...Once the command prompt window opens you will need to type a series of commands...

3. type in ipconfig /all (not needed but will return your current IP/DHCP/DNS server settings)
4. type in ipconfig /release (will flush out the settings listed in step 3)
5. type ipconfig /renew (will refresh the IP/DHCP/DNS settings for your computer)

After that you should be good to go. Any questions or concerns please direct them to your local tech support
cheers.

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Thanks yukon,

In this case, ipconfig /flushdns should do the trick without a full DHCP release/renew. Not sure if /flushdns is available on all platforms, but it works on XP.


Cheers
Mike

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

Wow, something funny just happened, it kicked everyone out  and wouldn't let me play.
Haven't seen this for a loooooooong time, ;D
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[Mike Bobbitt]

Forum upgrade, unelated to anything else.