Forum is broken

[SzalonyNiemiec]

I know this is probably the wrong section to post this in, but I couldn't find a better one.

I can't access the forum for several days at a time, and this happened multiple times to me. But I can see, that people posted things while I was unable to access the forum. anyone else having this issue, or is it just me?

[Scyzara]

Hm, sounds quite odd. Did you get any error messages when trying to access the Forums? I for one haven't noticed any problems lately,  just a slight increase in loading times due to the new Cloud Flare feature.

[SzalonyNiemiec]

@Scyzara when I don't have access it's like this: first 5 minutes loading, then an error message, but I forgot what message. it will probably happen again, so expect more detail in a week or so.

[Mikeyd0577]

I had this happen once, may not be the same issue though.  I had to update my browser and then everything worked fine.

[Patrick Carlson]

6 hours ago, SzalonyNiemiec said:

@Scyzara when I don't have access it's like this: first 5 minutes loading, then an error message, but I forgot what message. it will probably happen again, so expect more detail in a week or so.

I haven't seen any other reports of issues. Have you tried accessing the forums using different browsers (or updating your current browsers as suggested above)?

[EternityTide]

I take it that the forum has been hit by a DDOS attack recently, or is the Cloudflare add-on just a precaution?

[Patrick Carlson]

48 minutes ago, EternityTide said:

I take it that the forum has been hit by a DDOS attack recently, or is the Cloudflare add-on just a precaution?

No DDoS attacks--the Cloudflare support is one way we are getting help compensating for high levels of traffic coming into the site lately. 

[SzalonyNiemiec]

@Patrick Carlson It happened again. I couldn't access the forums for the last three days. Here's the error message:

This Page Cannot Be Displayed

The system cannot communicate with the external server ( hinterlandforums.com ). The Internet server may be busy, may be permanently down, or may be unreachable because of network problems.

Please check the spelling of the Internet address entered. If it is correct, try this request later.

If you have questions, please contact the IT-ServiceDesk. ( servicedesk@itc.rwth-aachen.de ) and provide the codes shown below.

Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 19:14:51 GMT
Username: 
Source IP: 137.226.214.78
URL: GET http://hinterlandforums.com/
Category: Uncategorized URLs
Reason: UNKNOWN
Notification: GATEWAY_TIMEOUT

 

[Rifleman]

5 minutes ago, SzalonyNiemiec said:

@Patrick Carlson It happened again. I couldn't access the forums for the last three days. Here's the error message:

This Page Cannot Be Displayed

 

The system cannot communicate with the external server ( hinterlandforums.com ). The Internet server may be busy, may be permanently down, or may be unreachable because of network problems.

 

Please check the spelling of the Internet address entered. If it is correct, try this request later.

 

If you have questions, please contact the IT-ServiceDesk. ( servicedesk@itc.rwth-aachen.de ) and provide the codes shown below.

 

Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 19:14:51 GMT
Username: 
Source IP: 137.226.214.78
URL: GET http://hinterlandforums.com/
Category: Uncategorized URLs
Reason: UNKNOWN
Notification: GATEWAY_TIMEOUT

 

 

 

I haven't experienced any problems with the forum

I think you are being targeted directly