Squirrels on strike???

[wheelinround]

Over the last two weeks the squirrels must have gone on strike or need replacements. The whole forum has been slow to load from before sign in/login. to opening photos or posting even clicking Like takes a while before moving o.

Using Firefox latest ver etc no other forum or website a problem just this one.

Cache is cleared constantly

[nine fingers]

Over the last two weeks the squirrels must have gone on strike or need replacements. The whole forum has been slow to load from before sign in/login. to opening photos or posting even clicking Like takes a while before moving o.

Using Firefox latest ver etc no other forum or website a problem just this one.

Cache is cleared constantly

I have the same problems. NF

[A Duke]

Hi, I have not noticed it until today, it has been loading one line at a time, at horse and buggy speed and giving me this message "The connection was reset The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading. The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection. If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web. " frequently. Hope it comes right soon. Regards

P/s It has not spaced the message as I submitted it.

[Chesand]

Hi, I have not noticed it until today, it has been loading one line at a time, at horse and buggy speed and giving me this message "The connection was reset The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading. The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection. If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web. " frequently.

I had the same three times this morning.

PS. Got same message immediately after posting the above and then when entering again to add this.

[Mulgabill]

Incredibly S L O W :o:no: Give the Squirrels some nuts!!!

[dai sensei]

Takes me 3 goes to even get the main forum home page :doh:. Often it just returns with an index :?

[snowyskiesau]

Same problem here. It's been slow for the last couple of weeks but today is almost unusable.

[Pat]

So it's just not me. I was just about to do a hard reboot as the forum and Kies were not at their usual speed. Yes I know they are totally unrelated, that's why I thought it was my box needing a good swift reboot :P Smilies are not working either. :(

[cava]

Same problems here. :?

[Handyjack]

I am also having problems.Message I receive is "This Webpage is not available".Had trouble about noon and now. If it means anything I get the same message when trying to get on Renovateforums.com

[ajw]

Me too. Has been slow since the move to the SSD server. Very bad today.

[elanjacobs]

Same here today.
Keep getting this message: ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE No data received

[neksmerj]

Oh my god, trying to get onto the metalwork forum is as painful as watching paint dry. What on earth is going on.At this rate, I suppose I'll get a reply in a week or so.Ken

[Steamwhisperer]

I've got the same problem Ken.

Phil

[elderly]

Me too. Gave up this morning and this afternoon. Took me three goes to post this.

[David Mitchell]

Yes I have the slow problem also:?
Regards
David Mitchell

[KBs PensNmore]

I keep getting a "No Data Supplied" comment, having to press retry all the time, is giving me the *^#ts. But then that's technology:oo:.
4 attempts to get this smilie up.
Kryn

[dusteater]

Ditto

[jack620]

It's hell. I just posted a thread in the woodworking forum. It removed all of my formatting and won't let me edit it.

[ubeaut]

Not sure what's going on. Looking in to it.

:~

[issatree]

I thought my PC had given up the Ghost.
At 11.50pm. it started OK.
It could be fine by now.
Thanks Neil.

[Combustor]

I read most posts each evening on a recent Win 8.1 machine using Firefox, and do not have a problem. Speed seems comparable to most other sites I visit. Could not say the same for my tired old Win XP machine which I have recently retired. Not computer smart, so can't offer insight into others problems.
Combustor.

[BaronJ]

Hi Guys,
This problem has been going on for weeks now ! Here in the UK it seems to be particularly bad between 16:00 and 17:00 hours.

[Auskart]

Painfully slow here in Sydney, nearly unusable.:o

[keltrader]

Unusable yesterday now just slow today.


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[Oldgreybeard]

It was not just yesterday. It has been getting slower for at least a week. I noticed that there were very few members/ guest logged on whenever I was trying.

Bob

[Mulgabill]

Just had 'Connection Timed Out' twice. Only on this site and has got progressively slower over the past week or so.

[Chesand]

Just had 'Connection Timed Out' twice.
Ditto,

[Picko]

Bloody comatosed here too.

[ventureoverland]

Its definitely way too slow...

Its not machine, operating system or platform specific. My Windows PC, mac(s) and phone all have terrible trouble on this forum of late.

Neither is it due to the ISP.

Yesterday, in Sydney I was on Telstra and Optus. Today at work and in Newcastle on different carriers / providers.

Yesterday and today have been terrible, though bizarrely enough, for the last 2 minutes its been fine!!!

hth
J

[Mulgabill]

12:13pm The Connection has Timed out.
12:57pm The Connection was Reset.
Ping from 69.36.188.68 Time=1528ms

[Grumpy John]

A bit of feedback from the mods/admin would be nice :)

[wheelinround]

To load this thread took 5 mins

Thanks to others who are also having similar problems

[A Duke]

It's so painful, I have to sit on a soft cushion after managing to read 3 posts.
:~ :wink:
Regards

[steven]

Hi guys, we've been looking into this for the last 4 or 5 hours, i'll post an update when I have some news.

[Big Shed]

A bit of feedback from the mods/admin would be nice :)

There was GJ, at 11:24am today to be exact, but I guess they would prefer to spend their time getting it fixed.

If it makes you feel better, it affects the Admins and Mods just the same and it took me ages to post this on my mobile broadband.:roll:


Not sure what's going on. Looking in to it.

http://d1r5wj36adg1sk.cloudfront.net/images/smilies/anoyd.gif

Neil has promised that we will all get an extra free month use of the forum to make up for any inconvenience.

[eskimo]

Oh my god, trying to get onto the metalwork forum is as painful as watching paint dry. What on earth is going on.At this rate, I suppose I'll get a reply in a week or so.Ken at the moment watching paint dry is better...lol

[Bob38S]

Same as the others have said.Not sure if this helps, when the actual forum loads there appears to be a lengthy holdup while the forum sponsor adverts load.

[Binary01]

I really enjoy and appreciate this forum and check it daily, but I must say it is one of the slower websites and forums I use - and the last couple of days it is basically unusable.I'm not sure where it is hosted (looks to be through a local company Cyanide who claim fast local servers...) or what type of hosting this site runs on, and I know it costs money that isn't coming directly from my pockets but a general boost to the bandwidth for the site would be great :)

[Chesand]

Pretty much back to normal for me this time so maybe problem solved. Let's hope so for everyone's sake.

[elanjacobs]

Neil has promised that we will all get an extra free month use of the forum to make up for any inconvenience.
He can keep the free month. I want a refund :p

[Chesand]

He can keep the free month. I want a refund :p

Would you be happier if he gave three months free use. :D

[crowie]

Thank you Steve & Neil for working to correct the issue.....F.R.E.D. has been working overtime here too...cheers, crowie

[rwbuild]

Ditto here too

[dai sensei]

Gone again. Took 5 goes to get in then another minute to load this thread :-

[Not enough!!]

Come on you blokes - don't you remember "dial-up", probably just a dicky server. They were the days - not!!

[matthew_g]

11.45pm 27/04/15
Still terribly slow.
This is my second attempt at posting this reply.

I am sure you guys are doing everything in your power to resolve the issue.

Thank you for working so hard to fix the problem.

Matt

[Combustor]

Forum still running at acceptable speed, no real problem here in the depths of the Kimberley. Don't suppose the East coast has lost some fiber optic links in recent floods? That's the usual reason that we are given when problems arise up here. Good luck,
Combustor.

[Evanism]

I for one think more, better and energetic squirrels are needed.

The 12 squirrel version could be upgraded to 15, or even a more outrageous 20 squirrel system.

20 squirrels could do anything. Nobody needs that much power.

[ubeaut]

Appears to be a major network problem. We have been working on it and have a ticket in to get maintenance work done on it but they're being really slow to respond. Hopefully it will be resolved today some time (Tuesday)

At least it wasn't quite as bad Monday as it was on Sunday. But still a bloody great nuisance.

Neil http://d1r5wj36adg1sk.cloudfront.net/images/smilies/anoyd.gif

[eskimo]

Neil has promised that we will all get an extra free month use of the forum to make up for any inconvenience. Gee.... thats kind of them...when does it start...when the problem is fixed or from when the problem started

this morning is still hopless...my coffee went cold watching this post load

[nine fingers]

All systems are go. NF

[eskimo]

All systems are go. NF

was slow whn i posted above ...but good now

[Grumpy John]

It took me 6 attempts to log on this morning :(. I feel for the admin team, they don't need this kind of grief.

[Grumpy John]

Weird, 30 seconds later and things are back to normal :2tsup:.

[ubeaut]

Problem was escalated to the real wiseguys and hopefully they are right on top of the problem. Just waiting to hear back from them now.

:U

[Vernonv]

Neil has promised that we will all get an extra free month use of the forum to make up for any inconvenience. ... and I've heard it said that if you aren't paying, you are the product.:rolleyes:

[issatree]

Hi All,
Just logged on, brilliant this morning.
Thanks Steve, Neil.

[Grumpy John]

The true test of value for money is not how good the product is, it's how good the support is. Even the best products can fail and it's how the supplier/manufacturer deals with the failure that counts.

:offtopic:
Not so long ago I purchased a Hema 7 Navigator and it failed while I was 4wding on the Royston Range Track near Rubicon. When i contacted Hema in Brisbane they asked me to email a copy of the receipt and after doing that they contacted me and told me to send my unit to them as they were forwarding a new unit to me. The whole thing was sorted in less than 4 hours and I had a new unit 2 days later. No arguments, no excuses, just brilliant service

[ubeaut]

It all appears to be up and running fine again. Waiting to find out what the problem was but Steven suspects there was a server problem when it was rebooted some time early Sunday. They might let us know what it was but may not want to expose their bottom side to "bottom kickin".

Or as Marj Simpson wood say they don't want to open a can of "whoop tooshy".

Hopefully all will continue on fine now.
:fingerscrossed:

Cheers - Neil :U

[rwbuild]

All good now, thank you on behalf of everyone on the forum for getting the 'squirrels' sorted :2tsup:

[ubeaut]

Put on a bigger drive wheel got rid of the squirrels and added a couple of Springboks (the animals not the rugby team) if it slows down again we'll chuck in a lion to hurry them up and it that's not enough we'll reboot with a couple of Cheetahs.

If all that fails we'll hook the smaller wheel up to Ferrari and gun it.

:U

[wheelinround]

:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup: Like a new one thanks all for sterling efforts.

I see the nuts have been removed from the squirrels all good this morning.

Time for some real speed fit a Jaguar

[ubeaut]

Just received this:

Dear Neil,

I apologize for the issues you have faced with your server.
We had a temporary issue on our hypervisor. We have fixed it and we’re working hard to make sure that everything is working properly now.
--
Best regards,
Oleksandr Tretiak
L3 Support Engineer
VPS.NET


I'm wondering if a hypervisor is something like a top of the line supervisor. Guess he was drunk and disorderly then fell asleep on the job.
:lolabove:
Looks like someone has threw a bucket of water on him as he seems to be doing his job in almost record time now. :clap:

[Chesand]

Put on a bigger drive wheel got rid of the squirrels and added a couple of Springboks (the animals not the rugby team) if it slows down again we'll chuck in a lion to hurry them up and it that's not enough we'll reboot with a couple of Cheetahs.

If all that fails we'll hook the smaller wheel up to Ferrari and gun it.

:U

And I will send my Jack Russell to hurry the lot along. :D

[Grumpy John]

Hypervisor, is that a supervisor that's overdosed on Red Bull? :D

[Euge]

Forum is working FAST and FREE now. :)
Thanks to all those (Neil etc) who worked on clearing up the problem.

Euge

[chrisb691]

HYPERVISOR

noun

Hi-per-vi-zer

Something to blame when you don't know what the feck went wrong. :D

[lesmeyer]

Welcome to the wonderful new world (well - no so new) of virtual servers. :D :D

Les

[Bob38S]

Captain Kirk to Mr Scott in engineering,

"Thank you for lighting up the warp drive." :D

[ubeaut]

Sorry everyone. :sorry:

I promise I will keep away from the great big, shiny red button and won't be tempted to touch it ever again..... Honest, I won't.
But it's so shiny and red and big and...... No, no, no...... Never again. :no:

:shutup3:
Sorry... But just look how shiny and big and red it is. It's just begging to be pressed isn't it. :evillaugh:

http://www.ubeaut.com.au/red-button.png (http://www.ubeaut.com.au/button.html)

Please, please, please don't be foolish and do what I did.
Don't touch the big red button!
There could be dire consequences if you do.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

Cheers - Neil :U

[wolften]

I like red things, they go faster. I'll be the first guinea pig.

Chit, I just fubarred the forum again, solly fellas:D

[Mulgabill]

I think the boss is losing it!:youcrazy::help:

[Chesand]

I think the boss is losing it!:youcrazy::help:

With people like us around is it any wonder. :;:roll:

[CAG]

Don't touch the big red button!
There could be dire consequences if you do.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

Top link that, Neil.

[Handyjack]

:2tsup:
Back up and running. Now to try and catch up.

Thank you to one and all for fixing the problems and the Squirrels.

:)

[BaronJ]

Its 11:00 in the morning here, and everything seems back to normal. I'll check again around 16:00. :)

I too would like to add my thanks to the guys sorting the problems out.

[wheelinround]

2210hrs and slowing down again :doh:

[A Duke]

2210hrs and slowing down again :doh:


:o A bit, definitely not as fast as this morning, but after Sunday who could call this slow.
:;
Regards

[Grumpy John]

Yep, slow for me this morning. Not make a cuppa while it's loading slow, but slow enough to be annoying.

[Grumpy John]

2 hours later and all seems good again :whatonearth:.

[ubeaut]

11:27 and lightening fast for me right now.

Was a little slow late last night but lightening fast in the wee small hours around 1:30am

[wheelinround]

This morning was like cranking up an old vintage car it might start it might not. Better response just now but opening threads and loading pics was retarded and sparking out of order :roll:

[george mavridis]

No problems for me since the fix on Monday

[Mulgabill]

11:27 and lightening fast for me right now.

Was a little slow late last night but lightening fast in the wee small hours around 1:30am

Neil are the squirrels on a smoko break??
Have just had "Connection timed out" and then "Connection was reset. I did a ping to the WWF server "Reply from 69.36.188.68 time = 1455ms" which i s p r e t t y s l o w !! It has been slow this afternoon especially logging on.

[snowyskiesau]

It's slow for me again, same error message as Mulgabill and similar ping times.

[Keith_1]

It's slow for me again, same error message as Mulgabill and similar ping times.


Same for me. Some-one may have hit that red button ?


Keith

[ubeaut]

Yep I'm on and it's like being on old dial up instead of high speed cable.

Working on it.

:~

[ubeaut]

I have put a new ticket in with the server in the hope of an early and final resolution to the problem.

:~

[wheelinround]

Its like driving in Melbourne, Sydney at peak hour almost grinding to a halt. BUT it might have been fitted with a VS switch and someone forgot to switch to full speed.

[Enfield Guy]

Yep slow again. 6.23pm

[Picko]

Next to useless here since lunch time. I often get some unformated list looking thing if and when it loads. I tried earlier to attach a screen shot but after 20min gave up.

[ubeaut]

All fixed AGAIN.....

Off the air for some time whilst they rebooted the server and stuffed it up and had to get a higher authority to do it.

Just remember what I said the other day.

Don't touch the big red button!
There could be dire consequences if you do.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!
http://www.ubeaut.com.au/red-button.png (http://www.ubeaut.com.au/button.html)

WELL.... AT LEAST ONE OF YOU CLICKED ON IT DIDN'T YOU.
YOU KNOW WHO YOU WERE... Shame on you!
I say again.
DON'T CLICK ON THE
BIG RED BUTTON!!!!!

Cheers - Neil http://d1r5wj36adg1sk.cloudfront.net/images/smilies/happy/biggrin.gif

[Luke Maddux]

I've been having the same problems. I didn't realize there was a 90+ post thread about it until now... The title of the thread threw me off.

[Chesand]

All fixed AGAIN.....

Off the air for some time whilst they rebooted the server and stuffed it up and had to get a higher authority to do it.

Just remember what I said the other day.

Don't touch the big red button!
There could be dire consequences if you do.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!
http://www.ubeaut.com.au/red-button.png (http://www.ubeaut.com.au/button.html)

WELL.... AT LEAST ONE OF YOU CLICKED ON IT DIDN'T YOU.
YOU KNOW WHO YOU WERE... Shame on you!
I say again.
DON'T CLICK ON THE
BIG RED BUTTON!!!!!

Cheers - Neil http://d1r5wj36adg1sk.cloudfront.net/images/smilies/happy/biggrin.gif

I didn't do it, I promise. :U

[chrisb691]

All fixed AGAIN.....

Off the air for some time whilst they rebooted the server and stuffed it up and had to get a higher authority to do it.

Just remember what I said the other day.

Don't touch the big red button!
There could be dire consequences if you do.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!
http://www.ubeaut.com.au/red-button.png (http://www.ubeaut.com.au/button.html)

WELL.... AT LEAST ONE OF YOU CLICKED ON IT DIDN'T YOU.
YOU KNOW WHO YOU WERE... Shame on you!
I say again.
DON'T CLICK ON THE
BIG RED BUTTON!!!!!

Cheers - Neil http://d1r5wj36adg1sk.cloudfront.net/images/smilies/happy/biggrin.gif
But It's so big.....and shiny.

Still getting a lot of unformatted posts this morning.

[Keith_1]

Hi,

Think someone may have brushed the button. Took 15 minutes to upload 3 photos this morning. Each time I go in it says empty server or words to that affect and then connects to the Forum. Last time went in (prior to this) thread had weird formatting. Sorry for putting a dampener on it Neil, know you are doing great job.

Regards

Keith

[ubeaut]

Looks like it's coming back again. We have another ticket in with vps.net who are supposed to be monitoring it. :~

Bare with it and hopefully the problem will be fully resolved today.

Cheers - Neil :U

[Sturdee]

I didn't do it, I promise. :U

I think it was Steven as he has more access to it then us.:U


Peter.

[Chesand]

Looks like it's coming back again. We have another ticket in with vps.net who are supposed to be monitoring it. :~

Bare with it and hopefully the problem will be fully resolved today.

Cheers - Neil :U

The hypervisor must have become HYPO. Perhaps he needs a sun visor. :D