Squirrels on strike???

[Grumpy John]

I'm on again .


Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\JOhn>ping www.woodworkforums.com

Pinging www.woodworkforums.com [209.95.48.51] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 209.95.48.51: bytes=32 time=195ms TTL=49
Reply from 209.95.48.51: bytes=32 time=196ms TTL=49
Reply from 209.95.48.51: bytes=32 time=198ms TTL=49
Reply from 209.95.48.51: bytes=32 time=199ms TTL=49

Ping statistics for 209.95.48.51:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 195ms, Maximum = 199ms, Average = 197ms

C:\Users\JOhn>tracert www.woodworkforums.com

Tracing route to www.woodworkforums.com [209.95.48.51]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms srp527w [192.168.15.1]
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 22 ms 20 ms 19 ms gw105.lon32.melbourne.telstra.net [203.45.255.1]
4 24 ms 24 ms 25 ms bundle-ether3-100.win-core10.melbourne.telstra.net [203.50.80.129]
5 35 ms 34 ms 33 ms bundle-ether12.ken-core10.sydney.telstra.net [203.50.11.122]
6 33 ms 35 ms 35 ms Bundle-ether18.pad-gw2.sydney.telstra.net [203.50.13.82]
7 39 ms 35 ms 36 ms bundle-ether1.sydp-core01.sydney.reach.com [203.50.13.46]
8 182 ms 183 ms 183 ms 202.84.140.157
9 183 ms 179 ms 180 ms 202.40.149.110
10 182 ms 179 ms 179 ms te0-0-0-3.ccr21.sjc04.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.11.157]
11 180 ms 184 ms 184 ms be2015.ccr21.sfo01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.7.173]
12 196 ms 199 ms 199 ms be2086.ccr21.slc01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.3.186]
13 198 ms 199 ms 199 ms 38.104.174.138
14 214 ms 234 ms 200 ms 206.130.126.10.west-datacenter.net [206.130.126.10]
15 196 ms 199 ms 199 ms 209.95.48.51.static.midphase.com [209.95.48.51]


Trace complete.

C:\Users\JOhn>



The common link seems to be west-datacenter.net after that everything goes pear shaped.

[Grumpy John]

That was short lived for Grumpy, apparently. He just emailed me and asked me to post the following (hasn't been able to get on since yesterday arvo):

Grumpy John has been on the phone to me & we've had a couple of e-mails.

he still can't get in.

works fine for me.

Thanks to Brett & Cliff for posting on my behalf. It's hard to let the mods know what's happening when you can't access the site.

[Cliff Rogers]

Why is the forum powered by squirrels anyway, why can't we use fruit bats?

[Chesand]

They are probably cheaper.

[Grumpy John]

Or cane toads?

[rob streeper]

It's working very well now! Thanks to all for the time and effort.

[rob streeper]

It's working very well now! Thanks to all for the time and effort.

Blocked again.

[rob streeper]

Back on again. Transient outage?

[chrisb691]

Back on again. Transient outage?

Stop work meeting.

[rob streeper]

Stop work meeting.

Yeah, you socialists got it good.

[FenceFurniture]

Not related to forum access, but for the last couple of days, when I post a reply to a thread, there is no formatting bar above the reply window. Also, can't get a new para by hitting "enter". (pressing enter here to get a new para) Hasn't happened every time but only worked properly once or twice in the last 48 hours. Just previewed the above, and no new paras are evident. Same thing happens when I edit the post to correct it.

[Grumpy John]

Not related to forum access, but for the last couple of days, when I post a reply to a thread, there is no formatting bar above the reply window. Also, can't get a new para by hitting "enter". (pressing enter here to get a new para)
Hasn't happened every time but only worked properly once or twice in the last 48 hours. Just previewed the above, and no new paras are evident. Same thing happens when I edit the post to correct it.

Everything good at my end
Fixed it for you .

[rob streeper]

Today no problems. Thanks a lot guys! Nobody ever thinks about the efforts of the plumber until they're knee deep in ####. You deserve a round of applause.

[FenceFurniture]

Not related to forum access, but for the last couple of days, when I post a reply to a thread, there is no formatting bar above the reply window. Also, can't get a new para by hitting "enter". (pressing enter here to get a new para)

Hasn't happened every time but only worked properly once or twice in the last 48 hours. Just previewed the above, and no new paras are evident. Same thing happens when I edit the post to correct it.

All ok now after a Firefox restart (bit odd, but there you have it).

[ubeaut]

Firefox has done a few strange things lately. Even seemed to uninstall itself on the factory computer. Can't get it at all and even a fresh download didn't work. Had to delete old version and reinstall afresh. Could have something to do with that.Has also stopped running properly on home PC tonight so using Chrome. Bit weird but hey weird happens.