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 11/08/2006 01:37:24 AM · #1
...it may be a DNS issue. DNS is technical jargon for translating the name "www.dpchallenge.com" that you type in, into the "real" internet address, an IP Address.

The next time you have trouble connecting to this site, try this IP Address-based link:

//198.77.14.211


11/08/2006 01:39:21 AM · #2
hey, that is makin' the site go a bit faster :-)
 11/08/2006 01:42:46 AM · #3
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
hey, that is makin' the site go a bit faster :-)

I first thought that the slowness and problems connecting today was related to my computer and network where I was most of the day. However, I'm back at my hotel and the same issues exist. So, I thought maybe it's a DNS issue. It appears so, but on DPC's end.

Not every link will work. For example, those that embed DPC links into a signature, which may be "hard-coded" to the name "www.dpchallenge.com". If this happens, just replace that text with the numeric IP address.
 11/08/2006 01:45:40 AM · #4
holy crap, Langdon, you gotta get them to fix that ns server.
 11/08/2006 01:46:18 AM · #5
the site is running on static IP?
 11/08/2006 01:47:07 AM · #6
good opportunity to phish :p
 11/08/2006 01:47:36 AM · #7
Originally posted by crayon:
the site is running on static IP?

Probably not, but the dynamic address hasn't changed all day.
 11/08/2006 01:49:33 AM · #8
Originally posted by lesgainous:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
hey, that is makin' the site go a bit faster :-)

I first thought that the slowness and problems connecting today was related to my computer and network where I was most of the day. However, I'm back at my hotel and the same issues exist. So, I thought maybe it's a DNS issue. It appears so, but on DPC's end.

Not every link will work. For example, those that embed DPC links into a signature, which may be "hard-coded" to the name "www.dpchallenge.com". If this happens, just replace that text with the numeric IP address.


I don't think it's a DNS issue because I've tried connecting to the IP address in the past including an hour ago but still had problems accessing the site.
 11/08/2006 01:51:07 AM · #9
I know I had two tabs open--one for the www.dpchallenge.com and the other for IP Address and I kept refreshing both of them. Only the IP Address one would connect.
 11/08/2006 01:51:11 AM · #10
From some errors I've gotten today, it might be an issue with MySQL.
 11/08/2006 01:53:04 AM · #11
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
From some errors I've gotten today, it might be an issue with MySQL.

That's what I was thinking...maybe it's missing an index and doing table scans (a lengthy process which would block all access until it was done). That would explain the symptoms of the site appearing frozen.
 11/08/2006 01:53:13 AM · #12
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
From some errors I've gotten today, it might be an issue with MySQL.

no Leroy, it's not that - it's those darn trolls again! :p
 11/08/2006 01:55:06 AM · #13
Originally posted by lesgainous:
I know I had two tabs open--one for the www.dpchallenge.com and the other for IP Address and I kept refreshing both of them. Only the IP Address one would connect.


Well the IP didn't load the site at all when I tried it earlier. That was when the domain name didn't work also. Now it seems to be doing better (currently using the domain name).
 11/08/2006 01:57:33 AM · #14
Originally posted by lesgainous:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
From some errors I've gotten today, it might be an issue with MySQL.

That's what I was thinking...maybe it's missing an index and doing table scans (a lengthy process which would block all access until it was done). That would explain the symptoms of the site appearing frozen.


Yeah the system tried to add another ribbon for Larus and it threw a "space quota exceeded" error because he has damn too many. :P
 11/08/2006 02:35:00 AM · #15
It's a glitch in the Matrix. We all should just take the blue pill and get back to our lives.
 11/08/2006 02:41:58 AM · #16
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
It's a glitch in the Matrix. We all should just take the blue pill and get back to our lives.


I lost mine :(
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