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R2R Forum Down?
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ally77 said on July 31, 2005 11:25:
Does anyone know if the link has changed for R2R?
The above one is not working and has not been for 3 days now, I know Jorge mentioned he was changing to a new server but he did not expect it to upset the forum, was wondering if something went wrong there?
I can’t see a server change affecting the website address?
AURYTE said on July 31, 2005 11:57:
Everything works fine for me :) The site is really faster :):):)
@ally77 Haven’t you received e-mail from Oldiesmann? He told that the forum is up!!!
By the way, it’s strange that you hadn’t been able to use Run 2 Roxette forum in 3 days... I couldn’t access it only yesterday.
Sarah-P said on July 31, 2005 13:41:
had the same problem as ally...wasn’t able to open r2r for days already...thinking it was my comp :P
got the e-mail from oldiesman as well this morning...but nope...still not working! :(
bunny2 said on July 31, 2005 13:43:
i also got this email, but the link does not work. i am missing it ! need help ! :-(
Starrox said on July 31, 2005 13:56:
The DNS-servers of your providers probably still don’t have the new IP (meaning you’re trying to access the forum on the old server and not the new one)- try using http://67.18.238.94/forum instead of http://forum.roxette.org.ar in the meantime, that should work!
Starrox said on July 31, 2005 14:36:
Oh, and don’t try using http://forum.roxette.net.ar (at least for now), you will end up on a different “version” of R2R and your post won’t show up for people using http://forum.roxette.org.ar!
Denstandigaresan said on July 31, 2005 15:49:
I can’t get in either. On either of my computers.
Says page not found. :(
ally77 said on July 31, 2005 21:14:
@ AURYTE, yup three days… Friday, Saturday and today = 3 days….
I have an email now in my hotmail inbox….
Nope I still cannot get on, although I am not really bothered...
ratpack said on July 31, 2005 21:25:
have a problem with this site. can the page not find.
what is the new adress?
shine said on July 31, 2005 21:31:
The adress did not change! I can´t open it too. Hope they fix it soon.
roxgirl_germany said on August 1, 2005 04:39:
Could access the site yesterday evening via .net.ar but now, I am ending up on a site with a link to the forum - but cannot access it at all...
LittleSpooky said on August 1, 2005 05:47:
I got it to open okay. Not that I’m registered, but thought I’d throw my .02 up here.
AURYTE said on August 1, 2005 10:17:
Again, everything works fine for me, but it’s so empty there... Almost no users online :(
Sarah-P said on August 1, 2005 10:49:
@starrox: that isn’t working for me either....
@auryte: guess you’re one of the lucky ones then...me & lots of others still can’t get in!
well...i’m leaving for SE tomorrow...so will only try again in almost 2 weeks :D
Jud (moderator) said on August 1, 2005 13:27:
you can also change the HOSTS file.. but I guess it’s easier to wait - it works for me anyway
ally77 said on August 1, 2005 14:26:
I’ve given up, no big deal, I need to spend less time online! lol
ally77 said on August 1, 2005 20:33:
Still down here...
Does someone had an email for Jorge who can access it so I can let him know...
shine said on August 1, 2005 20:39:
That is the addy from the email I got that forum is online again. [email protected]
Starrox said on August 1, 2005 23:13:
Contacting Jorge won’t help as this isn’t a problem with R2R itself, but with your ISP! You probably will have to contact them and tell them to get their a**** in gear and have those snail-like DNS-servers updated ;-)
ally77 said on August 2, 2005 06:49:
Ummm I can’t see what my ISP will do.... I have no problems with any other sites I use, just this one since his update...
Starrox said on August 2, 2005 12:04:
@ally77: And that’s exactly why your ISP has to do something: the DNS-server basically “translates” the letters - roxette.org.ar in this case - to numbers (the IP I mentioned on the first page). Since Jorge switched providers, the IP of R2R has changed and now all DNS-servers need to get the new IP for you to be able to access R2R, something that still hasn’t happened in your case...
ncurran said on August 2, 2005 12:10:
Well it was working for me yesterday, but it isnt today, so god knows what the problem is. I’m not too concerned though, i prefer TDR these days
shine said on August 2, 2005 12:12:
Found this instruction how to change the DNS Server(in german) , don´t know if I should try it. Don´t know if it is dangerous or I can crash my internet conectin?
http://www.ccc.de/censorship/dns-howto/WinXP/WinXPhow-to.htm?language=de
Starrox said on August 2, 2005 12:33:
Dangerous? Crash your internet connection? No, not at all, you shouldn’t even notice a difference! (Except for being able to access R2R again, of course, if the DNS server you use already has the new IP ;-))
shine said on August 2, 2005 12:57:
Than I just need some alternative DNS servers, do you know some @ Starrox
ncurran said on August 2, 2005 13:10:
weird...its working again for me now. Was it just down for a couple of hours this morning?
shine said on August 2, 2005 13:40:
Could open it now again but some sec. later it wasn´t possible again to open it. ??? Sch...Technik!
ally77 said on August 2, 2005 17:13:
Well it’s not our ISP, it’s the change over according to Jorge. It should have only took 72 hours but there is a problem and they are working on it. They think it has something to do with it being a .ar address...
so keep trying folks...
ATLTK said on August 2, 2005 19:14:
if it hasn´t changed give it to me because it says attempt to......... when i try to enter
ncurran said on August 2, 2005 20:15:
Its not working again for me. I can get in one minute and not the next. I have no idea what is going on with that site
steven said on August 4, 2005 19:11:
Still not working for me and I get my connection from NTL which is easily one of the UK’s biggest providers.
shine said on August 4, 2005 23:14:
I have changed my DNS server now and now it is working again. Well think you have to change your DNS server too if you want to enter the site! The whole thing is very stupid!
Please can someone tell me how can it be that EVERYONE has problems to enter the page, over whole europe?
Zerot said on August 5, 2005 22:40:
The address hasn’t changed, but now we’ve got an alternative one. Try getting through this: http://forum.runtoroxette.com
It should work, otherwise we’ll have to wait a little longer.
lonely_girl said on August 6, 2005 07:51:
strange indeed, it doesn’t work for me... >:-(
*annoyed*
Troubles from Switzerland... I mailed to the Admin... Hopefully he can tell me what to do... I haven’t got a clue how to change the DNS and if I really have to do it.
ncurran said on August 6, 2005 11:08:
well there is obviously some kind of f*** up. I cant access it at the moment, but no doubt i will be able to in a couple of hours, because my access has been working on and off for the last few days.
I’m not going to change my DNS server for the sake of one website. I can access every other site i want to without doing that, so i dont see why i should have to do that in this case. If i can’t access R2R its a shame, but i’ll live with it.
ally77 said on August 6, 2005 11:41:
I agree with Neil, I am not changing anything neither for the sake of one site.... all my other sites work okay, so I really don’t see how suddenly the fault is here when there are a lot of people having the same trouble with it.
I’ll live without it.... TDR had the news anyway....
roxgirl_germany said on August 6, 2005 12:43:
Yesterday I tried several possibilities to access the site. I even managed once (via a search engine, I think, but I cannot remember HOW I got there *rollseyes*). I don’t manage to change the DNS server and, in all honesty, I have to agree with the people above me that it is too much hassle to access just one website. Any chance that the R2R guys can get it fixed? Or is it just a matter of time? *has no clue about such stuff for being a PC blondie*
lonely_girl said on August 6, 2005 13:51:
Well, I got a response from one of the Admins... He says that he’s going to find out why some people can access and some can’t. And what more, he says there’s no need to change the DNS...
He gave me another URL:
Maybe this works for some of us...
*edit*: It does for me...
Denstandigaresan said on August 6, 2005 14:13:
I managed to get in once in the week. But nothing since then.
I like R2R. But I’m not pulling my hair out trying to get on.
roxgirl_germany said on August 6, 2005 16:20:
Neither www.runtoroxette.com nor www.runtoroxette.com.ar work for me. :(
Funny, I could access the forum once yesterday. Now no more. Does this server provider not like us?
roxgirl_germany said on August 8, 2005 15:22:
This is too funny!
Yesterday, the link above worked. Now I cannot access the site, neither from work nor from home.
What IS it?!?!?
ally77 said on August 8, 2005 16:17:
It worked for me from work later this afternoon, so try the same link at home and it worked for me also! :)
Jorge sent me an email and said to go through:
http://www.runtoroxette.com.ar The Main Site
or I find this works also....
http://forum.runtoroxette.com/
Hope it works for others now as well as me!
Txiqui said on August 8, 2005 16:29:
It’s really strange i could enter the forum yesterday but today i can’t even see the website....
I’ve tryed changing the dns servers but nothing happened.
ncurran said on August 8, 2005 16:29:
Nope, still doesnt work. I can get to the R2R site through
http://www.runtoroxette.com.ar but not into the forum still.
The 2nd link doesnt work at all
ally77 said on August 8, 2005 17:28:
This is so strange, I’ve only been away from my PC an hour, and now I can’t get into the forum section neither....
Okay a brit giving up!
ally77 said on August 8, 2005 17:32:
Now this link http://forum.roxette.org.ar/ works for me.... I went through the main R2R page, and went through Italy and foro link!
ncurran said on August 8, 2005 22:20:
no, still doesnt work for me...strange...i was able to access it a couple of times when noone else could, and now i cant get in at all
ally77 said on August 9, 2005 07:26:
Now I can sometimes access it, sometimes I can’t which is a vast improvement on the past 10 days....
lutecio said on August 9, 2005 14:26:
There’s no problem with the ISP. I managed to send Jorge an e-mail and fortunately he mailed me back. The new server is the problem. They probably will change the serv again. I hope so.
roxgirl_germany said on August 9, 2005 16:10:
2 hours ago, all worked perfectly for me. Now I cannot access the site anymore. This is hilarious...
ally77 said on August 10, 2005 06:53:
Still the same here for me, sometimes can access, most times I can’t....
zaine said on August 11, 2005 14:34:
it’s starting to annoy me now, I guess that’s sad, but it’s just frustrating. The best I can do is get this for a few minutes at a time, but it won’t let me any further http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/zaine87/r2rgay.jpg
roxgirl_germany said on August 11, 2005 16:36:
I had that several times, too, Zaine. Today I could suddenly access from work. No way from home.
This is annoying...
ally77 said on August 11, 2005 18:27:
I had that too Zaine a couple of days ago, now it works from work no worries, not as though I have much time to post there, but still no access at home via any of the links I have been given!
zaine said on August 11, 2005 20:12:
I can get into it from my friends shop, but i feel a bit weird surfing it from there
I hope they can sort things out, it seems a bit weird to take so long...?
pwbbounce (moderator) said on August 12, 2005 06:46:
None of the links on here are working for me this morning :-(
little-miss-sorrow said on August 12, 2005 16:48:
oh my. i came home from my two-week-holidays a few days ago and can’t access the forum since then. so annoying! :( i really miss it, esp. what do we have in common. ;-) since i didn’t read all the replies here, is there any chance it will work again?
lonely_girl said on August 12, 2005 21:37:
It worked for me before I had dinner but when I logged in afterwards I couldn’t get into the forum... It’s going on and off... Maybe we should inform the Admin again about our problems... It’s really annoying
AURYTE said on August 13, 2005 07:10:
The latest news from Run To Roxette: they’ve installed that gallery thing.
http://forum.runtoroxette.com/gallery/
Txiqui said on August 13, 2005 08:12:
I can’t get in, i just get that anoying mesage saying that no server was found check the url. It’s been like that since they changed the server.
:(
ally77 said on August 14, 2005 20:12:
This is still not working for me from home..... I don’t want anyone is doing to resolve the situation! but it seems to be taking a longgggggggggggg time.....
LadyJordan said on August 14, 2005 20:28:
Can´t visit that page. Sooo bad the thing with the new server!
ally77 said on August 15, 2005 07:07:
Nope none of the links I used last week work for me from the office nor home... I think we can say R2R has gone forever...
little-miss-sorrow said on August 15, 2005 09:21:
oh no! :( i just made it to the front page but when i wanted to enter the general discussion the server wasn’t found. too bad!
AURYTE said on August 15, 2005 09:29:
I don’t remember if this link has already been posted, but here it is:
ally77 said on August 15, 2005 14:06:
Seems a lot can get to the front page, but then that’s about it!
bunny2 said on August 15, 2005 16:42:
nothing is working for me. :-/ I am missing the forum !!!! :-(((
little-miss-sorrow said on August 15, 2005 18:16:
well, i made it to the general discussion just a few seconds after my post here. i even managed to answer a few topics but right now... no chance. i really miss the forum too, i wonder if it will ever work again?!
lonely_girl said on August 15, 2005 19:04:
It seems to work for me every 2nd day... Strange, strange, really :-/
ally77 said on August 15, 2005 19:28:
Again I could load it at work, only this afternoon! but from home no chance.... I can’t be doing with that, even I can use or I don’t bother...
tcooh said on August 15, 2005 19:30:
I was able to get in for 30 minutes last Saturday, since then I’ve never been able to get into any of the pages of R2R. I really miss it, and I miss reading people’s posts there ( “what do we have in common” thread and many more). And the people there too of course (many are here too then, but not all)
ally77 said on August 16, 2005 14:03:
Ummm I am surprised Jorge has not logged on here and explained what the problem was.... I am sure he is registered as a R2R member....
jorgerox said on August 16, 2005 15:12:
Hi everybody, I read this topic everyday to know if the problem is fixed.
As someone said here the problem is that for some razon all ISP are taking a lot of time to update the new DNS information. Other argentinean webmaster told me that he had this problem too, his site took around 20 days to start working normally again, seems that the problem is with the “.ar” domains.
I really hope this got fixed soon :-
roxgirl_germany said on August 16, 2005 16:38:
Worked for about half an hour a day or two ago (from home). Managed to access from work. Doesn’t work from home right now.
When was the server changed?
ally77 said on August 16, 2005 19:17:
@ Jorge, it seems people can access from work but not from home.... that is so strange!
fingers crossed it will be up and running soon!
Starrox said on August 17, 2005 01:40:
Well, I’d bet that simply has to do with the fact the ISPs used in all those companies are faster then the ISPs people use at home (probably because commercial customers pay way more money and thus are much more “valuable”) and already did was Jorge wrote on R2R:
“It’s not a server problem, the problem is that the ISP aren’t updating the DNS, anyway, it should start working without problems soon.
Seems that the problem is that my DNS is a “.com.ar” and all ISP take more time to update them.”
shine said on August 17, 2005 14:22:
If you speak german here is a instruktion how to change DNS Server:
For Win XP:
http://www.ccc.de/censorship/dns-howto/WinXP/WinXPhow-to.htm?language=de
For Win 98:
http://www.ccc.de/censorship/dns-howto/Win98/Win98how-to.htm?language=de
For Win 2000:
http://www.ccc.de/censorship/dns-howto/Win2k/Win2khow-to.htm?language=de
List with some DNS Server Numbers:
http://www.d-v.de/redaktio/content/DNS_Server_Liste.asp
In English:
http://www.bullseyetelecom.com/faq/changedns.htm#win
Good luck!
And if you got a wrong server and you see absolutly no pages try the same way and change it to back to your old server, select DNS server atomatic ( have XP and this is the standart option)
chrisjankunas said on August 18, 2005 19:07:
At least its more original than most of the stuff on tv ! :)
AURYTE said on August 19, 2005 09:59:
I can access Run To Roxette... Anyway, I hope all the problems will be sorted out :)
roxgirl_germany said on August 19, 2005 15:28:
Been having problems not only from home but also from work now. ::)
ally77 said on August 19, 2005 20:56:
I am getting so annoyed with it now, but I don’t know why it’s only a forum.... I CAN live without it!!!!!!!!!!!!
roxgirl_germany said on August 20, 2005 07:12:
Same here, Ally - but it would be more fun WITH it...
girl7twenty7 said on August 20, 2005 09:51:
Cannot access r2r at the moment... Yesterday i could and thought the problem was already fixed :-/
crashroxer said on August 20, 2005 18:27:
http://forum.runtoroxette.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10028/mariiiiiie.j...
Rox-Van said on August 21, 2005 05:12:
@crashroxer:Marie’s beautiful pic that you put in r2r, is of my humble collection... (the pic was extracted in the concert that gave Roxette in Velez Sardfield/Argentina 2/3 of May, 1992)
crashroxer said on August 21, 2005 08:15:
That pic is AMAZING. I have to thank YOU so much.
Did you have more from Rox in Argentina ??
Rox-Van said on August 22, 2005 02:54:
@crashroxer:(these pic’s of my country, they are original and I them have along with others, for more than 14 years that collected folders and albums, from my 11 years of age, up to nowadays that I am 24 years old) ... and I hope to collect much more... i love rox
ally77 said on August 22, 2005 17:52:
do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do do be do
it still ain’t working....
roxgirl_germany said on August 23, 2005 05:25:
It does work and is accessible - if your PC/internet connection/provider lets you access it... :S
zaine said on August 23, 2005 09:59:
i had an email from Jorge saying there is nothing we can do except sit back, wait, and hope that it fixes itself
ally77 said on August 23, 2005 12:42:
I have no chance of getting access at home, but sometimes at work it’s okay, but 95% of the time it is not, and I don’t really have the time at work since I started to actually take lunch away from my desk! :p
roxgirl_germany said on August 26, 2005 16:28:
Could access from work once but a little later that day, I couldn’t access anymore...
This is better than playing lotto... ;)
little-miss-sorrow said on August 27, 2005 09:34:
no access at work, at home, at my boyfriend’s home... it’s hopeless!
girl7twenty7 said on August 27, 2005 22:01:
It worked for me from the uni that couple of times i accessed from there. Still no access from home :(
Jud (moderator) said on August 28, 2005 08:55:
the hosting provider can’t be so professional/good if they aren’t able to fix this. Imagine important .ar domains would block out any traffic from abroad :S
I suggest getting an American or European hosting company..
ally77 said on August 28, 2005 12:35:
I am also sure the forum relies on people clicking the adverts to pay for it.... I think this forum will not be around much longer seeing as people cannot get into to support it or click the adverts....
jorgerox said on August 29, 2005 15:38:
@Judith, it’s an american company :-
Tomorrow we will move it to the old server, I hope that helps, it more slow but at last it worked for everybody ;-)
Jud (moderator) said on August 29, 2005 16:15:
:P I thought the server was located in Argentina. Anyway, I never heard such thing before.
Some companies block some IP ranges when there has been a DOS attack or something, but not for that long period or time :S
ally77 said on August 29, 2005 18:15:
I can get on the front page only sometimes, and then no chance of going further!
ally77 said on September 1, 2005 05:24:
Dare I say this but still nothing.... no access at home or work....
ally77 said on September 1, 2005 07:01:
Am thinking it might be better for Jorge to scrap this forum and create a new one, I am sure we don’t mind starting again! lol
Watercolours said on September 1, 2005 18:56:
Was able to get on till about 30 minutes ago but now says doen for a few days will let us know when back up again.
roxcyn said on September 2, 2005 02:52:
Yes it is down.
http://forum.runtoroxette.com/
says the following:
Due to all of the DNS problems we’ve had since switching to this new server, we are moving back to the old one. The board will be offline for a few days, but you will get an email when it’s back up.
roxcyn said on September 2, 2005 02:54:
To ally: It’s because it only lets adminstrators log on, no one else can until they fix their site, peace. :D
ally77 said on September 2, 2005 16:43:
@ roxcyn
Yes I see that message, although it was not there when I posted the previous one....
I hope changing the server works...
Roxfever said on September 3, 2005 11:17:
It only seems to be working with this link: http://forum.roxette.net.ar/
ncurran said on September 3, 2005 11:39:
lol. Looks like i spoke too soon. Well at least it WAS working last night!
Jud (moderator) said on July 31, 2005 11:52:
maybe the IP hasn’t propagated yet? it is weird because it should not take long, if u are lucky 2-4 hours.. but before I couldn’t access the URL at all, not it shows the folder structure..