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| Posted by: MorganRise Jun 1 2008, 04:05 PM |
| Anyone know why the server is down? |
| Posted by: TwilightDawn Jun 1 2008, 04:07 PM |
| it seems all non-paid-domain IF sites are down. z9, z7, z11, z15. All of it. I think the main server crashed and they're pussyfooting around trying to fix it. |
| Posted by: Deputy Dingo Jun 1 2008, 04:09 PM |
| First time in three months I've tried to visit my in-development site and it wouldn't work lol typical. Thanks |
| Posted by: TwilightDawn Jun 1 2008, 04:10 PM |
| Yeah. IF has the great ability to do that. That's why I'm gonna start using SMF and PHPBB3 and whatnot. |
| Posted by: Ali.inthejungle Jun 1 2008, 04:41 PM |
| Invisionfree had a bit of an emergency, from what I understand. Has anyone else heard this? |
| Posted by: SmathNa Jun 1 2008, 04:44 PM |
| Here's what's REALLY weird--the sites are working for some people, but not others. Huh... for instance, I can access z9 but not z11 or z15. |
| Posted by: Ali.inthejungle Jun 1 2008, 04:46 PM | ||
You're right, it is odd. I've been unable to access z9 all day. I just checked again to see if it was up, but for me it just doesn't work. :( |
| Posted by: stormyhearted Jun 1 2008, 04:46 PM |
| I'm not having problems with z9 or z11. |
| Posted by: Ali.inthejungle Jun 1 2008, 04:51 PM |
| There it goes again... I was able to get onto my z15 board for about a minute before it gave me an error message. But the members in the C-box said they'd been on for almost twenty minutes. This is a really strange problem, that it's cutting in and out like this for different people. Another person online suggested that IP addresses had something to do with it? I dunno. I just want it fixed. Haha. |
| Posted by: Issues In A Bottle Jun 1 2008, 05:16 PM |
| Is it still having problems? Because my board is z11 and it's working fine. |
| Posted by: MorganRise Jun 1 2008, 05:21 PM |
| It's fine for me now. |
| Posted by: Deputy Dingo Jun 1 2008, 05:23 PM |
| Mine's Z9 and it won't get past the first page... |
| Posted by: TwilightDawn Jun 1 2008, 05:27 PM |
| I still can't do anything. Edit: On Opera or IE! |
| Posted by: MorganRise Jun 1 2008, 05:32 PM | ||
It works on Firefox if you wanna try that. |
| Posted by: Chexdex Jun 1 2008, 05:32 PM |
| I'm having problems as well but im talking to one of my members on aim & she can access one of my forums with no problems. |
| Posted by: Ali.inthejungle Jun 1 2008, 05:33 PM | ||||
Me neither. I can see the front page (on Safari only - FF won't even let me view it), but nothign else.
Yup. FF is a no-go, Safari works for me... sorta. I haven't tried IE yet. |
| Posted by: Chexdex Jun 1 2008, 05:37 PM |
| I've tried all the browsers I have & none work. I have Firefox, Internet Explorer, Flock & Safari |
| Posted by: bloodless soul Jun 1 2008, 05:43 PM |
| I can't much get on any of the servers except for a few seconds here or there before they crash on me and I can't get on. This is bull as far as I see it, I had to go through an entire offline pm system for 3 days and now this. |
| Posted by: Ali.inthejungle Jun 1 2008, 05:43 PM | ||
I agree. It is bull. And the support forum is even down, so there's no way we can even ask what the deal is. |
| Posted by: Manda Jun 1 2008, 05:54 PM |
| I hope this gets fixed soon. Grrr. |
| Posted by: Sunday Jun 1 2008, 05:59 PM | ||
| Don't freak out people; IF is doing what they can to deal with the situation. According to http://forums.theplanet.com/index.php?showtopic=90185 there was a fire that affected a lot of servers... I'm not sure if they're affiliated with IF, or if they're using IF's servers or what... But this is the information everyone is pointing to in regards to what's going on. "Today at approximately 5:45 p.m., a transformer in our H1 data center in Houston caught fire, thus requiring us to take down all generators as instructed by the fire department. All servers are down. We are working with the fire department, with our facilities staff on site, to assess the situation. To keep you updated, we will send messages every 15 minutes in Orbit and here in our forum. We have determined that no servers in the data center have been damaged. Nonetheless, they are down because power is out. Teams across the board are working to take appropriate action. We will continue to keep you updated."
Another forum I looked at said that "an issue at one of the datacenter buildings has knocked the domain system for IF and zetaboards offline. since your ISP remembers domain info for hours, this outage will not affect all users." Whatever that means lol.  It explains why I can access all IF sites, and some of my friends can only access a few. |
| Posted by: TwilightDawn Jun 1 2008, 06:26 PM |
| So basically, what they're saying, is that we're screwed until about 5 PM central? |
| Posted by: Sunday Jun 1 2008, 06:30 PM |
| Maybe you guys are, but my sites are working fine. Jk, jk. I wouldn't consider it getting screwed - none of the data is lost. If people want to get pissed about it and stuff, then sure, I suppose they have the right... But I'm just thankful the damage wasn't more widespread, and that we didn't have another Server 1 moment, you know? EDITS~ I'm not saying you're getting pissed off, TwilightDawn - just for clarification. Because you don't sound pissed or anything. Just speaking in generalities. |
| Posted by: TwilightDawn Jun 1 2008, 06:32 PM |
| I only started doing this last november, but I heard about the server 1 incident. Just glad it's not that. Then I could have a solid reason to stick with SMF and PHPBB3 (Which I think I might do anyways because IF loves messing up. xD) |
| Posted by: Sunday Jun 1 2008, 06:35 PM |
| All things considered, IF is still a reliable server, at least to me. They experience some lags and down time, but all in all, it's pretty rare that it's more than a mere inconvenience. I can't speak for SMF or PHPBB3, since I've never tried them, but I'm sure they have their own occasional problems as well. And I think there are more users/more servers on IF, thus more of a chance for things to go wrong. The same thing happened on GreatestJournal and InsaneJournal. GJ went down the toilet because the admin couldn't take care of it and there were too many people making journals for the server to handle... It really sucked because he was literally telling us to go make journals on InsaneJournal since he didn't care about GJ anymore. Ever since then, I've been much more openminded towards server downtimes. XDD I've experienced the worst of it and IF is nowhere near that level (...yet? LOL). EDIT~ Oh, and it's the fact that IF is also still a free service. If I was paying for this crap, I'd be pissed, LOL. |
| Posted by: TwilightDawn Jun 1 2008, 06:38 PM |
| Yeah. Definantly yet. Especially with people still using If and neglecting ZB. So once it's an equal flow, all servers that Invision owns will be screwed. And there's also IPB on the side. So....hosting your own forums makes more sense, statistically, they would have much less downtime. With a very not well known host. |
| Posted by: Lenore Jun 1 2008, 06:55 PM |
I can't access z11, z15 or z9  I could access z9 and z15 earlier, but now I can't. It's quite odd. Hopefully I will be able to later. |
| Posted by: Ashaaa =] Jun 1 2008, 07:00 PM |
| I'm on one Z6 board and it keeps flicking on and off. Using Internet Explorer it won't let me see the site at all anymore [it did earlier very briefly] but Firefoz lets me on for short seconds at a time before crashing again for a while. Luckily i just managed to squeeze a post i had already typed up on and posted it it the few seconds. Go me xD! Also - one of my friends has the link to this site where you can see which Invision Free servers are up and which ones are down. I don't have the link on this compy though =[ |
| Posted by: Sunday Jun 1 2008, 07:22 PM |
| Argh, now I can't get on z4, where my site is on. Darn. Ashaaa =] -- here's the site: http://tachyondecay.net/php/bin/serverstatus.php TwilightDawn -- I don't think InvisionFree is destined for failure... There may theoretically be less downtime and problems in lesser-known servers, but the lesser known the less advanced their technology is. Again, theoretically. IF provides a lot of services that other forum services don't have, or if they do, they only give it to paid accounts. That just makes sense; it's like that with nearly every product/service. ZetaBoards is still pretty new, so they don't expect everyone to go running to it. Right now it seems it's more like an option, not a necessity - for us or them. |
| Posted by: Ashaaa =] Jun 1 2008, 07:41 PM |
| thank you Sunday <3 Buut XD That site says Z6 is up, however it isn't working for me. Actually - it says all of the IF boards are up.. |
| Posted by: Sunday Jun 1 2008, 07:56 PM |
| It might just mean the servers are online, not that they're showing up. Because they are working for some people. |
| Posted by: vision_afar Jun 1 2008, 08:11 PM |
| Z9 and z14 have been working for me all day so far. Luckily, my own board is on z14. Must be karma, considering z14 used to be down all the freakin time last year or so ;D But I do hope it gets fixed asap, it's rather irritating. |
| Posted by: TwilightDawn Jun 1 2008, 09:38 PM |
| I still wanna know why the purchased URL sites are still up. And not the free ones. |
| Posted by: Issues In A Bottle Jun 1 2008, 10:25 PM |
| I think it might be the type of internet you have. Fire Fox, Internet Explore, Safari, ect. I know Fire Fox works. |
| Posted by: TwilightDawn Jun 1 2008, 10:35 PM |
| I've checked on every browser on God's green earth except Safari. And it doesn't work. |
| Posted by: Melly Jun 1 2008, 10:39 PM |
| I haven't been able to get onto z6 or z14 all day, but with that said, I have a friend who was able to get on when I couldn't. Its kind of irritating but w/e |
| Posted by: Jalynn Jun 1 2008, 10:42 PM |
| I can't access any, I just managed to get on here. But I have friend from the UK who is moving about out site with no trouble. |
| Posted by: TwilightDawn Jun 1 2008, 10:47 PM |
| I think I deals with your ISP. Which means, like always, Verizon is being faggy. |
| Posted by: Jalynn Jun 1 2008, 11:10 PM |
| I can't access here from the Main Link, but I can access it through View profile. Which I found very strange |
| Posted by: Chexdex Jun 1 2008, 11:11 PM | ||
I have Verizon as well. |
| Posted by: SPEEDjammer Jun 1 2008, 11:12 PM |
| Dang, I heard there was a fire. My forum has a huge discussion on it as well. A lot of my members use invisionfree so they dont know what to do XD |
| Posted by: TwilightDawn Jun 1 2008, 11:40 PM |
| Whatever the problem may be, I still can't get onto any IF forums. |
| Posted by: Rokkan Jun 1 2008, 11:40 PM | ||
Don't think so... I'm a Brit with BT Internet; my z9 site was working fine until about 3 hours ago, now, nada. |
| Posted by: TwilightDawn Jun 1 2008, 11:44 PM |
| It's been down all day for me. It doesn't even try to open it. It just says: "Nope. Go away. We don't work." |
| Posted by: Ali.inthejungle Jun 1 2008, 11:46 PM |
| I had it at around 3:00 or so, but now it's just gone down again. I was able to access it entirely through IE first, but not through Opera, FF, or Safari. Then it was available on all of them, but now it's down again. Help... I don't think my head can take the back-and-forth. |
| Posted by: TwilightDawn Jun 1 2008, 11:50 PM |
| >.< This is bull. I can't get on IF and I can't figure out how to get PHPBB3 onto my site. -headdesk- I give up. |
| Posted by: xprincessgwenythx Jun 1 2008, 11:51 PM |
| It has to do with your service provider. If your provider hasn't registered the changes to the IF server then you don't get to look at the boards. Mine has been down all day. :( |
| Posted by: Ali.inthejungle Jun 1 2008, 11:54 PM | ||
Then how did I have it earlier? Because it isn't showing now, so I'm confused as to how that would be the case. :( |
| Posted by: Desire Jun 1 2008, 11:55 PM |
| I am an active member on several invisionfree sites... and the only one who works is this one. Also the only one that doesn't start with the server name eg: http://rpg-directory.com/ VS http://z6.invisionfree.com/RAMDOM Kinda frustrating when t seems only my fellow aussie players can't access the site, but my american friends can. Although it apparently fades in and out but persistant refreshing seems to be working for them... hope it comes back soon. I was up til 1am last night trying to make it work |
| Posted by: TwilightDawn Jun 1 2008, 11:55 PM |
| Because ISPs are dumb. And they need to die. |
| Posted by: xprincessgwenythx Jun 1 2008, 11:56 PM |
| Because they shut off the servers at different times. So like it worked for a while, and then they shut it off and it depended on when it was turned back on and if your provider registered it or not. Or something like that. There is an article on IF about it. <.< which I can't read because it's not working for me, but my friend just read it to me. Her's is working. |
| Posted by: Ali.inthejungle Jun 1 2008, 11:59 PM | ||
Ahhh, I see. And TwilightDawn, I agree. Right now, pretty much the whole internet is dumb, and the only non-dumb things on the internet I can't friggin access. Haha. Anyway, thanks for all your help guys. I guess now I'll go do something useful, like clean or do homework or something. Bah humbug. |
| Posted by: ameliakate Jun 2 2008, 12:03 AM |
| Would someone that can see IF's site get a copy of whats happening from the site and post it here? |
| Posted by: xprincessgwenythx Jun 2 2008, 12:05 AM |
| Seriously! I'd like to be able to read it! |
| Posted by: antisocialist87 Jun 2 2008, 12:05 AM |
| Oh well. Welcome to the joyful world of free servers. These things happen though. Even with paid servers, really. It doesn't bother me much. |
| Posted by: ameliakate Jun 2 2008, 12:07 AM |
| I have a friend that can get on and she's gonna try and get it for me if she can I will post it here |
| Posted by: Desire Jun 2 2008, 12:09 AM |
| I just got onto one of mine... I snuck in using www.hidemyass.com OH YEA! lol wonder how long it will work? lol |
| Posted by: ameliakate Jun 2 2008, 12:15 AM |
| thanks that totally worked! Hope it holds out till they fix it |
| Posted by: Jalynn Jun 2 2008, 12:19 AM |
| lol also worked for myself.. Yes now I can at least make some much needed Posts for others that have no trouble getting on |
| Posted by: TwilightDawn Jun 2 2008, 12:19 AM |
| Gotta love when your secuirty program block every proxy in CyberSpace. I love TrendMicro and all....but....this is rediculous. I can't get on ANY proxy. |
| Posted by: ameliakate Jun 2 2008, 12:31 AM | ||
| Can't post replys with it, comes up that you have blocked the IP address that its being used from....grrrrr on the up side from the invisionfree site:
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| Posted by: TwilightDawn Jun 2 2008, 12:34 AM |
| Half the world will probably be asleep by the time they fix that, |
| Posted by: Jalynn Jun 2 2008, 12:36 AM |
| that sounds so much better, So all we have to do is wait, Though I must admit I am not a patient waiter at all =) I posted fine under the link that was given |
| Posted by: Ali.inthejungle Jun 2 2008, 12:36 AM | ||
Holy crap - that totally worked! Genuis! Thanks. :D |
| Posted by: ameliakate Jun 2 2008, 12:36 AM |
| yeah it was things like this that made me change to Invision I know that they can't be perfect but I would like to know whats happening, like an email since it took me forever to get this information. |
| Posted by: TwilightDawn Jun 2 2008, 12:42 AM |
| This is rediculous. I finally get into a proxy that works (vtunnel.com) and it can't get onto any IF servers! |
| Posted by: Desire Jun 2 2008, 12:45 AM |
| looks like the world hates on you TwilightDawn... just go take a nap and hopefully the world will make sense once again when you wake up |
| Posted by: TwilightDawn Jun 2 2008, 12:46 AM |
| The world never makes sense on a weekday because 1/3 of my teachers are pricks that need to die. xD |
| Posted by: ameliakate Jun 2 2008, 12:53 AM |
| https://www.amgstealth.com/ is a little more user friendly but you aren't going to be able to post using any proxy |
| Posted by: rawr_msr Jun 2 2008, 01:22 AM |
OOoohh... So thats why invsion is frezzing my computer  ;I had this massive urge to go attempt, once again, to make another forum...on IF...but then it wouldn't open... Now the world makes sense. ^^ Yay |
| Posted by: Elenlond Jun 2 2008, 01:42 AM |
| I've actually been able to access all Invision forums, and have been for the past hour and a half. The only problem I've really had is that it'll go down for half a minute, and in the next refresh it comes right back. This has happened on both the z8 and z1 servers I've been on. So... |
| Posted by: Desire Jun 2 2008, 01:58 AM |
| mine still aren't working... |
| Posted by: rawr_msr Jun 2 2008, 02:01 AM |
| They could be having the same problems as Proboards at the moment. Anyone know of randomly exploding transistors around the country? You should watch out...could powerbox next to quit sucide >.>; |
| Posted by: Meredith Jun 2 2008, 02:05 AM |
| I'm not having troubles with z8, but I am having trouble with z15. I'm so pissed. |
| Posted by: TwilightDawn Jun 2 2008, 02:15 AM |
| I'm so annoyed by this at this point that I wanna ram my head off a wall 'till it bleeds. |
| Posted by: bloodless soul Jun 2 2008, 02:24 AM |
| It doesn't matter what browser you're using, what ISP you have, etc... something is wrong with the forums themselves. Every so often they come back online, but not for very long before they bug out again and you can't get access to them. Sure it'll work for some people for some reason, but for the rest of us, we've just got to deal with it. But they really do need to work on these problems much quicker than they currently do. |
| Posted by: b e e x3 Jun 2 2008, 02:34 AM |
| Holy god, I guess i should have looked around earlier. Alright, so I thought it was my computer. I screwed with all these settings, firewalls, cleaned my discs, did a system restore, restarted my computers, reset my motem, ALL this stuff. haha. I thought it was a server problem, but I didn't think it would last this long and be this widespread, and then the owner of my site said she could get on without any problems whatsoever. -sigheth- screw my life. hahaha |
| Posted by: Meredith Jun 2 2008, 02:40 AM |
| Invisionfree, may the fleas of a thousand camels nest in your crotch. |
| Posted by: xprincessgwenythx Jun 2 2008, 02:42 AM | ||
Um no, that's wrong. If it was a forum issue then it would be with the individual forum and no one would be able to see it. It is clearly a server issue because it is universal |
| Posted by: Iulia Jun 2 2008, 02:48 AM |
| There are no issues with the servers. If you check the server status url, there is no problem with them. http://rpgcollection.proboards27.com/ Animus explains really well what happened. IF/ZB aren't the only message boards that have been affected. Edit: Geez people... this isn't IFs fault. Just take a chill pill and relax. Seriously. |
| Posted by: bloodless soul Jun 2 2008, 02:52 AM |
| What I meant by "something wrong with forums themselves" was the servers they were on. |
| Posted by: Desire Jun 2 2008, 03:03 AM |
| it has almost been 24 hrs.... I am considering changing to another server... but all the ones I have been testing today none seem as visually enhancing or as simple to use as invisionfree... grr |
| Posted by: MishMoo Jun 2 2008, 03:03 AM |
| Bleck, it's annoying, whatever the problem is. I haven't been able access any of the sites I visit daily all day... yet another people can. Hopefully it'll get fixed soon so I can get back to the sites I mod and admin on =3. |
| Posted by: Desire Jun 2 2008, 03:05 AM |
| it has almost been 24 hrs.... I am considering changing to another server... but all the ones I have been testing today none seem as visually enhancing or as simple to use as invisionfree... grr EDIT: and grr at the double post stupid comp |
| Posted by: xprincessgwenythx Jun 2 2008, 03:37 AM |
| ok everyone you need to go here. http://forums.theplanet.com/index.php?showtopic=90185&st=0 |
| Posted by: shaun056 Jun 2 2008, 08:12 AM |
| I am also having an occasional problem. Sometimes I can get onto it, sometimes I can't. Shame I'm at college now and the invisionfree sites are blocked anyway...still... |
| Posted by: Hera Jun 2 2008, 08:27 AM |
| This is unacceptable because now I am exceeding my 'remain in reality' quota. j/k. Shit happens, eh! *Patiently waits it out* |
| Posted by: Sunday Jun 2 2008, 03:04 PM |
| So are people still unable to access some boards? Because all of them are working for me now. =/ |
| Posted by: twisted.GLAMOURx3 Jun 2 2008, 04:22 PM |
| Try using a proxy, cause that should get you on. Otherwise, I deleted my history and it worked immediately. |
| Posted by: Miss Khaos Jun 2 2008, 04:53 PM |
| Everything works for me but my friend was unable to access the site I tried to send her. Does anyone know if it's all fixed yet? |
| Posted by: December, Esq Jun 2 2008, 06:42 PM |
I definitely couldn't access RPG-D or my s15 board all day yesterday. But it's back now.  Oh, and people: don't just up and switch to another forum because a server has been out for a few hours. That's just lame. |
| Posted by: Triguntri Jun 2 2008, 09:40 PM |
| My z11 board hast just went down. What the hell is wrong with that type of board?! |
| Posted by: Chexdex Jun 2 2008, 09:45 PM | ||
i second that. |
| Posted by: Sunday Jun 3 2008, 06:15 PM |
| Check here: http://if.invisionfree.com/topic/5002501/1/#new Brian (the IF Admin) updated eysterday afternoon that everything was back to normal but it might take some time for it to work for everyone. So hopefully it's just taking its time with you guys, because all IF sites are working for me now. |
| Posted by: sominex! Jun 3 2008, 06:19 PM |
| Yes; last I heard, they were working hard to get everything working again, and I think they've gotten everything settled. Patience is a good virtue to have in a situation like this. |
| Posted by: Tigscat X Jun 3 2008, 09:03 PM |
| That was a pretty quick response, though they could have put a notice on the main homepage. You see I've had no internet connection for a few days and I came back online to this. Burn. |
| Posted by: Misty Jun 3 2008, 09:21 PM |
| Oiy...great...*headdesk* Of course, I'm going to be one of the ones where it isn't working right for a while...first things work, then I get a bunch of 404 errors, then things work, then 404 errors...rawr... Still, not leaving IF sites because no other sites seem to agree with my computer. Other boards have a tendency to lock it up or freeze when loading... |
| Posted by: Ranz Jun 3 2008, 09:51 PM |
| Its still pretty bad for my AOL. However for Firefox it works perfectly. |
| Posted by: Srebra Jun 3 2008, 10:02 PM |
| They're working for me, most of the time. z11, z15 and s3 seem to keep going down every couple of hours for a couple of minutes, though, which is a bit of a drag. They're down right now, for example... but I'm an eternal optimist. They'll be back soon and I can reply to my character request thread <3 |
| Posted by: whatsername' ' Jun 4 2008, 12:40 AM |
| I heard that one of the servers caught fire and about 2000 fourms have been down. Then a few are just down for matinence. |
| Posted by: PhoenixLily Jun 4 2008, 10:30 PM |
| Ok...I've been able to get on z11 all day yesterday, the day before, and today...and nw all of a sudden when i'm almost bloody done with my new site, it goes out on me...anyone know anything about that? because supposedly all servers are supposed to be working just ducky now... |
| Posted by: roleplay Jun 9 2008, 05:37 PM |
| I thought this problem was fixed. I spent all week collecting back my members and assuring them that my forum was still alive. XD It was a pain in the ass. Glad their back up servers didn't get fried , I would of cried like a baby if it did. |