site down

[james12s]

i cant get on the stcc site or forum is there a problem

[Becky Rose]

Correct. I have quit LFS.

[Viper93]

LOL =) Your so funny =P :nod::nod::thumbsup::razz:

[Becky Rose]

kidding.

Seems to be some kind of issue but it still works for me, but not for others.

[james12s]

ok fine sort it when you can just wanted to now if it was my browser and let you know

[Bean0]

I smell DNS shenanigans.

Wasn't working for me, flushed DNS and restarted BIND...pops up straight away :)

[Becky Rose]

From what I can tell it seems to be a DNS issue effecting some people - i'm wondering if you are on the same ISP actually, until I get home later though there isn't much I can do.

[james12s]

im on blueyonder/virgin broadband
ill flush dns and try again

[Lotesdelere]

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=19859

[james12s]

not lfs.net,the stcc site

[Becky Rose]

I figured it out. Web sites wont be implemented until S3. :D

[Viper93]

LOL my someone is in a good mood today :razz:

[james12s]

who

[Becky Rose]

You will have to excuse Viper93 he has hair in his eyes.

[james12s]

no i am coming across that way today for some reason i dont mean it so sorry

[james12s]

by the way the flush dns didnt work

[Becky Rose]

I've been trying to get hold of the server guy since last night actually because the site went down for a while. With people having DNS issues (had a few IM notifications too) I am beginning to wonder if he has moved the server to a new location (new IP).

If I could remember the old IP I could confirm that, but I dont, and the server guy is showing constantly as 'away' on MSN and i've lost his mobile number. tbh he probably changed it after the dirty slut things I used to say to him anyway... :D

[Bean0]

by the way the flush dns didnt work

If the box with the site has changed IP, it takes a while for the new DNS records to propagate across the web. The old DNS info is most likely cached somewhere and is stopping you from hitting the site.

I'm using a service called ISC BIND, which basically makes my PC it's own DNS server, so as long as the update has hit the DNS rootservers I can restart the service and it will use the new info.

[james12s]

can i have a link and how easy is it to use

[Bean0]

can i have a link and how easy is it to use

http://www.cryptdns.com/localnamed/

Don't try it if you think you will have issues.
I am not responsible for people breaking their install of windows.

[Becky Rose]

Dont panic James, if BeanO and my thinking is right concerning a DNS issue and the server having moved to a new IP then the problem will auto-fix itself the next time your ISP's DNS servers are updated. This will probably happen tonight, or at worst tomorrow.

[james12s]

i will be fine i will be a usefull tool anyway

[Becky Rose]

I tried being a tool once aswell, but it didn't work out for me on a personal level.

[james12s]

lol
i meant it will be a useful tool
lol
lol
lol

[james12s]

ill think ill leave the program after looking at it me and programming want to get along but cant for some reason

[Viper93]

Nope hair is gone now, and it's still funny =P

[james12s]

just accessed the forum and site through the link page in the stcc section of the forum to the stcc forum then the link at the top of the page going to the stcc homepage

[james12s]

i also see becky and banshee studios have got another progect which i personally like the sound of

[Becky Rose]

Yes, it's a long way off yet and there is very little information but www.bansheestudios.com (http://www.bansheestudios.com) is going to return to what it does best at some point - game development. I dont know how much time i'll be able to give the project - but my experiences with LFS have taught me a lot about how to make an online game sucessful, so LFS'rs might well see it as a kind of LFS in space one day :).