Accessing the Forum

[Gladders]

Had the same issue yesterday though couldn't access from either wi-fi or mobile data, was just after a popup advert tried to load on my phone (home wi-fi) but got a dns error instead and then the site wouldn't load for several hours on either phone or laptop.

 

[MJA]

The forum appears to be loading through my WiFi now

 

[Aberstone]

The forum appears to be loading through my WiFi now

Same, I've been unable to log on the past 2 days.

 

[Look Out There Are Llamas]

The forum appears to be loading through my WiFi now

Not for me.

 

[AFCB_Mark]

When I can get onto a computer later I shall check through some stuff for you all. But can we be sure to state please that you've had issues since yesterday morning, not interested in anything prior to then, because of the work done to the forum yesterday to stabilise it.

As per: http://onefootballforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/adverts-on-1ff.6277/page-9

We think there has been a malicious DNS issue which may have caused a denial of access for some, there have been no 'ip bans' randomly handed out or anything. It's a genuine issue we are working on.

 

[Gladders]

When I can get onto a computer later I shall check through some stuff for you all. But can we be sure to state please that you've had issues since yesterday morning, not interested in anything prior to then, because of the work done to the forum yesterday to stabilise it.

Yes couldn't access from about 5pm till 10pm yesterday

 

[MJA]

When I can get onto a computer later I shall check through some stuff for you all. But can we be sure to state please that you've had issues since yesterday morning, not interested in anything prior to then, because of the work done to the forum yesterday to stabilise it.

I couldn't get on the site via WiFi from about 12noon onwards yesterday. Managed to get on through WiFi on my phone this morning and will check on my laptop when I get home

Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

 

[Harrier94]

I haven't been able to get on the forum via WiFi since yesterday afternoon.

 

[Bottega Don]

I haven't apart from a short spell last night since yesterday morning.

 

[Look Out There Are Llamas]

Haven't been able to via wifi and I couldn't yesterday morning.

 

[claret50]

No issues at all with the site.

 

[JaseTheVillain]

Able to access without VPN now.

 

[DarkSithLord]

Wasnt able to access the site from around 9pm last night until around 9am this morning.

OK now but I seem to e getting redirected to various other sites quite regulary.

Also had a message from Luke Imp on Twitter to say he has been really struggling to access the site since friday night.

 

[Christian Slater]

Still can't access the site on my PC. It works fine on my phone. I blame the adverts.

 

[SALTIRE]

No access on either mobile or pc since about 5 yesterday.

 

[Look Out There Are Llamas]

Yup, and then when I access on my phone all I get is spam.

 

[MJA]

Tried to access on WiFi via laptop having had success on my phone and it didn't work and now can't access via WiFi on my phone again either

 

[JaseTheVillain]

Tried to access on WiFi via laptop having had success on my phone and it didn't work and now can't access via WiFi on my phone again either

If you use firefox on your PC get windscribe, it's a free VPN, it's how I accessed last night when it wouldn't let me on.

 

[slaphead]

Fucks sake, can't get on from my laptop again. HVing to use my phone which is a pain.

 

[JaseTheVillain]

Won't load without VPN again. Been like it for about 10 minutes.

 

[AFCB_Mark]

Morning folks, yes we're aware of ongoing intermittent DNS issues with the site (I've had it myself on and off over the weekend). Seems better this morning far as my testing has gone, but please keep the updates coming to give us an idea of what the wider user base is experiencing, whilst we continue to discuss and work on options to settle things down.

The reason that WIFI / home broadband sees the issue more is because your PC/Device will typically use the home router as the DNS server, which forwards DNS requests to the ISP, and once it gets a faulty DNS entry for the site all the devices connected to your WIFI will fail to load the site. Then putting your device onto mobile data instead suddenly gets it working again, because it'll switch to using your network providers' DNS instead. Then your broadband ISP DNS cache will expire and update itself after a period of time, noticeably overnight, and suddenly the WIFI devices will be working again.

Sometimes clearing dns cache on your computer (If Windows: start, run, type CMD and enter, type ipconfig /flushdns and enter) clearing browser cache and resetting the router will work but it won't guarantee.

 

[MJA]

So far today, I have been able to access the forum via my wifi at home on my phone and now wifi at work on my laptop so hopefully the issue is resolved

 

[Luke Imp]

Managed to get on at work, but couldn't at home either on my laptop or phone this morning. Will try again at home tonight.

 

[Cheese & Biscuits]

Morning folks, yes we're aware of ongoing intermittent DNS issues with the site (I've had it myself on and off over the weekend). Seems better this morning far as my testing has gone, but please keep the updates coming to give us an idea of what the wider user base is experiencing, whilst we continue to discuss and work on options to settle things down.

The reason that WIFI / home broadband sees the issue more is because your PC/Device will typically use the home router as the DNS server, which forwards DNS requests to the ISP, and once it gets a faulty DNS entry for the site all the devices connected to your WIFI will fail to load the site. Then putting your device onto mobile data instead suddenly gets it working again, because it'll switch to using your network providers' DNS instead. Then your broadband ISP DNS cache will expire and update itself after a period of time, noticeably overnight, and suddenly the WIFI devices will be working again.

Sometimes clearing dns cache on your computer (If Windows: start, run, type CMD and enter, type ipconfig /flushdns and enter) clearing browser cache and resetting the router will work but it won't guarantee.

 

[Christian Slater]

Still not working on my PC. Can access on my phone but get pop-ups every time I press a link. Very annoying.

 

[Luke Imp]

Managed to get on at work, but couldn't at home either on my laptop or phone this morning. Will try again at home tonight.

Not working on wifi here at home so I'm using 4G.

Well, the page loaded, I opened a thread and tried to post but it's not letting me do anything.

 

[HarvSFC]

I've only been able to get on for about five minutes a time since Friday night. Using a VPN now.

 

[Harrier94]

Still can't get on at home. Have tried clearing browser cache but still doesn't work. And annoyingly I've run out of data on my phone so using my works WiFi.

 

[Saddlerrad]

Anyone who can't use a phone any longer, or is struggling to get on with a laptop/desktop/wifi..

Enter the websites URL after loading this site.. http://unblockanything.com/

Doesn't work 100% as normal, but it's decent enough.

 

[Dirk]

I couldn't access the site since Friday evening. Sometimes I couldn't even reach the main site, only an endless loop of trying and then a "side-loading error (Seitenlade-Fehler in German). Then I could reach the forum but couldn't login. Tried it nearly every hour once for 3 days and just now I finally made it again. I am relieved. First I thought that you blocked Germans (only joking). I am happy to be back and I really missed the site although I am a member for only 3 weeks.
@Saddlerrad: Thanks for the tip with unblockanything. I'll keep that in mind in case it happens again

edit: After 10 minutes and 1 posting the same again. But thanks to unblockanything I am here again. Not ideal but it works for now.