have problems to connect to site

Meukowi · June 20, 2019, 01:23:33 AM

so for a few weeks i have had problems to connect here, or wiki. by web browser or tapatalk. (couldn't find ip) (err_name_not_resolved). with a vpn i finally got here, do you guys have any knowledge on these kind of problems

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max · June 20, 2019, 02:50:09 AM

I've been having similar issues - I can connect on my laptop but not via my phone (on the same WiFi).

This applies to both forum and wiki.

cbrfxr67 · June 20, 2019, 07:16:14 AM

i tried to email the webmaster last night but that address no worky. I can get on here at work but at home or on phone it's a no go

ShowBizWolf · June 20, 2019, 05:08:01 PM

I've been having trouble too. Can't get on the forum at home on my laptop but I can get on here at work

Bluesmudge · June 21, 2019, 12:57:08 PM

I've been having problems off and on, but it seems to be getting better.

IdaSuzi · June 21, 2019, 04:50:33 PM

I have had problems logging onto the site but it seems to be when I am using my college wi-fi and always late morning/early afternoon. I also haven't experienced it for a couple of days

Meukowi · June 22, 2019, 05:47:37 AM

whos running this site? might be good time to update, or change the server

pandy · June 22, 2019, 08:59:54 AM

DNS problems. Fortunately cbrfx reached out to me so I could reach out to Manjul.

Here's the fix he gave me for my access (via my cell).

After I texted Manjul, he texted me this:

Your cellphone provider or internet provider is having DNS issues. There is a hacking thing with DNS poisoning going on. The 4.2.2.2 is one provider and 8.8 is Google and 1.1.1.1 is cloudflare

This worked for me.

Love,
pandy

gruntle · June 23, 2019, 04:12:34 PM

Ditto from the UK - for about 10 days at least - I'de almost stopped checking the site daily as I normally do, if it keeps happening then sorry squire, I'm outta here, can't be faffed with that bollards. whatever it is you're doing then stop it, NOW, PLEASE, go back to where you were, it wasn't broken so don't effing well fix it, OK?

pandy · June 24, 2019, 08:30:14 PM

I have no idea what you just said, but it sounds as though it was the providers having the problems, including mine. No one changed anything on GSTwin. What I posted was Manjul's work-around to get me and others back in here. It worked for me. I hope It works for others having problems..

I won't bother telling you what you can do.

pandy

qcbaker · June 25, 2019, 06:13:20 AM

I work in IT. The problem was with CloudFlare's DNS servers. Lots of sites were having issues.

max · July 17, 2019, 05:46:46 AM

Is anyone else still having issues? I'm only able to access from work as my home and mobile internet still won't connect to the site.

cbrfxr67 · July 17, 2019, 06:41:47 AM

same for me,...only at work. At home i can't get anything,...sucks

ShowBizWolf · July 17, 2019, 03:42:32 PM

Same here

IdaSuzi · July 17, 2019, 04:12:47 PM

I am still having problems as well. I can't access on data, or with my university wifi. Home wifi is great though

mikeg · July 18, 2019, 12:15:09 PM

There are still DNS issues around. When I run into the issue, I change my DNS setting from auto to Google's DNS addresses (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4). Google's DNS doesn't seem to be having the issue. Steps to change the setting are easy to find in a google search, but if anyone needs help I'll gladly post some steps. BTW, this is in the U.S. I'm not certain if this will help anyone outside the U.S.

Watcher · July 18, 2019, 12:43:14 PM

Quote from: mikeg on July 18, 2019, 12:15:09 PM
There are still DNS issues around. When I run into the issue, I change my DNS setting from auto to Google's DNS addresses (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4).

Would be cool if I could do that on mobile, as I only have the issue when using 3g/4g and not on WiFi.

mikeg · July 18, 2019, 01:17:32 PM

Quote from: Watcher on July 18, 2019, 12:43:14 PM
Would be cool if I could do that on mobile, as I only have the issue when using 3g/4g and not on WiFi.

If you are on android 9.0 or later, you can. I haven't tried it myself, but go to your network settings and look for "Private DNS Provider hostname". Add dns.google as the hostname of the provider.

Here's a link to a guide from Google on how to accomplish this on multiple types of devices if anyone needs it.

https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using

Watcher · July 18, 2019, 07:52:09 PM

Quote from: mikeg on July 18, 2019, 01:17:32 PM
Quote from: Watcher on July 18, 2019, 12:43:14 PM
Would be cool if I could do that on mobile, as I only have the issue when using 3g/4g and not on WiFi.

If you are on android 9.0 or later, you can.

Well I'll be damned! Success!

max · July 21, 2019, 01:59:15 PM

Changed my DNS from auto to use Google's ones and it's fixed everything!

Hopefully the name server issue will be sorted as I can imagine it's caused a loss of members too.

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