What did you do when AT was inaccessable last night?

SyahM

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i cant access the site for almost 12 hrs till just now, server down or what? scared the living sh$t out of me, but luckily friends came over and we played XBOX.

Edit: message title.
 

Aves

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Yeah I've been wondering too. Probably should have posted in Forum Issues though.



Let's see:

backed up some files
patched uxtheme.dll so I could use WinXP visual styles
downloaded some MP3s
fixed some ID3 tags
played GTA3
hung out on #neochat
spent time on Fark
watched some TV
went to eat with my wife.
 

Viper GTS

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Oct 13, 1999
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It was at least 15 hours, it was down at 3 PM yesterday (when I got up) and was still down at 5:30 just before I left my apartment this morning.

Viper GTS
 

nord1899

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I think one of the routers/hubs/switches near the actual server went down. Or maybe the load balancer. Something along those lines.
 

SinfulWeeper

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Sep 2, 2000
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I thought I was put on vacation with an IP string block. DNS was resolved but a connection refusal was always present.
 

SyahM

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Originally posted by: aves2k
Yeah I've been wondering too. Probably should have posted in Forum Issues though.

well .. maybe i should change the message title, i was wondering about how you guys felt without access to AT? :D :D :D
did someone felt in coma or have to go to ICU because of it?
 

nord1899

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Originally posted by: Blain
Hey, I'm a subscriber! I should have been able to access the forums. :eek:
Hmmm ;)

Hehe. Anyways, all of Anandtech was unaccesible. Even the main page for hardware reviews.

So that tells me something upstream from the servers went deep six. Traceroutes and pings couldn't get to the server either.
 

xospec1alk

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whoa, usually i never access these forums when im at home...only when im at work, so i didn't even notice that the forums were down :)
 

Viper GTS

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Originally posted by: nord1899
Originally posted by: Blain
Hey, I'm a subscriber! I should have been able to access the forums. :eek:
Hmmm ;)

Hehe. Anyways, all of Anandtech was unaccesible. Even the main page for hardware reviews.

So that tells me something upstream from the servers went deep six. Traceroutes and pings couldn't get to the server either.

The main site is still down...

Woops, take that back... Looks like it's alive now.

Viper GTS
 

SyahM

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Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Originally posted by: nord1899
Originally posted by: Blain Hey, I'm a subscriber! I should have been able to access the forums. :eek: Hmmm ;)
Hehe. Anyways, all of Anandtech was unaccesible. Even the main page for hardware reviews. So that tells me something upstream from the servers went deep six. Traceroutes and pings couldn't get to the server either.
The main site is still down... Woops, take that back... Looks like it's alive now. Viper GTS

no it's not. i can access both the main site and forums :p
 

RossMAN

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Surfed other forums, bothered AT'ers on MSN & AIM, and went through a nasty ATOT withdrawal.
 

Sepen

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I scanned a bunch of 50 year old pictures and printed them out on my new and fantastic Canon 820.
I helped the wife take the tree down and then vacuum up the 400 trillion needles that fell off it it.
I actually watched some tv.
Played with the dogs.


 

Wingznut

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From what I understand, AT was down due to some server changes... Nothing broken.

That being said, I played some Xbox... Watched a lame movie with my wife... Played board games with my boys... Read my new book, "Hockey Gods".